Shiv Prasad Gupta

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Shiv Prasad Gupta on a 1988 stamp of India

Shiv Prasad Gupta (28 June 1883 – 24 April 1944) was a visionary,

Madan Mohan Malviya and all the other nationalist leaders, who often stayed with him on their visit to Varanasi
and relied upon his advice and support.

In Varanasi he established the

Aaj – the oldest existing Hindi newspaper, and numerous other projects and activities. At Akbarpur, he gave 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land for setting up the first Gandhi Ashram in India to promote the production and sale of indigenously manufactured Khadi
clothes.

Accomplishments

The Hindi daily newspaper

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi, which is now a university, to give a chance to the youth that left their studies and joined the freedom movement in India. Gupta donated one million rupees for this national educational institution.[2] He built the Bharat Mata Mandir, in which a relief map of India is carved on marble. The temple was inaugurated by Gandhi in 1936.[3]

The total expenditure and arrangement for The First National Congress to be held at Varanasi in 1928 was done by Gupta at his residence Seva Upawan, a Heritage Building designed by Sir

Benaras Hindu University
for which a grand total of 50 lacs was collected under the instigation and leadership of Malviya Ji from the various Princely states and Industrial houses, in the beginning of the 20th century.

Gandhi conferred upon Gupta the title of "Rashtra Ratna – Jewel of the Nation".[4]

References

  1. ^ Singh, Uma Shanker (2015). "The Politics of Mass Mobilisation: Eastern Uttar Pradesh, c. 1920-1940". Social Scientist. 43 (5/6): 106 – via JSTOR.
  2. OCLC 645326473.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link
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  3. ISBN 9780822345923
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  4. ISBN 1108419305
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