Chandrashekhar Singh was deputy leader of the Communist Party of India group in the State Legislature of Bihar and a Member of the National Council of CPI, and its Bihar State Secretariat. He was born in December 1915. He died on the 20 July, 1976 at the age of 61. Chandrashekhar Singh, graduated from Benaras Hindu University in 1937, and obtained his Master's Degree from Patna University in 1939.

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  • Chandrashekhar Singh was deputy leader of the Communist Party of India group in the State Legislature of Bihar and a Member of the National Council of CPI, and its Bihar State Secretariat. He was born in December 1915. He died on the 20 July, 1976 at the age of 61. Chandrashekhar Singh, graduated from Benaras Hindu University in 1937, and obtained his Master's Degree from Patna University in 1939. Chandrashekhar Singh came to politics through the National Liberation movement against the British imperialism in 1934. At that time he was in the Congress Socialist Party. He was elected first General Secretary of the Bihar Students Federation in 1938. In 1940 he joined the CPI and was arrested by the British Government. In 1949 he was arrested in connection with All India Railway strike. He worked in the Kisan Sabha from 1949 to 1956. In 1956 by-election, he was elected on a Communist ticket to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was continuously a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly since 1962. In 1967 he became Minister for Power and Irrigation in the Samyukt Vidhayak Dal Government. He was also Deputy leader of the CPI Legislative Party, the leader being Pandit Karyanand Sharma. He was the son of Sri Ram Charitra Prasad Singh.
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  • Chandrashekhar Singh was deputy leader of the Communist Party of India group in the State Legislature of Bihar and a Member of the National Council of CPI, and its Bihar State Secretariat. He was born in December 1915. He died on the 20 July, 1976 at the age of 61. Chandrashekhar Singh, graduated from Benaras Hindu University in 1937, and obtained his Master's Degree from Patna University in 1939.
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