Patna, Aug. 23 -- Bihar Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari today announced that the biography of Pandit Rajkumar Shukla, regarded as a key figure behind the Champaran Satyagraha and instrumental in bringing Mahatma Gandhi to Bihar, would be included in the state''s textbooks.
Addressing a function organised at the Bihar Legislative Council''s Annexe Hall to mark the 151st birth anniversary of Rajkumar Shukla, Tiwari said the decision should have been taken much earlier. He said it was necessary to acquaint the younger generation with Shukla''s contribution and struggle.
Welcoming Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary''s announcement that Shukla''s birth anniversary would be observed as a state function from next year, the Education Minister th...