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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Veer Narayan Singh<br />
| image = File:Veer Narayan Singh (Freedom Fighter).png<br />
| image_size = 245px<br />
| birth_date = 1795<br />
| birth_place = Sonakhan (bank of river Jonk), Chhattisgarh<br />
| death_date = 1857<br />
| death_place = Jaistambh Chowk, Raipur<br />
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}<br />
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'''Veer Narayan Singh''' (1795–1857)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chhattisgarh ke Senani Shahid Veer Narayan Singh|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bunIEcUIM4C}}</ref> was a landlord from Sonakhan, [[Chhattisgarh]]. He spearheaded the 1857 war of [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] in Chhattisgarh. He was hanged at Jaistambh Chowk of Raipur, Chhattisgarh.<br />
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He is also known and considered as "The 1st Chhattisgarhi freedom fighter". His ancestor were from Gond tribal group and were residing in Sarangarh. Later on, they changed their affiliation from Gond tribe and moved to Sonakhan in Raipur district. His great grandfather was Deewan of Sonakhan and at the age of thirty five he took over the landlordship rights from his father Ram Rai. He was thirty-five years old when he became the landlord of Sonakhan, Youngest landlord in the region.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Tribal_Freedom_Fighters_of_India/OEs1DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover|isbn=9788123025216|title=Tribal Freedom Fighters of India|date=30 August 2017|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting}}</ref><br />
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The British arrested him in 1856 for looting a trader's grain stocks and distributing it amongst the poor in a severe famine year. In 1857 with the help of the soldiers of the British Army at Raipur, Veer Narayan Singh escaped from prison. He reached Sonakhan and formed an army of 500 men. Under the leadership of Smith, a powerful British army was dispatched to crush the Sonakhan army. Veer Narayan Singh's martyrdom has been resurrected in the 1980s and he has become a potent symbol of Chhattisgarhi pride.<ref>[http://www.locateindia.com/chhattisgarh/history-chhattisgarh.html History of Chhattisgarh]. Locateindia.com. Retrieve on 10 December 2018.</ref> He was executed on 10 December 1857 at Jaistambh Chowk of Raipur.<ref>[http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Color/Dark%20Brown/EXECUTION%20OF%20VEER%20NARAYAN%20SINGH Execution Of Veer Narayan Singh]. Indianpost.com. Retrieved on 10 December 2018.</ref> He became the first martyr from Chhattisgarh in the War of Independence. Government of Chhattisgarh named a cricket stadium [[Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium]] after him.<ref>[[Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium]]</ref><br />
[[File:Veer Narayan Singh 1987 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Postal Stamp : Veer Narayan Singh (issued in 1987)]]<br />
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==Buildings named after him==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! S.No!! Name of Building, stadium!! constructed by<br />
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| 1|| Shahid Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Parsada New Raipur || CG Govt<br />
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| 2 || Shahid Veer Narayan singh Commercial Complex, near Ghadi chowk || RDA<br />
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3.School on His name <br />
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! S No.!! Detail<br />
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| 1 || Govt. Shahid Veer Narayan Singh College (GSVNSC)<br />
Government Shahid Veer Narayan Singh College, Bilaigarh Chhattisgarh runs course(s) in Arts stream(s).<br />
Affiliated to : Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University<br />
Discipline : Arts<br />
Established Year : 1988<br />
Categories : Government,Co-Education<br />
Language of Instruction : English<br />
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| 2 || Sahid Veer Narayan Singh H.S. Vidayalya Bhilai School <ref>[http://www.icbse.com/schools/sahid-veer-narayan-singh-h-s-vidayalya-bhilai/22100726617 Sahid Veer Narayan Singh H.S. Vidayalya Bhilai School, Vaishali Nagar Bhilai, Durg – Chattisgarh]. Icbse.com. Retrieved on 10 December 2018.</ref><br />
Address Vaishali Nagar Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh, Postal Code: 490023 India<br />
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| 3 || Shahid Govt. Ps Sahid Veer Narayan Singh School <ref>[http://www.icbse.com/schools/govt-ps-sahid-veer-narayan-singh/22100718702 Govt. Ps Sahid Veer Narayan Singh School, Shahid Vir Narayan Singh Nagar, Durg – Chattisgarh]. Icbse.com. Retrieved on 10 December 2018.</ref><br />
Address:-Veer Narayan Singh Nagar,Crc Khursipar, Durg, Chhattisgarh, Postal Code: 490011 India<br />
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| 4 ||SHAHID VEER NARAYAN SINGH Govt. Hr. Sec. School BHILAI BAZAR. Korba CG<br />
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MONUMENT<br />
1.Shahid Veer Narayan Singh Smarak near Rajbhavan<br />
Inaugurated by His Highness Giani Zail Singh ( President, Republic of India) on 18 February 1984,<br />
This square is known as Shahid Veer narayan singh Chowk<br />
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