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	His wife, [[Lalita Devi\|Rani Lalita Devi]] (died 7 November 1987) was elected unopposed from Pussour assembly constituency in his place in the by-election that was held after his resignation from the assembly in 1969. He had five daughters and one son. After his death, his son Raja Shishir Bindu Singh took over as the Raja of the Sarangarh state till 7 September 2016. The current ruler of Sarangarh State is Raja Shree Raj Singh <ref name="members.iinet.net.au">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sarangarh.html]</ref> Three of the daughters entered politics: [[Rajni Devi\|Rajnigandha Devi]] was a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha\|Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha 1967-71)]],<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_II_LS67.pdf</ref> Kamala Devi was a member of State Assembly of Madhya Pradesh from 1971 to 1989, and a minister for 15 years, and Pushpa Devi Singh was elected thrice to the [[Lok Sabha]] Parliament in 1980,<ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=7</ref> 1985 <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=8 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2015-10-21 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122071328/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=8 \|archivedate=2014-11-22 }}</ref> and 1991.<ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=10</ref> The fourth daughter Dr. Menka Devi is a doctor, medico-social worker and an educationist. Purnima Devi is the youngest daughter <ref name="indianrajputs.com">[http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/sarangarh]</ref>		His wife, [[Lalita Devi\|Rani Lalita Devi]] (died 7 November 1987) was elected unopposed from Pussour assembly constituency in his place in the by-election that was held after his resignation from the assembly in 1969. He had five daughters and one son. After his death, his son Raja Shishir Bindu Singh took over as the Raja of the Sarangarh state till 7 September 2016. The current ruler of Sarangarh State is Raja Shree Raj Singh <ref name="members.iinet.net.au">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sarangarh.html]</ref> Three of the daughters entered politics: [[Rajni Devi\|Rajnigandha Devi]] was a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha\|Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha 1967-71)]],<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_II_LS67.pdf</ref> Kamala Devi was a member of State Assembly of Madhya Pradesh from 1971 to 1989, and a minister for 15 years, and Pushpa Devi Singh was elected thrice to the [[Lok Sabha]] Parliament in 1980,<ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=7</ref> 1985 <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=8 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2015-10-21 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122071328/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=8 \|archivedate=2014-11-22 }}</ref> and 1991.<ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=10</ref> The fourth daughter Dr. Menka Devi is a doctor, medico-social worker and an educationist. Purnima Devi is the youngest daughter <ref name="indianrajputs.com">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/sarangarh\|title=Sarangarh (Princely State)}}</ref>

	His grand children are Nandita Singh, Chandravir Singh, Mrinalika ~~Singh, Divyanka Kumari~~ Singh and Kulisha Mishra <ref name="members.iinet.net.au"/><ref name="indianrajputs.com"/>		His grand children are Nandita Singh, Chandravir Singh, Mrinalika Singh and Kulisha Mishra <ref name="members.iinet.net.au"/><ref name="indianrajputs.com"/>

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| image =
|name =Raja Nareshchandra Singh
| title = [[Sarangarh State|Raja of Sarangarh]]
| succession = [[Raja]] of [[Sarangarh State|Sarangarh]]
| reign = 11 January 1946 – 1 January 1948
| reg-type = Reign
|predecessor = [[Sarangarh State|Raja Bahadur Jawahir Singh]]
|successor = [[Sarangarh State]] merged into [[Dominion of India]]
|succession1 = [[Sarangarh State|Titular Raja of Sarangarh]]
|reign1 = 1 January 1948 - 11 September 1987
|reign-type1 = Pretendence
|successor1 = [[Sarangarh State|Raja Shishir Bindu Singh]]
| module = {{Infobox officeholder
| embed = yes
| office2 = 6th [[List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]
| constituency2 =
| term2 = 13 March 1969 – 25 March 1969
| predecessor2 = [[Govind Narayan Singh]]
| successor2 = [[Shyama Charan Shukla]]
| office3 = Minister of Tribal Welfare, [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]
| term3 = 1955 - 1967
| office4 = Minister of Power and Public Works Department, [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]
| term4 = 1952 - 1955
| office5 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member]] of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term5 = 1952 - 1969
| successor5 = [[Sarangarh State|Rani Lalita Devi]]
|birth_date =21 November 1908
|birth_place =Chhattisgarh
|death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|1987|9|11|1908|11|21}}
|spouse =Lalita Devi
|children =Menaka Devi, Purnima Devi Kamala Devi, [[Rajni Devi]], [[Pushpa Devi Singh]], Shishir Bindu
 Shree Raj Singh
}}
}}
'''Raja Nareshchandra Singh''' (21 November 1908 – 11 September 1987), was ruler of [[Sarangarh State|Sarangarh]] state in [[Raigarh District]], [[Chhattisgarh]]. He also served as [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sarangarh.html | title=Sarangarh (Princely State) | publisher=World of Royalty | accessdate=22 January 2019 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Raja Nareshchandra Singh was the last ruler of the [[Sarangarh State|Princely State of Sarangarh]] till the merger of his State into the union of India on 1 January 1948. The state now forms a part of the modern state of [[Chhattisgarh]] in Central India. He had succeeded his father [[Raja Bahadur Jawahir Singh]] who died in January 1946.
Like his father, was an Alumnus of the [[Rajkumar College, Raipur]] and worked as an Honorary Magistrate in Raipur district before being inducted as the Education Minister in the administration of Sarangarh State.

==Political career==
After independence, he joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and won the first General Election held in 1951 for the State assembly of Madhya Pradesh. He represented [[Sarangarh|Sarangarh Vidhan Sabha constituency]] by winning the [[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<ref name="General Elections of MP 1951">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf|title=General Elections of MP 1951|publisher=Election Commission Of India|year=2004}}</ref> and [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957 Assembly Election]].<ref name="General Elections of MP 1957">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_MP_1957.pdf|title=General Elections of MP 1957|publisher=Election Commission Of India|year=2004}}</ref> and Pussore Vidhan Sabha constituency by winning the Assembly election of 1962 <ref name="General Elections of MP 1962">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_MP_1962.pdf|title=General Elections of MP 1962|publisher=Election Commission Of India|year=2004}}</ref> and [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]].<ref name="General Elections of MP 1967">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madhya%20Pradesh%201967.pdf|title=General Elections of MP 1967|publisher=Election Commission Of India|year=2004}}</ref> He was made Cabinet Minister in 1952 in Madhya Pradesh in [[Ravishankar Shukla|Pandit Ravishankar Shukla]]'s ministry and was given the portfolio of Electricity and Public Works departments. He headed the team in 1954 which created a separate department within the government to take care of the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes, christened The Directorate of Tribal Welfare. He was made the first Minister for Tribal Welfare in M.P. in 1955 and continued in this post till he became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 1969 (13 March 1969 to 25 March 1969).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mpinfo.org/english/whois/cmlist.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719194104/http://www.mpinfo.org/english/whois/cmlist.htm |archivedate=2006-07-19 }}</ref> Disgusted with the way politics had come to be practiced, he resigned from his post of Chief Minister, from the membership of the State Assembly and quit politics. In his later years he took to social work towards upliftment of people in Chhattisgarh.

==Family==

His wife, [[Lalita Devi|Rani Lalita Devi]] (died 7 November 1987) was elected unopposed from Pussour assembly constituency in his place in the by-election that was held after his resignation from the assembly in 1969. He had five daughters and one son. After his death, his son Raja Shishir Bindu Singh took over as the Raja of the Sarangarh state till 7 September 2016. The current ruler of Sarangarh State is Raja Shree Raj Singh <ref name="members.iinet.net.au">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sarangarh.html]</ref> Three of the daughters entered politics: [[Rajni Devi|Rajnigandha Devi]] was a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha 1967-71)]],<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_II_LS67.pdf</ref> Kamala Devi was a member of State Assembly of Madhya Pradesh from 1971 to 1989, and a minister for 15 years, and Pushpa Devi Singh was elected thrice to the [[Lok Sabha]] Parliament in 1980,<ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=7</ref> 1985 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=8 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122071328/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=8 |archivedate=2014-11-22 }}</ref> and 1991.<ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/womenar.aspx?lsno=10</ref> The fourth daughter Dr. Menka Devi is a doctor, medico-social worker and an educationist. Purnima Devi is the youngest daughter <ref name="indianrajputs.com">[http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/sarangarh]</ref>

His grand children are Nandita Singh, Chandravir Singh, Mrinalika Singh, Divyanka Kumari Singh and Kulisha Mishra <ref name="members.iinet.net.au"/><ref name="indianrajputs.com"/>

[[File:Girivilas Palace.jpg|thumb|Girivilas Palace]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:People from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:History of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1952–1957]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:People from Raigarh district]]
[[Category:People from Sarangarh]]
[[Category:Chief ministers from Indian National Congress]]

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