Question: who is associated with the term loknayak in india
Answer: Jayaprakash Narayan ( listen ( help info ) ; 11 October 1902 -- 8 October 1979 ) , popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak ( Hindi for The People 's Leader ) , was an Indian independence activist , theorist and political leader , remembered especially for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi , for whose overthrow he called a `` total revolution '' .