2022-05-13 Fri

Sheel Bhadra Yajee was a freedom struggle activist from Bihar. He was closely associated with both violent and non-nonviolent activity. Sheel Bhadra Yajee started participating in the freedom struggle when he was a student in 1928. As a student, he attended the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. Four years later he joined Congress Socialist Party and got involved in the Kisan movement. Later, he also got closely associated with Netaji Subash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi. Sheel Bhadra Yajee was also closely associated with the Indian National Army movement.

This commemorative stamp was issued by the Indian Government in 2001, to commemorate him and his work.

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