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Keshwa Prasad

Keshwa Prasad

Keshwa Prasad actively participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement from 1930 to 1932. He was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republic Association and was arrested in Gaya in connection with the Explosive and Arms seizure incident.

Keshwa Prasad was tried for the Gaya Conspiracy case and was sentenced to seven years in jail in 1933. He was subsequently deported to Andaman, where he took part in a hunger strike in July 1937, which lasted for 37 days.

In 1937, Keshwa Prasad was repatriated and released a year later. However, he was arrested again in 1942. In the seventies, he became spiritual and settled down in Brindavan.