Jayakant Mishra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian Maithili language preservationist.
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Place of Birth: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
About Jayakant Mishra
- Jayakant Mishra (20 November 1922 – 3 February 2009) was an Indian scholar and author.
- He was a professor of English at Allahabad University, and an advocate for the Maithili language, where he petitioned the Government of Bihar to make its language instruction available for primary schools in the area., He worked tirelessly for the statehood of Mithila in India carving out from Bihar and Jharkhand from 1994 till his death.
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