MARKSMAN PRAKASHAN was established by Banke Bihari Lal Ji on 10th February, 1951 (Saturday) in Ara. Banke Bihari Lal Ji was born in the house of a diwan in Ayar village of Ara district of Bihar. He was very intelligent since childhood. He was educated up to matriculation and played an important role in the development of his village and society. He was a freedom fighter. His father Sahadev La lJi was also a freedom fighter. After independence, Banke Bihari Lal Ji felt that to make India self-dependent and prosperous, it is necessary that every person of India should be educated. Taking step towards it, he laid the foundation of Marksman Prakashan at his district headquarter Ara on the day of Basant Panchami. The first book of this publication ‘Hamara Bharat’ was published which became very popular. Inspired by the success of this book, he published thousands of books.

In 1962, Ajab Dayal Lal, the eldest son of Banke Bihari Lal Ji established Minerva Publication in Munger of Bihar. Ajab Dayal Lal Ji was an administrative officer under the government of Bihar. He published the books from Class 1 to 12 with Minerva Publication.

In 1994, BankeBihariLalJi died. Since then, this publication has been run by Vijay Shankar Srivastava, eldest son of AjabDayalLalJi. He established its office in Patna. Minerva Publication was also merged with Marksman Prakashan and stopped publishing in Munger. Vijay Shankar Srivastava Ji was in a government job. He left it in 1994 and focused on publication. He opened a coaching institute in Patna and Kanpur in which there was administrative level preparation. He is known as a magician of Maths and Reasoning. He is more popularly known as Guruji. His many books of Maths and Reasoning are published in the publication at home and abroad. Books published by Marksman Prakashan should be more beneficial for students, for this he work, really hard day and night.

On 31st October, 2017, Vijay Shankar Srivastava bought half shares of Aarti Verma’s Company, Marksman Academic Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi and became its director.

At present, Marksman Prakashan, Patna and Marksman Academic Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi both are publishing the books for competition exams. Marksman Prakashan, Patna publish text books for Competition exams and Marksman Academic Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi publish guide and test series for competition exams. Management of Delhi office is under Aarti Verma Ji and Patna office is managed by Vijay Shankar Srivastava Ji.