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Purushottam K. Chauhan

(1905 – 1958) – (Jharkhand)

Purushottam K. Chauhan (Aged 53) was born in 1905 in Kutch, Gujarat, India. He was a freedom fighter, coal mines owner, social leader, labor activist, and politician from Dhanbad, India. He was highly influenced by the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi while studying Law in Calcutta and joined the Indian independence movement.

He led the rally in the Quit India Movement on 17 August 1942 at Dhanbad, which was broken up by a lathi charge, and a contingent of anti-aircraft gunners was sent from Asansol under Captain Ellis to control the activists in Dhanbad. Chauhan, along with other student leaders like P. C. Bose, was arrested by the British and sent to jail. Bose and Chauhan were both student leaders from Dhanbad.

After independence, P. K. Chauhan became a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar from Dhanbad. He passed away in 1958.