Chandrashekhar Singh
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Chandrashekhar Singh | ||
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16th Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi | |
Personal details | ||
Born | British India | 17 August 1927|
Died | 9 July 1986 New Delhi, India | (aged 58)|
Political party | Indian National Congress | |
Spouse | Manorama Singh[1] | |
Children | 3 | |
Former Chief Minister of Bihar | ||
Chandrashekhar Singh (17 August 1927 - 9 July 1986) was a member of the
He last held the position of Union Minister of Petroleum, during which he died due to cancer.
He was elected to the Bihar Vidhan Sabha in 1952, 1957 and 1969 from
A museum has also been opened in Jamui in Bihar in his name.[5] It was established in 1983 by the state government to preserve the antiquities of the surrounding areas.
Political career
He was a grassroots congressman, being connected to all workers at village level.[6] He also served the Congress party at all levels from village to state level. He got elected to state assembly for first time in year 1952 when he was just 25 years.[6] He got reelected again in the year 1957. After taking break for few years he contested elections and re-entered assembly in year 1969 and remained member till 1977. Though he contested Lok Sabha elections in 1977 as congressman, due to Janata waive he couldn't make it. However he got elected in 1980 defeating Madhu Limaye from Banka seat. He also acted in administrative capacity and became parliament secretary. He was later inducted into cabinet for various ministries such as Revenue, Industry, Minor Irrigation, Law and Public works. In 1983 Cabinet reshuffle he was made Minister of State for Energy.
Freedom movement
Chandrashekhar Singh was a part of the famous Young Turks of Bihar Congress during the independence movement along with Bindeshwari Dubey, Bhagwat Jha Azad, Abdul Gafoor, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Kedar Pandey all future chief ministers and Sitaram Kesri, future national president of Indian National Congress.
Personal background
He held a postgraduate degree in economics.[6]
References
- ^ "Bihar's biwi brigade". The Times of India. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Chief Minister, Bihar". Chief Minister's Secretariat. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962".
- ^ http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combexpr.htm [bare URL]
- ^ "Jamui History". Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ a b c Farzand, Ahmed (15 September 1983). "I mean business: Bihar CM Chandrashekhar Singh". India Today. Retrieved 23 February 2021.