Chandrasekhar Singh

Chandrasekhar Singh
Personal details
Born (1915-12-26)26 December 1915
Bilhat, Begusarai district
Died 19 July 1976(1976-07-19) (aged 60)
Patna, Bihar
Nationality Indian
Political party Communist Party of India
Spouse(s) Shakuntala Sinha
Education M.A. (Benaras Hindu University)
Occupation Politician

Chandrasekhar Singh (born 26 December 1915 - died 19 July 1976 in Patna) was a leader from the Communist Party of India who served as a minister in the government of Bihar state.

Family

Singh was born in Bihat (masnadpur) village near Barauni in Begusarai district of Bihar. His father, Ram Charitra Singh, was a member of the Congress party, a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Krishna Singh cabinet. Ram Charitra Singh's brother was the paternal grandfather of Kanhaiya Kumar, the communist activist and student leader at JNU who stands charged with sedition as of March 2016 by the govt.

Career

Singh was a founding member of the Communist Party of India in Begusarai district. He was instrumental in converting Begusarai into a bastion of the communist party. Begusarai came to be known as Leningard of Bihar and Singh's village, Bihat, earned the sobriquet Little Moscow.[1][2] [3][4] [5][6] Begusarai has traditionally been a communist stronghold until recent years, when the Bharatiya Janata Party has won several local and national elections from the region.<

Singh was elected form Teghra Vidhan Sabha constituency in 1962 and was of the minister in first non-congress government in Bihar as a minister of Irrigation and Power then Agriculture. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Arun Kumar (2009-03-23). "ULB launches poll campaign". The Times of India. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  2. ↑ Saffron is the new red in Bihar’s Leningrad
  3. ↑ Begusarai, the Leningrad of Bihar, where Left is still a force to reckon with
  4. ↑ "Introduction of Begusarai". Begusarai District. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. ↑ In Begusarai, ‘comrades’ include Bhumihars
  6. ↑ Encyclopedia Of Bihar
  7. ↑ BEGUSARAI (BIHAT) ke Laal : Sri Chandra Shekhar Singh
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