Devidutt Pant
Indian freedom fighter (1907–1982)
Devidutt Pant (11 April 1907 – 14 April 1982) was an Indian freedom fighter and founder of Bikaner Khadi Bhandar in Bikaner city of Rajasthan state in India . He was born in Khantoli (District Bageshwar, Uttarakhand) in the middle Himalayan range of Kumaun district located at 5000’ altitude. He moved to Rajasthan around 1927 from Kumaon.
From 1927 to 1935, Devidutt lived in various villages around Jaipur State. He was working for Akhil Bhartiya Charkha Sangh that had its headquarter in a village Govindgarh-Malikpur near Jaipur. All Khadi workers were expected to join national freedom movement against British government and go to jail whenever Mahatma Gandhi gave call. He was sentenced with hard labor of Six months during Non Cooperation Movement post Dandi March on 13 February 1932. He served this jail term in Ajmer. All prisoners were expected to carry out heavy manual labor like Grinding Wheat (Chakki Peesna), Oil Pressing, Making Jute ropes and other hard labor work. Haribhau Upadhyaya and Hira Lal Shashtri were also in the Jail with him who later reached at higher positions in the politics of Rajputana.
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