Editing Jayaprakash Narayan (section)

{{Short description|Indian independence activist (1902–1979)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Jayaprakash Narayan
| birth_name         = Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava
| image              = Jawaharlal Nehru with Jayaprakash Narayan (cropped).jpg
| caption            = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1902|10|11}}
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1979|10|08|1902|10|11}}
| birth_place        = Sitab Diara, [[Chhapra district]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Ballia district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])<ref name="Birthplace"/>
| death_place        = [[Patna]], Bihar, India
| occupation         = {{hlist|Activist|theorist|politician}}
| alma_mater         = [[University of Wisconsin]] (M.A., sociology)<br />[[Ohio State University]] (B. A., behavioural science)<br />[[University of Iowa]] (CHE, discontinued)<br />[[University of California, Berkeley|U.C. Berkeley]] (chemistry, discontinued)<ref name="indiatimes1"/><ref name="nytimes1975"/>
| spouse             = [[Prabhavati Devi]]
| relatives          = [[Brajkishore Prasad]] (father-in-law)
| other_names        = JP, Jay Prakash Narayan, ''Lok Nayak''
| movement           = [[Quit India]], [[Sarvodaya]], [[JP Movement]], [[Bihar Movement]]
| party              = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />[[Janata Party]]
| awards             = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] (1965)|[[Bharat Ratna]] (1999) (posthumously)}}
}}

'''Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava''' ({{Audio|Jayaprakash Narayan.ogg|listen}}; 11 October 1902&nbsp;– 8 October 1979), also known as '''JP''' and '''''Lok Nayak''''' ([[Hindi]] for "'''People's leader'''"), was an Indian politician, theorist and [[Indian independence activist|independence activist]]. He is mainly remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] and calling for her overthrow in a "[[Bihar Movement|total revolution]]". In 1999, Narayan was posthumously awarded the [[Bharat Ratna]], India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social service. His other awards include the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for public service in 1965.