Patna Book Fair 1994 at Gandhi Maidan: A bold message on inclusive literature

1994 PATNA BOOK 📚 FAIR
15-26 DECEMBER 1994

STALLS: 223

INAUGURAL CEREMONY
Thursday December 15, 1994

मेला की उद्घोषिका: सुश्री जेबा तब्बसुम व शहेला

Inaugurating the Patna Book 📚 Fair at the Gandhi Maidan (Thursday 15 December, 1994), the Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav said that literature and intellectual ferment could not more remain unrelated to the to basic issues of society specially when large sections of Dalits and women were trying to come up against the odds placed before them for centuries. He said, the majority of the books published in the country had failed to address itself to the genuine needs of the underprivileged. Introducing the young man, a Chaltar Manjhi Yadav , of the Panama Circus the CM said, “Here is a brilliant adventurer”. While Dalit literature was being published in some parts of the country, specially his Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra and due to the pioneering attempts of Dada Saheb Phalke and Baba Bhim Rao Ambedkar, such initiatives were lacking elsewhere.

*Mr Ranjan Pd Yadav, MP presided over the function
*Guest of Honour: Renowned Poet Mr Aarsi Prasad Singh on the occasion
*Special Invitee: Dr Ramchandra Purve, Secondary Education Minister
*Prof Jabir Hussain
*Mr Ram Kripal Yadav, MP
*President, PBF: Dr Lala Surajnandan Prasad
*Chairman, Reception Committee, PBF: Mr Jiya Lal Arya
*Dr Amar Kumar Singh, Director, Bihar Hindi Granth Academy

VISITORS
15-26 DECEMBER 1994

*Dr Ram Upadesh Singh ‘Videh’, IAS
*Mr Ramchandra Khan, IPS
*Acharya Nalin Vilochan Sharma (साहित्यकार)
*Dr (Mrs) Usha Verma (Head, Hindi Dept, Arvind Mahila College)
*Dr Ramsharan Sharma (इतिहासकार)
*Mrs Latika Renu ( स्वर्गीय फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु की पत्नी)
*Mrs Navnita Sinha (स्वर्गीय फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु की पुत्री)
*Prof Arun Kamal (Poet)
*Mr Nirmal Verma, Delhi (साहित्यकार)
*Mr Alok Dhanwa (Poet)
*Mr Urmilesh, Journalist
*Dr Mahendra Prasad Yadav (निदेशक, बिहार राष्ट्रभाषा परिषद्)
*Mr Vikas Kumar Jha (पत्रकार)
*Mr Rajkishore (वरिष्ठ पत्रकार, नवभारत टाइम्स)
*Prof Shyamcharan Dubey (समाजशास्त्री)
*Mr Yogendra Narayan Sardar, MLA
*Mr Chandra Mouleshwar Singh ‘Lalan’ Ex-MLA
*Dr Ganesh Pd ‘Ojha’
*Dr Lal Babu
*Dr Ram Shobhit Singh, Chief Librarian Sinha Library
*Dr Shriniwas
*Mr Ramji Mishra Manohar
*Mr Bhawanath Jha
*Dr Vishnu Kishore Jha ‘Bechan’
*Mr Thakur Shyamanand Singh
*Mrs Vindhyavasini Dutt ‘Tripathi’
*Mr Vijay Amaresh
*Mr Sachchidanand Sahay
*Dr Sudha Singh
*Mr Balbhadra Kalyan
*Dr Rambachan Ray
*Mr Hrishikesh Sulabh (AIR)
*Dr Bhagwati Sharam Mishra, IAS
*Mr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Senior Advocate, High Court
*Dr Gunakar Mule

      *जन अदालत कार्यक्रम* 
       *OPEN FORUM*

*Lt General (Retd) SK Sinha
*Dr Ram Sharan Sharma, Historian
*Dr Jagannath Mishra, Ex-CM
*Assembly Speaker Mr Ghulam Sarwar
*Mr Nitish Kumar, MP (Samta Party)
*Mr Suraj Mandal(नेता,
झारखण्ड मुक्ति मोर्चा Vice President Soren Group)
*Mr Mukesh Verma (राष्ट्रीय फिल्म विकास निगम पटना शाखा के अधिकारी)
*Mr VP Jain, DGP
*General (Retd) SK Sinha
*Mr PK Agarwal, President, Bihar Chamber of Commerce
*Mr Vinod Mishra (नेता,भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी माले)
*Mr Suraj Prasad (नेता, कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी)
*Mr Anand Mohan,MLA (Founder: Bihar People’s Party
*Mr Kailashpati Mishra (BJP)

[जन अदालत की कार्यवाही का क्लोज सर्किट टीवी से सीधा प्रसारण किया प्रणव मोशन पिक्कर्स ने। प्रसारण कार्य से जुड़े‌ लोगों में प्रोड्यूसर सुमिता साही, प्रणव साही, पंकज, विनोद कुमार, कैमरा कन्ट्रोल यूनिट राजकुमार राहुल, अशोक कुमार, कैमरामैन, धीरेन्द्र कुमार फ्लोर मैनेजर एवं अरविन्द शुक्ला फ्लोर सहायक]

Dr Karan Singh, Ex-education Minister (Central) [released Souvenir of 1994 PBF on 19th December]

[World 🌎 Wide Creative Art Research & Development Centre stall opened for the first time. The National Film 🎥 Development Corporation stall was too opened for the first time. Another similar stall was run by Stromo consisting of a group of artists from BHU Varanasi. Displaying twelve paintings the medium used in the painting was the first of its kind.]

Film 🎥 Actor Mr Avatar Krishna Hangal (22 December 1994)
Film Actor Shatrughan Sinha
Filmmakers Shakti Samant -Shri Ram Vohra –Atmaram
Filmmaker Mr Satyajit Ray (NFDC)
*Mr Mukesh Verma, NFDC
*Film 🎥 Producer: Mr Prakash Jha

Mr GP Koirala (PM, Nepal)
*Noted Poet: Mr Baba Nagarjun
*Noted Poet: Mr Pandit Ramdayal Pandey
*Mr Prafulla Chandra Ojha ‘Mukt’ (वयोवृद्ध हिन्दी समाजसेवी)
*Dr Usha Kiran Khan
*Dr Khagendra Thakur
*Mr Sunil Dubey (Resident Editor, The Hindustan Times)
*Mr DN Gautam, IPS
*Dr RN Prasad
*Mr Sanjiv Verma (नायक तरुमित्र संस्था)
*Mr Narayan Mishra (पुस्तकालयों के लिए पुस्तक मेला की भूमिका पर गोष्ठी के मुख्य वक्ता)
*Mr Madhukar Singh (प्रसिद्ध साहित्यकार)
*Prof Dev Narayan Yadav
*Mr Umashankar Verma
*Mr Janki Vallabh Shastri, Internationally-known Hindi poet
*Mr Shatrughan Pd Singh, teacher-legislator
*Mr Abdul Bari Siddiqui, MLC
*Mr Rajendra Yadav (Renowned Litterrateur)
*Acharya Ram Murti (Great Social Reformer)
*Mr Deo Narayan Yadav, Senior Advocate
*Mr Rambilas Mahto, Senior Advocate
*Mr Krishna Prasad Singh, Senior Advocate
*Mr Umashankar Verma (Writer)

CLOSING CEREMONY
MONDAY 26 DECEMBER 1994

Guest of Honour: Acharya Janki Vallabh Shastri
Chief Guest: Ghulam Sarwar
Special Invitee: Prof R.S. Sharma
Special Invitee: Mr Abdul Bari Siddiqui (Commercial Tax Minister)
Special Guest: Mr Shatrughan Prasad Singh, Legislator