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The Jayaprakash Narayan Museum of Socialism is situated in:

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Answer: Option C — Lucknow

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The Jayaprakash Narayan Museum of Socialism is part of the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in the Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

About the JPNIC and the museum:

  • The centre was built by the Uttar Pradesh government in the 2010s as a convention centre, sports complex and memorial to Jayaprakash Narayan.
  • The museum is dedicated to the ideas of socialism and to the life and work of Jayaprakash Narayan and other socialist leaders of India.
  • A large statue of Jayaprakash Narayan stands at the complex.

About Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979):

  • He was popularly known as "JP" and "Lok Nayak" (People's Leader).
  • He was born on 11 October 1902 at Sitab Diara, on the border of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
  • In 1934, he was one of the founders of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP), along with Acharya Narendra Dev and Ram Manohar Lohia.
  • During the Quit India Movement (1942), he escaped from Hazaribagh jail and led the underground movement.
  • After independence, he joined Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan movement (1954).
  • In 1974, he led the student movement in Bihar and called for "Sampoorna Kranti" (Total Revolution) against corruption.
  • He was arrested during the Emergency (1975-77) and helped unite the opposition into the Janata Party, which won the 1977 elections.
  • He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1965) and the Bharat Ratna (posthumously, 1999).

Other socialist leaders of India:

  • Ram Manohar Lohia: leader of the Samyukta Socialist Party; known for his anti-Congress politics.
  • Acharya Narendra Dev: called the "father of Indian socialism".

Other memorials to JP:

  • Patna's international airport is named "Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport".
  • His birthplace, Sitab Diara, has a memorial.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗Patna has the JP airport and the Gandhi Maidan, where JP held his famous rally in 1974.
  • ✗New Delhi has the Gandhi Smriti and the Nehru Memorial (Prime Ministers' Museum).
  • ✗Varanasi has the Bharat Kala Bhavan museum at BHU.

Quick tip

Remember: Jayaprakash Narayan Museum of Socialism = JPNIC, Lucknow; JP = "Lok Nayak" (Congress Socialist Party 1934; Total Revolution 1974; Bharat Ratna 1999); Patna airport is named after him.

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