https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ram_Narayan_SinghRam Narayan Singh - Revision history2026-10-26T17:10:46ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ram_Narayan_Singh&diff=286958&oldid=prev->TrangaBellam: Dispruptive editing2021-10-02T16:22:44Z<p>Dispruptive editing</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}<br />
'''Ram Narayan Singh''' often referred to as '''Babu Ram Narayan Singh''' (1885-1964)<ref>{{cite book|title=Government and Politics in Colonial Bihar, 1921-1937 By Jawaid Alam|date=2004|page=226|isbn=9788170999799|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSceVSL-3C8C&q=ram+narayan+singh+1895&pg=PA268|accessdate=31 August 2016|last1=Alam|first1=Jawaid}}</ref> was a noted freedom fighter, social worker and politician from [[Hazaribagh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Upkar's State of India|page=64|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vTf6OtaD6cC&q=babu+ram+narayan+singh&pg=PA64|accessdate=31 August 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
He and his brother Sukhlal Singh was among the early Congress workers from [[Chatra, Jharkhand|Chatra]], who lead in Non-co-operation movement with other young congress leaders like Krishna Ballabh Sahay, Raj Ballabh Singh, Badri Singh of [[Koderma]].<ref name=a/> They also propagated [[Khadi]] and mingled with [[Santhal people|Santhal]] leaders like Opan Manjhi, Bangma Manjhi for the social reform movement.<ref name=a/> He and [[Krishna Ballabh Sahay]] were firstly imprisoned for a month by British during 1920-21.<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Conflict and Tension in Tribal Society By S. P. Sinh|page=220,221,267|isbn=9788170224938|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SsZUsqlIFDEC&q=ram+narayan+singh+hazaribagh&pg=PA267|accessdate=31 August 2016|last1=Sinha|first1=S. P.|year=1993}}</ref> 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 impassioned several times by British for their national activities.<ref name=c>{{cite web|url=http://chatra.nic.in/history.htm|title=History|publisher=Chatra district website}}</ref> He was known as ''Chotanagpur Kesri'' - ''Lion of [[Chota Nagpur States|Chotanagpur]]''.<ref name=c/> He was president of Hazaribagh district [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] Committee and worked closely with other national leaders like [[Rajendra Prasad]], [[Jay Prakash Narayan]], [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]] and [[Shri Krishna Sinha]] was among the front leaders, during visit of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s visit to Bihar in 1921-26 and in 1941-42<ref name=a/><br />
<br />
After independence, he disassociated himself from the Congress Party and won first Lok Sabha elections in 1951 from [[Hazaribagh]] West as an independent candidate.<ref>[http://www.refocusindia.com/member-of-parliament-lok-sabha-profile-2877-Singh,%20Babu%C2%A0Ram%C2%A0Narayan]</ref> It was Babu Ram Narayan Singh who first advocated for separate Jharkhand state in the parliament.<ref>{{cite news|title=LONE WOMAN WHO REPRESENTED HAZARIBAGH IN LS|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/lone-woman-who-represented-hazaribagh-in-ls.html|accessdate=31 August 2016|agency=The Pioneer|date=24 March 2014}}</ref> He was very close to [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] and was to accompany him with [[U. M. Trivedi]] and [[V. G. Deshpande]] on his eventful tour to [[Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Life & Times of Shyama Prasad Mookerjee By Tathagata Roy|date=2014|isbn=9789350488812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7sTfDAAAQBAJ&q=ram+narayan+singh+shyam+prasad&pg=PT321|accessdate=31 August 2016|last1=Roy|first1=Tathagata}}</ref><br />
<br />
He was an active member of [[All India Kshatriya Mahasabha]] and was instrumental in reviving it in 1947 after independence and also served as association's president in 1955.<ref>[http://www.akhilbharatiyakshatriyamahasabha.com/]</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Ram Narayan}}<br />
[[Category:1885 births]]<br />
[[Category:1964 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1st Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:People from Chatra district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hazaribagh]]<br />
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of British India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]]</div>->TrangaBellam