During Quit India Movement, who among the following escaped from the Hazaribagh Jail?

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Bihar Police Constable Memory Based Paper (Held On: 21 Aug 2024)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Jayaprakash Narayan.

Key Points

During the Quit India Movement of August 1942, Jayaprakash Narayan along with Ram Manohar Lohia and Aruna Asaf Ali, took charge of the ongoing stir when all the senior leaders had been arrested.
However, he also could not remain outside the jail for a long time and was soon arrested under Defence of India Rules, a preventive detention law that did not require a trial.
He was put in Hazari Bagh Central Jail.
Jayaprakash Narayan along with his accomplices started making plans to escape from the Jail. Their chance came soon on a Diwali day in November 1942 when a large number of guards were on leave because of the festival. It was a daring escape which made Jayaprakash Narayan into a folk hero.
Jayaprakash Narayan organised an “Azaad Dasta” (freedom brigade) in Nepal.
He is the main leader of the Total Revolution Movement against Indira Gandhi.
On June 5, 1974, Jayaprakash Narayan gave the slogan of Sampurn Kranti (total revolution) against Indira Gandhi.
Jayaprakash Narayan was Posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1999.