Ram Narayan Singh often referred to as Babu Ram Narayan Singh (1885-1964) was a noted freedom fighter, social worker and politician from

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Early life

He was born on 19 December 1884 in Tetaria village in

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. His father's name was Bholi Singh. He completed his early school in Tetaria village and secondary education in Hazaribagh vernacular school. He completed his higher study in St.Xavier College Kolkata.

Career

He and his brother Sukhlal Singh was among the early Congress workers from Chatra, who lead in Non-co-operation movement with other young congress leaders like Krishna Ballabh Sahay, Raj Ballabh Singh, Badri Singh of

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. They also propagated

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and mingled with

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leaders like Opan Manjhi, Bangma Manjhi for the social reform movement. He and Krishna Ballabh Sahay were firstly imprisoned for a month by British during 1920–21. The India's district gazetteers also makes a note that notable participants in the independence movement from Chhatra district include Babu Ram Narayan Singh, and Babu Shaligram Singh, who lead the Quit India movement and were imprisoned several times by British for their national activities. He was known as ''Chotanagpur Kesri'' - ''Lion of Chotanagpur''. He was president of Hazaribagh district

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Committee and worked closely with other national leaders like

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, Jay Prakash Narayan,

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and

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was among the front leaders, during visit of

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's visit to Bihar in 1921-26 and in 1941-42 After independence, he disassociated himself from the Congress Party and won first Lok Sabha elections in 1951 from

West as a

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candidate. It was Babu Ram Narayan Singh who first advocated for separate Jharkhand state in the parliament. He was very close to

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and was to accompany him with U. M. Trivedi and

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on his eventful tour to

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. He was an active member of

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and was instrumental in reviving it in 1947 after independence and also served as association's president in 1955.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Ram Narayan 1880s births 1964 deaths India MPs 1952–1957 Indian independence activists from Jharkhand People from Chatra district Indian social reformers People from Hazaribagh Prisoners and detainees of British India Indian National Congress politicians from Jharkhand Lok Sabha members from Bihar