Harihar_Singh

Harihar Singh

Harihar Singh

Chief Minister of Bihar, India (1925–1994)

Harihar Singh or Bihari Ji Singh (1925-1994) was an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. He succeeded Bhola Paswan Shashtri, as the Chief Minister of Bihar in 1969.[1] Harihar Singh's tenure as Chief Minister lasted just a few months – he led an INC-led coalition government and all six members of Soshit Dal, a constituent party of the coalition, defected to the Opposition during a budget session of the Bihar Assembly.[2]

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Early life

Harihar Singh was born in a small village of Chaugain in Buxar, Bihar in British India to an upper caste[3] Rajput[4] family.

Legacy

He was also a Bhojpuri poet and has written many patriotic Bhojpuri poems full of nationalist ideas.[5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "अपनों के बीच बेगाने हुए सरदार हरिहर सिंह". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. [2]
    "From the Archives (June 21, 1969): Bihar's Ministry falls". The Hindu. 21 June 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  3. [3]
    "बिहार में 3 मुख्यमंत्रियों के नाम रहा 34 साल, 29 सालों में बने 20 CM". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. [4]
    Narain, Jai Prakash; Narayan, Jayaprakash (1980). A Revolutionary's Quest: Selected Writings of Jayaprakash Narayan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-561204-2.
  5. [5]
    Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad (2003). Kayasthas in making of modern Bihar. Impression Publication.
  6. [6]
    "The Journal of the Bihar Purāvid Parishad". Bihar Puravid Parishad. 19–20.
  7. [7]
    Tiwari, Arjun (2014). Bhojpuri Sahitya Ke Itihas. Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan.

Biographies

  • Anugrah Abhinandan Granth samiti. 1947 Anugrah Abhinandan Granth. Bihar.
  • Anugrah Narayan centenary year celebration Committee. 1987. Bihar Bibhuti: Vayakti Aur Kriti , Bihar.
  • Bimal Prasad (editor). 1980. A Revolutionary's Quest: Selected Writings of Jayaprakash Narayan. Oxford University Press, Delhi.
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