Kapildeo Singh

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Kapildeo Singh was an Indian Socialist leader and the General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party. [1]

Life

Singh was a veteran follower of Ram Manohar Lohia and designated the new Samajwadi Party's ideology as one based on socialist ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and Ram Manohar Lohia. [2] He took an active part in the freedom struggle and political emancipation of the masses after independence. [3] He died in 2002, and his funeral was attended by both Mulayam Singh Yadav and Laloo Yadav. [4]

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References

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