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Shahabad was declared as a District with Head Quarter at Ara, as early as 1782 A.D.
1. HISTORICAL LEGACY OF SHAHABAD
- Shershah : Battle of Chausa 1540 Transfer of power from Mughal ruler to Afghans
- Battle of Buxar : 1764 Transfer of power from Mughal Rulers to the East India Company
- First Freedom Movement 1857 Veer Kunwar Singh Hero of this movement, led the war of independence in northern India
2. CULTURAL LEGACY :
- 1903 : Nagiri Pracharini Sabha, Ara Played crucial role in the propagation of Hindi literature & Deonagiri Script
- 1908 : Adi Nath Trust Repository of Jain Culture and traditions, centre of rare Jain manuscripts and books.
3. EMINENT PERSONALITIES :
- Political Lumanaries :
- Sri Sachidanand Sinha First President of the Constituent Assembly.
- Sri Jagjiwan Ram Veteran Freedom Fighter, a great Masiha of Dalits and underprivileged sections of our society and former Deputy Prime Minister of India.
- Dr. Ram Subhagh Singh A visionary national leader of rare Parliamentary skill and an idealist political leader and former Union Minister of India.
- Sri Bhawani Dayal Sanyasi A Great Champion of freedom movement in South Africa as well as in India
- Sri Sardar Harihar SIngh Freedom Fighter and Former Chief Minister of Bihar.
- Sri Ramanand Tiwari An eminent socialist veteran freedom fighter
- Shri Kailash Pati Mishra A great national leader and former Governor of Gujrat
- Trade Union Leaders :
- Dr. Abdul Bari Deputy Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly (1937-39).
- Sri A. P. Sharma Former Union Minister of India
- Sri Bindeswari Dubey Former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Union Minister of India.
- Cooperative Leader :
- Sri Tapeshwar Singh Former Chairman, NAFED and other national and international cooperative institutions
- Men of Letters :
- Sri Acharya Sheopujan Sahay Journalist and a creative writer of outstanding ability and an outstanding promoter of cause of Hindi
- Sri Raja Radhika Raman Singh Novelist
- Principal Manoranjan An eminent scholar of English, Hindi and Bhojpuri
- Sri Collector Singh Kesri An outstanding poet of English & Hindi
- Sri Rameshwar Singh Kashyap An outstanding scholar of Hindi & Bhojpuri and a dramatist of rare ability
- Sri Kamta Prasad An eminent economist and past president of Indian economic society
- Acharya Sri J. Pandey An eminent teacher of English
- Sri Ram dayal pandey An distinguished Hindi Literate
- Scientists :
- Dr. Balbhadra Prasad Former V.C., Patna and Allaha-bad University and an outstanding scholar of chemistry.
- Dr. Ram Avatar Shukla Former V.C., Patna University, Chairman, B.P.S.C. and an outstanding mathematician
- Dr. Bashisht Narayan Singh Mathematical Genius
- Engineers :
- Sri Pradhan Jawala Praasad Former Adviser, Asian Development Bank, Manila and an Engineer of inter-national repute.
- Sri B. K. Singh Former M.D., BSL, Bhillai and Vizeg Steel Plants and the most successful M.D. of Steel Plants under SAIL.
- Sri R. P. Singh CMD, Power Grid Corporation and an outstanding Power Manager of international repute
- Sri Manoj Singh
- Social Scientist :
- Dr. Bimal Prasad An eminent historian and former Ambassador to Nepal
- Dr. Pradhan Harishankar An eminent Economist and former Director of A. N. Sinha Institute, Patna
- Professor Shamshad Hussain Psychologist, a suc-cessful teacher and Vice Chancellor, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya.
- Doctors :
- Padm Shree Dr. Dukhan Ram – An eminent Eye Surgeon and Former V.C., Bihar University.
- Dr. R. V. P. Sinha – An eminent Surgeon and outstanding teacher
- Padm Shree Dr. Gopal Prasad – An eminent Physician
- Padm Shree Dr. Vijay Prakash – An eminent Physician
- Musician :
- Bharat Ratna Bishmilla Khan Sahanai Player of International fame
- Sri Shatrunjay Prasad Singh "Lalan Jee" Famous Pakhawaj Badak of national repute.
- Legal Luminanaries :
- Sir Jwala Prasad Former Judge, Patna High Court.
- Justice B. P. Sinha Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India
- Justice K. B. N. Singh Former Chief Justice, Patna and Madras High Courts
- Justice U. P. Singh Former Chief Justice, Keral High Court
- Justice B. P. Singh Judge Supreme Court of India
- Saints :
- Saint Dariaya Das
- Bhagwan Awadhoot Ram
- Tridandi Swami
- Administrators :
- Padma Bhushan Sri L. P. Singh, Former Governor, Assam and North Eastern States and an outstanding Public Servant of international repute.
- Padma Bhushan Sri S. P. Verma Former Director General of Intelli-gence Bureau, Govt. of India
- Sri Bishundeo Narayan Singh, Former V.C., Ranchi
- Sri Sachida Nand Singh Former Chief Secretary, Bihar
- Sri Kamla Prasad Former Chief Secretary, Bihar
- Sri K. K. Srivastava Former Chief Secretary, Bihar
- Philanthropists :
- Sri Bisheswar Narayan Singh and Sri Shaligram Singh Founder of B. N. College, Patna
- Sri Har Prasad Das Jain Founder of H.D. Jain College, Ara and several other public institutions
- Maharja Bahadur Ram Ranvijay Prasad Singh A great promoter of Higher educaiton in Shahabad
- Smt. Dharishani Kunwar Founder of D. K. College, Dumrao and other institutions
- Sports Person of high acclaim :
- Sri Sheo Nath Singh Represented Olympics in Athelatics
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