Harihar Singh

Harihar Singh
9th Chief Minister of Bihar
In office
26 February 1969 – 22 June 1969
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byBhola Paswan Shastri
Personal details
Born1925
Chaugain, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
(now in Bihar, India)
Died1994 (aged 68–69)
Political partyIndian National Congress
ChildrenAmrendra Pratap Singh
Mrigendra Pratap Singh

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 upper caste[3] Bhumihar[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. ^ "अपनों के बीच बेगाने हुए सरदार हरिहर सिंह". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ "From the Archives (June 21, 1969): Bihar's Ministry falls". The Hindu. 21 June 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  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. ^ 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. ^ Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad (2003). Kayasthas in making of modern Bihar. Impression Publication.
  6. ^ "The Journal of the Bihar Purāvid Parishad". Bihar Puravid Parishad. 19–20.
  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.