Harihar Singh

Harihar Singh also known as 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. 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.

Early life

Harihar Singh was born in a small village of Chaugain in Buxar, Bihar in British India to a Rajput family.

Legacy

He was also a Bhojpuri poet and has written many patriotic Bhojpuri poems full of nationalist ideas.

See also

• List of Rajputs

References

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