Bihar Movement
| Bihar Movement | ||||
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| Date | 18 March 1974 – 25 June 1975 (emergency) | |||
| Location | Bihar, India | |||
| Caused by | Corruption in public life | |||
| Goals | Dissolution of Bihar legislative assembly | |||
| Methods | Protest march, street protest, riot, hunger strike, strike | |||
| Resulted in | Did not succeed, emergency imposed | |||
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The Bihar movement, also known as the JP movement, was a political movement initiated by students in the Indian state of Bihar against misrule and corruption in the state government, in 1974. It was led by the veteran Gandhian socialist Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly known as JP. The movement later turned against Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government in the central government. It was also referred to as Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution Movement).