Ramarshi Deo Trivedi (1905–76) a son of landlord from Mamarkha(now in Govindganj),left his school for the freedom movement. He was the private secretary of Gandhiji (for one day) while his visit to champaran. He was nicknamed as "RUKHIJI"- 'a squirrel' because Britishers could not catch him, he would flee away after executing his task successfully during the freedom struggle.
He was a very close friend of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, who used address him as "Rishiji". A special task force was formed by the Britishers to arrest. He was later arrested by the Special Task Force. He was sentenced 58 years of imprisonment but spent only 8.5 years in jail during the national freedom movement because India got independence. He was sentenced KALA-PANI but India got freedom from British rule before his departure to Andaman & Nicobar islands.
Post independence he established an "Aashram" and ran Khadi Gramudyog (a small Khadi industry) where Vinoba Bhave and other eminent freedom-fighters very often spent their time. He donated all his property for Bhoodan Movement carried by Vinoba Bhave and refused to take pensioner pass (A pass given to all national freedom fighter) because he believed that he had not participated in the freedom struggle for personal gain.