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{{short description|Bhojpuri Play by Rameshwar Singh Kashyap}}

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'''Loha Singh''' ([[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]: {{Script|Kthi|'''𑂪𑂷𑂯𑂰 𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯'''}}) is a [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] play by playwright [[Rameshwar Singh Kashyap]]. This play revolves around a retired British Army veteran named ''Loha Singh''. This play was a regular weekly feature of [[All India Radio]] [[Patna]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gajrani|first=S|title=History, Religion and Culture of India, Volume 4|pages=69}}</ref>

== Characters ==

* Loha Singh, A retired army veteran
* Khaderan Ka Mother, Wife of Loha Singh<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Avijit|title=CINEMA BHOJPURI|publisher=Penguin UK|year=2010|isbn=8184752563}}</ref>

== Story ==

The play revolves around ''Loha Singh'', who fought the [[First World War]] in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sahay|first=Navneet|title=Patna: A Paradise Lost!: Saga of a 2500 Year Old City from Ajatshatru to Present Day Patna|publisher=Notion Press|year=2016|isbn=1946204544}}</ref> Its episodes used to be based on the recent incidents happening in the country.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hussain|first=Taiyab|title=Bhojpuri Sahitya ke sankshipt ruprekha|publisher=Shabd Sansar|year=2004|isbn=|location=Patna|pages=32}}</ref>

== Popularity ==
This play gained immense popularity in 1950s among people by its weekly broadcast on All India Radio, Patna.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Avijit|title=Bandicoots in the Moonlight|publisher=Penguin Books India|year=2008|isbn=0143103792}}</ref> Due to its popularity Kashyap also wrote the second part of the play with the name ''Loha Singh: Murabbe aur anya kartuten''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Upadhyay|first=Krishnadev|title=Bhojpuri Sahitya ka Itihas|publisher=Bharatiya lok Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan|year=1972|isbn=|location=Varanasi|pages=336}}</ref>

== Legacy ==

* In 1966, the play was filmed and released a Bhojpuri feature film [[Loha Singh]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Avijit|title=Cinema Bhojpuri|publisher=Penguin UK|year=2010|isbn=8184752563}}</ref>

* This play played an important role in Indian politics when [[Lalu Prasad]] used the style of Loha singh to Influence people.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=Pradeep|title=लालू के बिना बिहार में लालू यादव का कितना असर?: लोकसभा चुनाव 2019|work=BBC Hindi|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-47895173.amp}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Bhojpuri literature]]
[[Category:1954 plays]]
[[Category:Indian plays]]

Loha Singh (play) - Revision history

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