Pandit Kunji lal Dubey 18.3.1996

Pandit Kunji lal Dubey was born in Amagoan (Bada) in district Narasinghpur on18th March, 1896. After obtaining his primary education at the village school of Kareli, he studied upto middle school at Narasinghpur. In 1914 he completed school at Akola and went on to graduate from Roberston College at Jabalpur in 1918. After obtaining a first class degree in law from Allahabad in 1920. 

Influenced by such stalwarts as Pt.Madan Mohan Malaviya and Narhari Chingamani Kelkar, Pt. Kunji Lal Dubey entered the arena of freedom struggle against the oppression of foreign rulers in India. In 1937 he became a member of All India Congress Committee. He staged a Satyagraha in 1941 for which he was sent to jail for a term of 6 months. After his release from jail he joined the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was once again arrested and later releaded after almost two years. In 1944 he dedicated himself to the upliftment of education and society.