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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1925)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thokchom Chandrasekhar Singh
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|03|02|df=y}}
| order = Member of the
| office = Manipur Territorial Council
| term_start = 1957
| term_end = 1963
| order2 = Member of the
| office2 = Manipur Legislative Assembly
| term_start2 = 1963
| term_end2 = 1967
| constituency = [[Singjamei Assembly constituency|Singjamei]]
| constituency2 = [[Singjamei Assembly constituency|Singjamei]]
| successor2 = A. Biramangol
| party = {{Plainlist|
* [[Congress Socialist Party]] (1946–1948)
* [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]] (1948–1952)
* [[Praja Socialist Party]] (1952–1955)
* [[Socialist Party of India (1955)|Socialist Party]] (1955–1964)
* [[Samyukta Socialist Party]] (1964–)
* [[Janata Party]]
}}
}}
{{Meitei name|first=Thokchom|second=Chandrasekhar|suffix=Singh}}

'''Thokchom Chandrasekhar Singh''' was an [[India]]n socialist politician from [[Manipur]]. As a young man he became a leading figure in the socialist movement in Manipur, and was imprisoned for his role in protest movements. He represented the [[Singjamei Assembly constituency|Singjamei]] (of [[Imphal]]) in the Manipur Territorial Council and, later, the [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]] for a decade. He again contested the Singjamei seat in all Legislative Assembly elections from 1967 to 1984.

==Biography==
Thokchom Chandrasekhar Singh was born on 2 March 1925. He was the son of Thokchom Achoubi Singh. He went to school at the [[Johnstone Higher Secondary School, Imphal]] and at the Bishop Westcott Institute Senior Cambridge in [[Allahabad]].<ref name=whowho1964/> Thokchom joined the [[Congress Socialist Party]] in 1946. He became the Manipur Joint Secretary of the [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]] in 1948, and would remain in this role until 1958 (in the [[Praja Socialist Party]] 1952–1955, and then in [[Ram Manohar Lohia]]'s [[Socialist Party of India (1955)|Socialist Party]]).<ref name=whowho1964/>

Thokchom took part in the Socialist Party-led protest campaign against the dissolution of the Manipur State Legislative Assembly, and was jailed for his role in the protest movement.<ref name=whowho1964/> In 1954 he was included in the Legislative Demand Movement Council of Action.<ref name=whowho1964/> He was detained at Imphal Jail along with Lohia for three months.<ref name=whowho1964/> When the Praja Socialist Party split in 1955, Thokchom sided with Lohia's new Socialist Party. He was elected to the Manipur Territorial Council from the Singjamei constituency in the 1957 and 1962 elections.<ref name=whowho1964/><ref name=toi1957>''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126085/page/n1011/mode/2up?q=paolen The Times Of India Directory And Year Book Including Who's Who 1957-58]''. p. 973</ref> The Singjamei constituency in the Manipur Territorial Council covered the Circle II (Part II) of Imphal pana of Imphal West tahsil.<ref name=gaz1957>''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.125722/page/n293/mode/2up Manipur Gazette]''. 11 January 1957. pp. 2-4</ref> He served as general secretary of Lohia's Socialist Party between 1959 and 1961.<ref name=whowho1964/> In 1960 he was again jailed for his role in the protest movements demanding the revival of the Manipur State Legislative Assembly, and would spend twelve months at Imphal Jail and Nowgong Special Jail.<ref name=whowho1964/>

Once the Union Territories Act, 1963 came into force, Thokchom became a member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly.<ref name=whowho1964/> In the Manipur Legislative Assembly he was a member of the Rules Committee.<ref name=whowho1964/> He became a member of the [[Samyukta Socialist Party]], as Lohia's Socialist Party merged with the remnants of the Praja Socialist Party.

Thokchom lost the [[Singjamei Assembly constituency]] seat in the [[1967 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]]. He stood as a Samyukta Socialist Party candidate, finishing in third place with 2,896 votes (21.23%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150509125247/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Manipur%201967.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANIPUR]''</ref> He would again contest the Singjamei seat in the [[1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]], contesting as an independent and finishing in fourth place with 1,471 votes (17.59%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20141008104443/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalReport%201972%20Manipur.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANIPUR]''</ref> He again finished in fourth place in Singjamei in the [[1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]], standing as an independent candidate and obtained 1,821 votes (21.80%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150424181848/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1974/StatisticalReport%201974%20Manipur.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1974 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANIPUR]''</ref>

He contested Singjamei seat as the [[Janata Party]] candidate in the [[1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]] and the [[1984 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]]. He finished in second place in both occasions, obtaining 1,766 votes (17.99%) in 1980 and 3,278 votes (28.86%) in 1984.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150424210528/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Manipur.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANIPUR]''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150424172632/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/Statistical%20Report%201984%20Manipur.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1984 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANIPUR]''</ref>

He lived at Singjamei Mathak Thokchom Leikai, Imphal.<ref name=whowho1964>''[https://books.google.com.py/books?id=2t80YdG7RwAC Who's who in the Manipur Legislative Assembly]''. Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat., 1964. p. 10</ref> Thokchom was married to L. Binodini Devi. The couple had one daughter.<ref name=whowho1964/>

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[[Category:Socialist Party of India (1955) politicians]]
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]
[[Category:Manipur MLAs 1963–1967]]

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