Notable personalities of Chapra,Saran

Chhapra is the home of first President of India Rajendra Prasad, freedom fighter and notable political leader Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan, Mazaharul Haq, scholar Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan etc. Jaiprakash Narayan University has been opened in the name of Jai Prakash Narayan "stalwart of Indian politics". Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, a renowned scholar and statesman was a native of Ziradei village near Siwan (Now in Siwan District).

Chitragupta, the famous music composer of Bollywood, hailed from Chhapra and his Music Director duo son Anand-Milind are still bringing glory to this place.

Pandit Ramavatar Sharma, Acharya Pandit Kapil Dev Sharma (Padma-Vibhushan), Dr Govind Sharan, Bharat Mishra, and Dr. Harihar Nath Saran, Bindeshwari Prasad Verma all belonged to the soil of Chhapra. This place had also given 6 Chief Ministers to Bihar State.

Great Bhojpuri poet and folk artist Bhikari Thakur who is known as Shakespeare of Bhojpuri is also a son of Chhapra(saran) district.

[1]Bidesia, the play entitled by Bhikari Thakur, has made history by its popularity. Bhikari Thakur is the people's poet in Bhojpuri and in his poems are reflected the joys and sorrows, the toils and tears of the simple rural folk of his area.

Mithilesh Prasad Srivastava alias Natwarlal(in famous thug) also belongs to Chapra.

Among freedom-fighters Ramdeo Singh from Village Thahara West, Maker was one of them who fought for the country against British rule and went to Chhapra jail for 3 months.

Among NRI's Sabita Singh, a daughter of Chhapra’s Mukrera village, is judge of the District Circuit Court of Massachusetts in USA. She is the first South Asian judge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Her grandfather was a senior lawyer in the Chapra district court.chapra is famous district of India. Recent railway minister of India Mr. Lalu Prasad very famous leader in the world