Kamakhya Narain Singh

Maharaja Bahadur Kamakhya Narain Singh Bahadur (10 August 1916 – 7 May 1970) of Ramgarh, Jharkhand was the zamindar of Ramgarh Raj and later a politician. He belonged to the Narain Dynasty.

Kamakhya Narain Singh
Maharaja Bahadur of Ramgarh Raj
Head of the House of Narain
Period1919 – 7 May 1970
PredecessorMaharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh
Born(1916-08-10)10 August 1916
Padma, Ramgarh Raj, India
Died7 May 1970(1970-05-07) (aged 53)
Kolkata
SpouseMaharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi
HouseNarain
FatherMaharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh Bahadur
MotherMaharajmata Shashank Manjiri Devi
ReligionHinduism

He was educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur and at Mayo College, Ajmer. He became the Raja of Ramgarh in 1919 upon death of his father, Raja Lakshmi Narain Singh. He formed his own political party (Janta Party of Ramgarh) and was a prominent leader in Bihar at that time. His family (Narain Raj Parivar) was the first family in India to use helicopters in election campaign. He served as the Vice-President of the Bihar Landholder's Association and the All India Kshatriya Mahasabha. He was also Member of the Managing Committee and General Council of Rajkumar College; Member of the Executive Body of the Bihar War Committee.[1] He served as president of Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha in 1943 and 1953.

He was married to Maharani Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Supradipta Manyabara Lt. Gen. Maharajkumar Singha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal in 1936. They had a son, Indra Jitendra Narain Singh.[1]

He entered politics in 1946 following the formal accession of the Ramgarh state into the Indian Republic. In 1952 Bihar Assembly elections, he contested from Dhanbad as a candidate of Swatantra Party but was defeated by a noted freedom-fighter and labor rights leader, Purushottam K. Chauhan.[2][3] Later in the Bihar Assembly Elections of 1967, serious opposition was offered by the Raja Bahadur's Swatantra Party to the ruling Congress government. The Raja Bahadur and his younger brother, Dr. Basant Narain Singh, became Cabinet Ministers in the government headed by Chief Minister of Bihar, Mahamaya Prasad Sinha. He resigned from the party because he was not made the Deputy Chief Minister. In late 1960s, Kamakhya Narayan Singh was popularly an aspirant for Rajput supremacy in Bihar against Rajput stalwart, Sri Satyendra Narayan Sinha (then known as "Coming Chief Minister of Bihar") but was outmanoeuvred. His party later merged with the Janata party. Many of his family members became important political functionaries and legislators.[4]

Singh died of cardiac arrest at 12:25 a.m. (IST) on 7 May 1970 at his residence in Calcutta. In the days preceding his death, he had complained of an abdomen problem.[5] He was cremated on the banks of a river two miles from his Padma, his place of birth near Hazaribagh in Bihar (today in Jharkhand).[6]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. India, a reference annual. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1958. p. 431.
  3. "Dhanbad :List of MLA's from 1952 to 1972". Dhanbad District Official Website. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080730/jsp/jharkhand/story_9620829.jsp
  5. "Ramgarh Raja Dead". The Indian Express. 8 May 1970. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. "Ramgarh Raja Cremated". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 9 May 1970. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2018.


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