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]
Early life
Harihar Singh was born in a small village of Chaugain in Buxar, Bihar in British India to an Rajput[3] family.
Legacy
He was also a Bhojpuri poet and has written many patriotic Bhojpuri poems full of nationalist ideas.[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "अपनों के बीच बेगाने हुए सरदार हरिहर सिंह". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "From the Archives (June 21, 1969): Bihar's Ministry falls". The Hindu. 21 June 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ Narain, Jai Prakash; Narayan, Jayaprakash (1980). A Revolutionary's Quest: Selected Writings of Jayaprakash Narayan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-561204-2.
- ^ Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad (2003). Kayasthas in making of modern Bihar. Impression Publication.
- ^ "The Journal of the Bihar Purāvid Parishad". Bihar Puravid Parishad. 19–20.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Members of Constituent Assembly from Bihar
- First Bihar Government:The Anugrah Babu-Sri Babu Raj
- Freedom Fighters of India
