Jayprakash Narayanwas given the title of ‘Loknayak’. He is known as the “Hero of Quit India Movement”, and he is remembered for leading themid-1970sopposition againstPrime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he had called for a “total revolution”. His biography,Jayaprakash, was written by his friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature,Rambriksh Benipuri. In1999, he wasposthumouslyawarded theBharat Ratna. He was awarded theMagsaysayaward forPublic Servicein1965.