Chittu Pandey (Aged 81) who was born on May 10, 1865 and popularly referred to as the Sher-e Ballia (Lion of Ballia), was an Indian independence activist and revolutionary. He was born in Rattuchak, a village in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh, into a Bhumihar Brahmin family. A distinguished independence activist, he led the Quit India Movement in Ballia. Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose described him as the “Tiger of Ballia”.
He headed the National Government that was declared and established on August 19, 1942, for a few days before it was suppressed by the British. The parallel government succeeded in getting the Collector to hand over power and release all the arrested Congress leaders. However, within a week, soldiers marched in, and the leaders had to flee. Pandey used to call himself a Gandhian. There is a crossroads named after Chittu Pandey. He passed away in 1946.
Chittu Padeyn
(1865 – 1946) – (Uttar Pradesh)
Chittu Pandey (Aged 81) who was born on May 10, 1865 and popularly referred to as the Sher-e Ballia (Lion of Ballia), was an Indian independence activist and revolutionary. He was born in Rattuchak, a village in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh, into a Bhumihar Brahmin family. A distinguished independence activist, he led the Quit India Movement in Ballia. Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose described him as the “Tiger of Ballia”.
He headed the National Government that was declared and established on August 19, 1942, for a few days before it was suppressed by the British. The parallel government succeeded in getting the Collector to hand over power and release all the arrested Congress leaders. However, within a week, soldiers marched in, and the leaders had to flee. Pandey used to call himself a Gandhian. There is a crossroads named after Chittu Pandey. He passed away in 1946.
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