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Chandrma Singh , (1909 – 6 April 1976), was an Indian revolutionary who was instrumental in the Indian Independence struggle. He was a close associate of revolutionary Bhagat Singh and Baikuntha Shukla. Born into a Bihari Rajput family, Changrama Singh he was educated till middle school when he became interested in the national struggle for independence.

=Contact with revolutionaries:= content1= His father was an employ of the British Government’s police force and later quit because of his nationalistic feelings and joined Congress party and was jailed immediately. After getting out of the jail he started residing in Khadi Ashram, Hajipur, Bihar. The patriotism of father influenced young Chandrma a great deal. Here he came in contact with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) and met Yogendra Shukla, and through him met Baikuntha Shukla and Bhagat Singh.

=Hajipur Train Robbery (1930):= The mail van was looted in Hajipur and the Station master was killed. All of four of the revolutionaries who were responsible for the incident were arrested. Among them Ramdiri Singh was sentenced to be hanged, but the other three were not convicted due to lack of evidence. One of the other accomplices of the act was Kishori Prasann Singh, who was also not convicted. Kishori Prasann Singh was the one who later joined hands with Jai Prakash Narayan and founded Congress Samajwadi Party. Ref: Janyug, 13 May 1973 Ref: Raah ki khoj mein, by Kishori Prasann Singh, Anvesha Prakashan, 1st Edition 2003 Ref: Manohar Kahaniya, Dec, 1982 Ref: Manohar Kahaniya, October, 1997

=The revenge of Bhagat Singh’s death:= By 1930’s, the revolutionary activities in the country were in full swing and hence a lot of revolutionaries were being caught and convicted due to the counter measures taken by the British Government. The Lahore incident had just happened and the trail of Bhagat Singh was underway. Another revolutionary Phanindra Nath Ghosh had been caught earlier and because of fear or temptation became a Government Approver which led to the hanging of Bhagat Singh.

Baikuntha Shukla and Chandrma Singh decided to extract vengeance by killing Phanindra Nath Ghosh. Both of them arrived at the shop of Phanindra Nath Ghosh in Meena Bazaar at Bettiah on 9 November 1932. The plan was that Baikuntha Shukla will strike while Chandrma Singh would guard his back. However, because of the presence of a few people Baikuntha Shukla paused to find a suitable time. However, Chandrma Singh initiated the attack and Baikuntha Shukla also subsequently attacked Phanindra Nath Ghosh. People rushed to catch both of them but they managed to escape the crime scene. Both of them were caught but only Baikunth Shukla could be convicted and hanged for the murder at Gaya Central Prison on 14 May 1934. Encounter with Police in Kanpur

After the assassination of Phanindra nath Ghosh, Manindra Nath Gupta asked Chandrma Singh to come ot Kanpur so that he can take revenge of Chandrashekhar Azad’s death by killing Veerbhadra Tiwari (police informer). Veerbhadra lived in Uryi near Kanpur. Manindranath was also a police informer and Chandrama was caught in a trap where Manindranath had arranged for his stay. Chandrma Singh tried to escape but he entered an alley which was a deadend. He decided to face the police and took out his revolver and started firing on the police. The encounter lasted 4 and half hours. After he ran out bullets he swallowed poison pills but they went into his windpipe and he choked on them and fell unconscious and was subsequently arrested. He was sentence 17 years in prison, but was released after 7 years.

=Later Years:= After being released from prison in 1938, he joined the Communist Party in a full-fledged way in 1940. Communist party was a banned political party and hence Chandrma Singh was again arrested and was sent to Muzaffarpur Prison. He spent 5 years and 9 months in different prisons.

=Imprisonment:=
 * 1) January 1931 to November 1931 at Muzaffarpur District Prison.
 * 2) November  1932 Kanpur Zila Prison (6 months), Fatehgarh Central Prison (4 years), Bareilly District Prison (1 year), Naini District Prison (1.5 years), Lucknow District Prison (1 day).
 * 3) April 1940 to December 1945 at Muzaffarpur District Prison (3 months), hazaribagh Central Prison (6 months), Devli House Arrest Camp (1 year), Hazaribagh Central Prison (3.5 years), Patna Central Prison (6 Months).

Total imprisonment 14 years and 7 months. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chandrmasingh.jpg