Patna serial blasts: Gandhi maidan thrown open for public
Patna: A week after serial bomb blasts, Gandhi Maidan, which was the venue of the public meeting of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, has been thrown open for the public.Patna District Magistrate N Shrwan
The field which was earlier known as Bankipore Maidan was named after Mahatma Gandhi after his assassination.
Subhash Chandra Bose had organised an important meeting of his Forward block at the ground in 1939, a year after its formation.
In 1974, Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan had launched his “sampoorna kranti” (total revolution) from the same Gandhi Maidan to oust Congress from power.