Glorious Sacrifices of Bihar during Quit India Movement – 1942 : In Numbers
We have been listening about the sacrifices made by our elders to gain freedom from the British rule, but rarely do we realize the enormity of the offerings made by them to this nation. Here, we are presenting a district wise empirical data of the sacrifices made by Bihar during the Quit India Movement (or, August Revolution) of 1942.
During the 1942, Quit India Movement at 122 different places, police fired upon the peaceful unarmed Indian patriots martyring around 2000 people in Bihar alone.
| District | Arrested | Martyred | Wounded | Community Fines |
| Patna | 4,334 | 30 | 121 | 8,00,000 |
| Munger | 927 | 89 | 35 | 1,97,700 |
| Champaran | 2,008 | 22 | 55 | 1,03,350 |
| Shahabad (Arrah) | 2,255 | N.A | N.A | 50,000 |
| Gaya | 1,035 | 14 | N.A | 3,53,300 |
| Hazaribagh | 13,310 | 533 | 669 | 1,77,200 |
| Bhagalpur | 4,000 | 447 | 362 | 2,18,480 |
| Muzaffarpur | 100 | 50 | 100 | 3,69,000 |
| Purnea | 1,475 | 46 | 60 | 1,28,000 |
| Saran | 2,000 | 517 | N.A | 1,25,000 |
| Ranchi | 394 | N.A | N.A | 6,000 |
| Darbhanga | 1,200 | 38 | 100 | 4,88,600 |
| Manbhum | N.A | 5 | 16 | 34,640 |
| Singhbhum | 175 | N.A | N.A | 2,164 |
| Santhal Pargana | 600 | 26 | N.A | 50,000 |
| Palamu | N.A | N.A | 1,286 | 3,400 |
| Total | 33,813 | 1,817 | 2,804 | 3,106,834 |
