Chandrashekhar Singh

Chandrashekhar Singh (17 August 1927 - 9 July 1986) was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the 16th Chief Minister of Bihar from August 1983 to March 1985.[2] He also held a number of Union State Minister positions in the Ministry of Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He was elected to Bihar Vidhan Sabha four times, and also to the Parliament a few times.

He last held the position of Union Minister of Petroleum, during which he died due to cancer.

He was elected to the Bihar Vidhan Sabha in 1952, 1957 and 1969 from Jhajha (Vidhan Sabha constituency). He lost from Jhajha (झाझा) in 1962.[3] He was elected to Vidhan Sabha from Chakai (चकाई) in 1972. He was also related to Rajput stalwart Satyendra Narayan Sinha. In 1980, he won the parliamentary elections with an overwhelming majority from Banka (Lok Sabha constituency), In 1983, he was handpicked by Indira Gandhi to become the Chief Minister of Bihar. After the 1985 Elections, he was asked by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to return to Government of India as Union Minister of Petroleum. He won a bye-poll for Banka Lok Sabha seat in 1985. After his death in 1986, his widow Manorama Singh won the bye-poll necessitated by his death. He was elected to the Parliament of India a total of 5 times.[4]

A museum has also been opened in Jamui in Bihar in his name.[5] It was established in 1983 by the state government to preserve the antiquities of the surrounding areas.