Ram Manohar Lohia

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Ram Manohar Lohia
PhD)
Political party
Movement
Websitewww.lohiatoday.com

Ram Manohar Lohia pronunciation

socialist political leader.[1] During the last phase of British rule in India, he worked with the Congress Radio which was broadcast secretly from various places in Bombay until 1942.[2]

Early life

Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, Mani Ram Bagri, Madhu Limaye, S M Joshi

Ram Manohar Lohia was born on 23 March 1910 in a Marwari Bania family[3][4][5] at Akbarpur in modern-day Uttar Pradesh.[6][7] His mother died in 1912, when he was just two years old, and he was later brought up by his father Hiralal who never remarried. A lady belonging to the Barber community who was the family's domestic help, brought him up in his early years. In 1918 he accompanied his father to Bombay where he completed his high school education. He attended the Banaras Hindu University to complete his intermediate and work after standing first in his school's matriculation examinations in 1927. He then joined the Vidyasagar College, under the University of Calcutta and in 1929, earned his B.A. degree.[8] He decided to attend Frederick William University (today's Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany), choosing it over the educational institutes in Britain, to convey his dim view of British philosophy. He soon learnt German and received financial assistance based on his outstanding academic performance, studying national economy as his major subject as a doctoral student from 1929 to 1933.[9]

Lohia wrote his Ph.D. thesis paper on the topic of

Salt Taxation in India,[9] focusing on Gandhi's
socio-economic theory.

National movement

Lohia on a 1997 stamp of India
Statue of Lohia in Margao, Goa.

Lohia was one of the founders of the

Quit India revolt, sparked by Gandhi in August 1942. Captured in May 1944, he was incarcerated and tortured in Lahore Fort. As one of the last high security prisoners, Lohia, together with Jayaprakash Narayan, was finally released on 11 April 1946.[13]
He was the one who gave the idea of sapta kranti.

Later political career

As a member of the Congress Socialist Party Lohia joined with that party when it left Congress. He remained a member of the Socialist Party when it fused in 1952 with the Kisan Majdoor Praja Party to form the Praja Socialist Party. Unhappy with the new party Lohia led a split from it to reform the Socialist Party (Lohia) in 1956. He lost to Nehru in 1962 general election in Phulpur. In 1963 Lohia became a member of the Lok Sabha after a by-election in

Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency)
, but died a few months later.

Major writings in English

  • The Caste System: Hyderabad, Navahind [1964] 147 p.
  • Foreign Policy: Aligarh, P.C. Dwadash Shreni, [1963?] 381 p.
  • Fragments of World Mind: Maitrayani Publishers & Booksellers; Allahabad [1949] 262 p.
  • Fundamentals of a World Mind: ed. by K.S. Karanth. Bombay, Sindhu Publications, [1987] 130 p.
  • Guilty Men of India’s Partition: Lohia Samata Vidyalaya Nyas, Publication Dept.,[1970] 103 p.
  • India, China, and Northern Frontiers: Hyderabad, Navahind [1963] 272 p.
  • Interval During Politics: Hyderabad, Navahind [1965] 197 p.
  • Marx, Gandhi and Socialism: Hyderabad, Navahind [1963] 550 p.
  • Collected Works of Dr Lohia A nine volume set edited by veteran Socialist writer Dr Mastram Kapoor in English and published by Anamika Publications, New Delhi.
  • Bandh Samrat - Tales of Eternal Rebel George Fernandes: Chris Emmanuel Dsouza, Bangalore, Cleverfox Publications[2022] 27 p.

Writings in Kannada Translation

  • The complete works of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia were translated and published in six volumes by the Government of Karnataka at the subsidized price.
  • There were lot of books available in Kannada about Lohia and also many private publications published the works of Lohia.

Memorials

See also

References

  1. ^ Yogendra Yadav (2 October 2010). "On Remembering Lohia" (PDF). Economic and Political Weekly. 45 (40): 46.
  2. ^ Bipan Chandra pal, et AL, India's Struggle for Independence
  3. ISBN 978-81-7100-251-1
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  4. ^ Kancha Ilaiah (18 February 2015). "AAP Victory & Baniya Economics". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Vaishyas find caste icon in Lohia". The Telegraph. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ "डॉ. राम मनोहर लोहिया के नाम से हो अकबरपुर तहसील: ओम प्रकाश".
  7. ^ "AAP victory & baniya economics". 18 February 2015.
  8. ISBN 9788171005659
  9. ^ a b "Ram Manohar Lohia as a Doctoral Student in Berlin (1929–1933)". The Institute of Asian and African Studies (IAAW). Humboldt University of Berlin. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  10. ISBN 9788179753798
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  11. ISBN 9788179753798
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  12. ^ Onkar Sharad (1972) Lohia. Lucknow, Prakashan Kendra. pp. 103f.
  13. ^ The Times, 15 April 1946, p. 4.
  14. ^ "Nanaji Deshmukh — key architect of Janata Party, who quit politics to transform rural India". The Print. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  15. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Ram Vilas Paswan to visit birthplace of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia at Akhbarpur". PIB. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

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