Which title was given to Jayaprakash Narayan?

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answered Mar 2, 2022 by Anuragk (237k points)
selected Mar 2, 2022 by SiddhiSomnath

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Lok Nayak

The correct answer is Lok Nayak.

Jayaprakash Narayan was born in 1902 in Sitabdiara, Bihar.
He was influenced by Marxist ideas in the USA and Gandhian ideology.
He joined the Indian National Congress in 1929.
In 1932, he got imprisoned for a year for participation in the civil disobedience movement.
In 1934, he formed the Congress Socialist Party with the following members-
- Acharya Narendra Deva
- Ram Manohar Lohia
- Minoo Masani
- Achyut Patvardhan
- Ashok Mehta
He eventually left the Congress Party and initiated an anti-Congress Campaign and formed the Praja Socialist Party in 1952.
Jayaprakash Narayan was posthumously conferred with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna (1999), for his "invaluable contribution to the freedom struggle and upliftment of the poor and downtrodden".
He was popularly known as Lok Nayak as he was considered the people's leader.
In later years, he was the dynamic figure around whom a young socialist movement coalesced in the form of the Janata Party, giving India its first non-Congress government in 1977.