Prasiddha Narayan Singh (born 1903) was a Bhojpuri writer, poet, and a freedom fighter. [1] He is known for his patriotic and encouraging poems. Jawaharlal Nehru appreciated his poem Jawahar Swagat on his visit of Ballia during the freedom movement. [2]
He was born in 1903 at Chitbara village in Ballia district of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. [3] His father was Jagmohan Singh. In his earlier days, He was a worker in Mestan high school and later left the job and started property dealing. After that he joined Indian National Congress and started his political career. He also worked as a freedom fighter and took part in the independence struggle. [4]