Digvijay Narain Singh

Digvijay Narain Singh (1924-1991) was a politician and Parliamentarian belonging to the Indian National Congress, who later joined Janata Party. He represented Pupri, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur et al seats from Bihar in Lok Sabha in 1960s and 1970s. He joined Janata Party in 1977 and was elected to Lok Sabha from Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency). A book claims he was in Lok Sabha for 28 consecutive years (1952–1980).[1] He was born in a Bhumihar family and was a scion of Dharhara, one of the richest Zamindaris in Bihar.[2] But he spent a lot of his inherited wealth for public good and never took any money from his party, the Indian National Congress for fighting elections.[3] He was a close friend of Sir Mark Tully, who contributed one whole chapter on him in No Full Stops in India.[4] He was close friend of both Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai treated him like his son.[5] He died at Patna on 2 August 1991 at the age of 67 years[6] He donated 500 acre of his land to establish Langat Singh College, Now Known as BR Ambedkar University, Muzaffarpur of Bihar. He joined Indian National Congress in 1930. He served as Secretary of Bihar Congress from 1950 to 1950.


References
  1. Tully, Mark (1992). No Full Stops in India. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-010480-6.
  2. Tully, Mark (1992). No Full Stops in India. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-010480-6.
  3. Tully, Mark (1992). No Full Stops in India. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-010480-6.
  4. Tully, Mark (1992). No Full Stops in India. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-010480-6.
  5. Tully, Mark (1992). No Full Stops in India. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-010480-6.
  6. OBITUARY REFERENCE Parliament of India, 20.08.91.
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