Daroga Prasad Rai (2 September 1922 – 15 April 1981) was an Indian politician from the state of

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. He was the

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in 1970 for ten months, but Congress was reduced to a minority in December 1970 and

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became the first socialist

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for a few months, with

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support. From 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975, he was the

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and in charge of finance in Abdul Gafoor's ministry. In the 1990s, when the

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family began to be dominant in politics, his son, Chandrika Roy, also accompanied

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. Chandrika Roy is the second of the five sons of Dara Raja Rai. Daroga Prasad Rai's grand daughter, Aishwarya Rai, married

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, the eldest son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, on 12 May 2018.

In Bihar Legislative assembly

In First General Elections held in 1951-52 he contested from Parsa constituency of Bihar Vidhan Sabha and won.

In memory

* Daroga Prasad Rai College, Siwan,

References

Chief ministers of Bihar Year of death missing 1922 births Leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly People from Saran district Bihar MLAs 1969–1972 Chief ministers from Indian National Congress Deputy chief ministers of Bihar State cabinet ministers of Bihar Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar {{Bihar-INC-politician-stub

In Bihar Legislative assembly

In memory

See also

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