<P> Jayaprakash Narayan ( listen ( help info ) ; 11 October 1902 -- 8 October 1979 ) , popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak ( Hindi for The People 's Leader ) , was an Indian independence activist , theorist , communist and political leader , remembered especially for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi , for whose overthrow he called a `` total revolution '' . His biography , Jayaprakash , was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature , Ramavriksha Benipuri . In 1999 , he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna , India 's highest civilian award , in recognition of his social work . Other awards include the Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1965 . </P>
<P> Jayaprakash Narayan ( listen ( help info ) ; 11 October 1902 -- 8 October 1979 ) , popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak ( Hindi for The People 's Leader ) , was an Indian independence activist , theorist , communist and political leader , remembered especially for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi , for whose overthrow he called a `` total revolution '' . His biography , Jayaprakash , was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature , Ramavriksha Benipuri . In 1999 , he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna , India 's highest civilian award , in recognition of his social work . Other awards include the Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1965 . </P>
who wrote biography of lok nayak jayprakash narayan
who wrote biography of lok nayak jayprakash narayan
Ramavriksha Benipuri
Ramavriksha Benipuri