Govind Vallabh Pant Indian Freedom Fighter

Govind Vallabh Pant Indian Freedom Fighter

Date of birth: 10^th September, 1887 and Date of death: 7^th March, 1961
Govind Vallabh Pant was an Indian freedom fighter, an important political leader from Uttar Pradesh and of the movement to establish Hindi as the national language of India.  As a lawyer in Kashipur, Pant began his active work against the British Raj in 1914, when he helped a local parishad, or village council, their successful challenge of a law requiring locals to provide free transportation of the luggage of travelling British officials.  In 1921, he entered politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.  In 1930, he was arrested and imprisoned for several weeks for organize.