Harihar Singh

Harihar Singh or Bihari Ji Singh (1925-1994) was an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. He succeeded Bhola Paswan Shashtri, as the Chief Minister of Bihar in 1969. Harihar Singh's tenure as Chief Minister lasted just a few months – he led an INC-led coalition government and all six members of Soshit Dal, a constituent party of the coalition, defected to the Opposition during a budget session of the Bihar Assembly.

Early life
Harihar Singh was born in a small village of Chaugain in Buxar, Bihar in British India to an upper caste Rajput family.

Legacy
He was also a Bhojpuri poet and has written many patriotic Bhojpuri poems full of nationalist ideas.

Biographies

 * Anugrah Abhinandan Granth samiti. 1947  Anugrah Abhinandan Granth. Bihar.
 * Anugrah Narayan centenary year celebration Committee. 1987.  Bihar Bibhuti: Vayakti Aur Kriti , Bihar.
 * Bimal Prasad (editor). 1980. A Revolutionary's Quest: Selected Writings of Jayaprakash Narayan. Oxford University Press, Delhi.