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The government has taken immense commemorative measures that include naming several stadiums after Jan Nayak
Karpuri Thakur in the state, establishment of scores of colleges and statues in most of the districts, Karpuri Thakur Museum, Jan Nayak Karpuri Thakur hospitals in Samastipur and Darbhanga,
516:, formerly of Congress , by a vote of 144 to 84. Infighting in the party broke over the question of Thakur's decision to implement the Mungeri Lal Commission report, that recommended the institution of reservations for Backward Castes in government jobs. Upper caste members of the
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Congress to return to power in 1980. However, he could not last his full term because he lost the leadership battle in 1979 from Ram Sundar Das whom his adversaries placed against him and was replaced as chief minister.
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candidate in 1980 elections. His party changed its name to
Bharatiya Lok Dal later, and Thakur was elected to Bihar Vidhan Sabha as its candidate in 1985 election from Sonbarsa constituency. He passed away before this Vidhan Sabha could complete its term.
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Academic S.N. Malakar, who belongs to one of the Most
Backward Classes (MBCs) of Bihar and had participated in the agitation supporting Karpoori Thakur’s reservation policy in the 1970s as a student activist belonging to the
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curriculum. It is alleged that the Bihar's students suffered due to the resulting low standards of
English-medium education in the state. Thakur served as a minister and
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and curtailed many freedoms. There were also social cleavages with
Socialists and BLD representing backward castes and Congress(O) and Jana Sangh the upper castes.
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candidate. He was arrested for leading P & T employees during the general strike of the
Central Government employees in 1960. In 1970, he undertook a
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came to power, Thakur became Chief
Minister of Bihar for the second time by winning the legislative party election against Bihar Janata Party President
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Karpoori Thakur's birthplace, Pitaunjhia, was renamed to
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in Bihar. During his reign, many schools and colleges were established in his name in the backward areas of Bihar.
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Karpoori Thakur, a Gandhian leader from an extremely backward caste of a barber or nai community from Samastipur
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tried to water down the reservation policy by unseating Thakur as Chief Minister. To wean away Dalit MLAs,
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789:"'Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakurji's Life Revolved Around Twin Pillars Of Simplicity, Social Justice': PM Modi"
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Karpoori Thakur was born to Gokul Thakur and Ramdulari Devi at Pitaunjhia (now Karpuri Gram) village in
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language, and as the education minister of Bihar, he removed English as the compulsory subject for the
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split in July 1979, Karpoori Thakur sided with the outgoing Charan Singh faction. He was elected from
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in Bihar, for the backward classes in the government jobs. In this layered reservation regime,
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Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar paying tribute to Karpoori Thakur on 17 February 2023.
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Thakur was known as the champion of the poor. In 1978, Karpoori Thakur introduced 26%
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860:"How Bihar's caste survey seeks to build on the legacy of Karpoori Thakur"
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1437:"Why are JD(U), RJD rushing to claim Karpoori Thakur's legacy? Explained"
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Bihar Government opened Jannayak Karpoori Thakur Medical College in
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The Jan Nayak Karpuri Thakur Vidhi Mahavidyalaya (Law College) in
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socialist Chief Minister of Bihar in 1970. He also enforced total
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Leaders of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Post-Mandal Politics in Bihar: Changing Electoral Patterns
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957:"Karpoori Thakur: A Socialist Leader in the Hindi Belt"
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1016:"Bihar wants Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur"
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1351:. Oxford University Press, 1986. p. 87.
1152:"State mourns death of ex-CM on festival day"
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691:and documentary formation on Karpuri Thakur.
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1197:"Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985"
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139:5 March 1967 – 31 January 1968
61:22 December 1970 – 2 June 1971
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420:in 1952 from Tajpur constituency as a
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698:to mark his 100th birth anniversary.
638:of denomination Rupees 100 launched
317:Freedom Fighter, Teacher, Politician
1488:Karpoori Thakur-COMMEMORATIVE STAMP
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655:The Department of Posts released a
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2121:Janata Party (Secular) politicians
1462:Ranjan, Mukesh (25 January 2024).
1410:Sinha, Shishir (23 January 2024).
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1093:from the original on 27 March 2022
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709:Karpoori Thakur ministry (1977–79)
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1154:. Daily Telegraph. 7 March 2015.
891:. S.K. Publications. p. 11.
814:from the original on 15 June 2020
802:Singh, Aastha (24 January 2019).
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2071:State cabinet ministers of Bihar
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1464:"Karpoori Thakur promoted Hindi"
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447:, before becoming the first non-
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461:All India Students Federation
403:All India Students Federation
16:Indian politician (1924–1988)
2146:Education Ministers of Bihar
2081:Lok Sabha members from Bihar
1416:www.thehindubusinessline.com
411:Indian independence movement
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348:11th Chief Minister of Bihar
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1177:30 years ago in India Today
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2000:Satyendra Narayan Sinha
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1224:"The depth of Opulence"
1186:(slide 3). India Today.
1182:2 February 2009 at the
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49:Chief Minister of Bihar
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1073:Kumar, Sanjay (2018).
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453:prohibition of alcohol
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1925:Krishna Ballabh Sahay
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389:. He belonged to the
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1802:Madan Mohan Malaviya
1798:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1727:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1616:Pandurang Vaman Kane
1046:"Members Bioprofile"
888:Karpoori, a Portrait
668:Rashtriya Janata Dal
662:Tussle on legacy by
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468:Jaya Prakash Narayan
373:on 23 January 2024.
359: people's hero
281:Bharatiya Kranti Dal
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2116:India MPs 1977–1979
1935:Satish Prasad Singh
1845:P. V. Narasimha Rao
1743:Jayaprakash Narayan
1622:Lal Bahadur Shastri
1579:Dhondo Keshav Karve
1573:Govind Ballabh Pant
1050:Parliament of India
1022:. 14 January 2008.
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657:commemorative stamp
407:Quit India Movement
383:Samastipur District
367:Government of India
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1915:Deep Narayan Singh
1837:Lal Krishna Advani
1733:M. S. Subbulakshmi
1675:M. G. Ramachandran
1669:Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1596:Bidhan Chandra Roy
1545:C. Rajagopalachari
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990:"Karpoori Thakur"
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