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Give brief introduction of the contribution of the main persons or personalities in Rajasthan’s unification.

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The personalities who contributed in the unification of Rajasthan were : 

1. Vijay Singh Pathik: His original name was Bhoop Singh. He led the Bijolia farmer movement. He started public awareness through Rajasthan Kesari newspaper. He is known in whole of India as the founder of farmer movement.

2. Arjun Lal Sethi : He was born in a Jain family in Jaipur in the year 1880. Sethiji is known as the founder of public consciousness in Jaipur state. Revolutionary Ras Bihari Bose in Rajasthan had put the entire responsibility of revolt on Sethiji. Sethiji founded the Jain education society in Jaipur in 1907. He worked hard for Hindu Muslim unity.

3. Kesari Singh Barhat: Kesari Singh was born in Shahpura (Bhilswara) in 1872. He founded the Brave India Assembly in 1910 AD. He created a ‘Sortho’ named ‘Chetawani Ree Chungtiya’. He is known as Rajasthan Kesari also.

4. Pratap Singh Barhat : Pratap Singh was Kesari Singh Barhat’s son. He threw bomb on Lord Hadinge’s procession in 1912 succumbed to the hardships given to him in Bareilly jail in 1918 AD. He received training in Arjunlal Sethi’s Jain Vardhman School.

5. Zorawar Singh Barhat: Zorawar Singh was Kesri Singh Barhat’s younger brother. He threw bomb on Lord Harding in Chandni Chowk in 1912 AD. From the government and king’s side, many attempts were made to catch him but he could no be caught. In the first world war, he jointly with Ras Bihari Bose and Shachinder Nath Sanyal prepared a plan for armed revolt in Northern India but this plan failed.

6. Sagar Mal Gopa : He was born in Jaisalmer and he strongly opposed the atrocites of Maharawal Jawahar Singh. He alongwith awakening political consciousness in Jaisalmer impelled or stressed on propagation of education. In the accusation of revolt against king, he was sent to jail and inhuman torture was inflicted on him.

7. Swami Gopal Dass : Gopal Dass was born in Churu and by his public service, consciousness arose among people. The Maharaja of Bikaner, Maharaja Ganga Singh sent Gopal Dass to jail for his conspiracy against Bikaner state, and for this allegation he remained in jail for long duration where in 1939 AD he died..

8. Damodar Dass Rathi : Damodar Dass was born at a place named Pokhran in Jaisalmer. He founded sanatan dharma or religion schools, colleges and new India institution for public service. He gave economic support to the activites of revolutionaries.

9. Motilal Tejawat : Motilal was born in 1887 AD at’a village named Koliari near Udaipur. He revolted against the atrocities on Bhils and started the Akki movement. He was famous by the name Bhavji among tribals..

10. Manikya Lal Verma : Manikya Lal was born in Bijolia. He founded the Mewar Praja Mandal. He dedicated his life to the service of the deprived and oppressed.

11. Govind Guru : Govind Guru was a famous social farmer who took upon himself the responsibility for societial and moralistic progress and from societial perspective organised the people and tried to bring them into the mainstream. For this objective, he founded “Samp Sabha’ and to keep them in the fold of Hindu religion he founded the Bhagat Path.

12. Hira Lal Shastri : Hiralal was born on 24th November 1899 in Jobner (Jaipur). On 24th March 1949, he became the first Chief Minister of Greater Rajasthan. He took over the presidentship of Jaipur Praja Mandal.

13. Gokul Bhai Bhatt : Gokul Bhai was born in 1898 AD in Hathal village of Sirohi district. He tried sincerely for prohibition of liquor in Rajasthan. He founded the Sirohi Praja Mandal.

14. Jai Narayan Vyas : Jai Narayan was born in Jodhpur. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan also.

15. Balwant Singh Mehta : In the year 1915 AD, he arose as a catalyst of poltical consciousness and for a long duration remained the convener of ‘Pratap. Assembly and did important work in the field of public consciousness. In the year 1938, he became the Praja Mandal. After independence, he was selected as a member of Constitution Concurrent Assembly.

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