Chandrasekhar Singh

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Chandrasekhar Singh
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Born(1915-12-26)26 December 1915
Bihat village ,Begusarai district , Bihar
Died19 July 1976(1976-07-19) (aged 60)
Patna, Bihar
Nationality Indian
Political party Communist Party of India
SpouseShakuntala Sinha
EducationM.A. (Benaras Hindu University)
OccupationPolitician

Chandrasekhar Singh (26 December 1915 - 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.

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Family

Singh was born in Bihat (Masnadpur) village near Barauni in Begusarai district of Bihar. His father, Ramcharitra Singh, was a member of the Congress party, a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Dr. Sri Krishna Singh's cabinet. He is also a distant relative of former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar.

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

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