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==Family== | ==Family== | ||
Singh was born in Bihat ( | Singh was born in Bihat (Masnadpur) village near [[Barauni]] in [[Begusarai district]] of [[Bihar]]. His father, Ramcharitra Singh, was a member of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]], a member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] and a minister in the [[Krishna Singh (politician)|Dr. Sri Krishna Singh's]] cabinet. He is also a distant relative of former [[JNUSU]] president [[Kanhaiya Kumar]]. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Singh was a founding member of the [[Communist Party of India]] in [[Begusarai district]]. He was instrumental in converting Begusarai into a bastion of the communist party. [[Begusarai]] came to be known as ''' | Singh was a founding member of the [[Communist Party of India]] in [[Begusarai district]]. He was instrumental in converting Begusarai into a bastion of the communist party. [[Begusarai]] came to be known as '''Leningrad of Bihar''' and Singh's village, Bihat, earned the sobriquet '''Little [[Moscow]]'''.<ref>{{cite news | ||
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-23/patna/28051041_1_ml-central-committee-member-united-left-bloc-poll-campaign | | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-23/patna/28051041_1_ml-central-committee-member-united-left-bloc-poll-campaign | ||
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023143310/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-23/patna/28051041_1_ml-central-committee-member-united-left-bloc-poll-campaign | | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023143310/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-23/patna/28051041_1_ml-central-committee-member-united-left-bloc-poll-campaign | ||
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| date = 2009-03-23 | | date = 2009-03-23 | ||
| accessdate = 2009-03-23 | | accessdate = 2009-03-23 | ||
}}</ref><ref> [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Saffron-is-the-new-red-in-Bihars-Leningrad/articleshow/49030326.cms Saffron is the new red in Bihar’s Leningrad]</ref> <ref> [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/begusarai-the-leningrad-of-bihar-where-left-is-still-a-force-to-reckon-with-1149777.html Begusarai, the Leningrad of Bihar, where Left is still a force to reckon with]</ref><ref name="begusarai.bih.nic.in">{{cite web | url=http://begusarai.bih.nic.in/ | title=Introduction of Begusarai | publisher=Begusarai District | accessdate=30 April 2017 }}</ref> <ref> [http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/in-begusarai-comrades-include-bhumihars/ In Begusarai, ‘comrades’ include Bhumihars]</ref><ref> [https://books.google.com/books?id=18MwBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=chandrashekhar+singh+communist&source=bl&ots=K81OAhThV5&sig=hdgxv5gW1gaXbODGY6e_kbimsPk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihos3836jLAhVOA44KHSmTDpIQ6AEITjAJ Encyclopedia Of Bihar]</ref> Begusarai has traditionally been a [[communist]] stronghold until recent years, when the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] has won several local and national elections from the region. | }}</ref><ref> [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Saffron-is-the-new-red-in-Bihars-Leningrad/articleshow/49030326.cms Saffron is the new red in Bihar’s Leningrad]</ref> <ref> [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/begusarai-the-leningrad-of-bihar-where-left-is-still-a-force-to-reckon-with-1149777.html Begusarai, the Leningrad of Bihar, where Left is still a force to reckon with]</ref><ref name="begusarai.bih.nic.in">{{cite web | url=http://begusarai.bih.nic.in/ | title=Introduction of Begusarai | publisher=Begusarai District | accessdate=30 April 2017 }}</ref> <ref> [http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/in-begusarai-comrades-include-bhumihars/ In Begusarai, ‘comrades’ include Bhumihars]</ref><ref> [https://books.google.com/books?id=18MwBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=chandrashekhar+singh+communist&source=bl&ots=K81OAhThV5&sig=hdgxv5gW1gaXbODGY6e_kbimsPk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihos3836jLAhVOA44KHSmTDpIQ6AEITjAJ Encyclopedia Of Bihar]</ref> Begusarai has traditionally been a [[communist]] stronghold until recent years, when the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] has won several local and national elections from the region. | ||
Singh was elected | Singh was elected from [[Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Teghra Vidhan Sabha constituency]] in 1962 and was the minister in first non-congress government in [[Bihar]] as a minister of Irrigation and Power then Agriculture. <ref> [http://bhumiharbrahmin.blogspot.in/2006/12/begusarai-bihat-ke-laal-sri-chandra.html BEGUSARAI (BIHAT) ke Laal : Sri Chandra Shekhar Singh]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly]] | [[Category:Members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly]] | ||
[[Category:Banaras Hindu University people]] | [[Category:Banaras Hindu University people]] | ||