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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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'''Digvijay Narain Singh''' (1924 – 2 August 1991) was an Indian politician who served as a Member of Parliament. He started his career as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], later joining Morarji Desai's NCO faction in 1969, and then the Janata Party. He represented Pupri, [[Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muzaffarpur]], Hajipur, Vaishali et al. seats from [[Bihar]] in Lok Sabha from 1952 well into 1970s. He joined Janata Party in 1977 and was elected to Lok Sabha from [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
He was in Lok Sabha for 28 consecutive years (1952–1980).<ref>{{cite book|first = Mark|last = Tully|authorlink = Mark Tully|title = No Full Stops in India|publisher = [[Penguin Books|Penguin]]|year = 1992|isbn = 978-0-14-010480-6|url = https://archive.org/details/nofullstopsinind00tull}}</ref> He represented Muzzafarpur from 1952 to 1957 and again from 1962 to 1971, Pupri from 1957 to 1962, Hajipur constituency from 1971 to 1977, and Vaishali from 1977 to 1980. He lost from Muzaffarpur in 1980 as Janata Party's candidate against the winner George Fernandes of Janata Party (Socialist).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1980-election-results.html|title = 1980 India General (7th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref>
He was born in a [[Bhumihar Brahmin]] family and was a scion of Dharhara, one of the richest Zamindaris in Bihar.<ref>{{cite book|first = Mark|last = Tully|authorlink = Mark Tully|title = No Full Stops in India|publisher = [[Penguin Books|Penguin]]|year = 1992|isbn = 978-0-14-010480-6|url = https://archive.org/details/nofullstopsinind00tull}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|first = Mark|last = Tully|authorlink = Mark Tully|title = No Full Stops in India|publisher = [[Penguin Books|Penguin]]|year = 1992|isbn = 978-0-14-010480-6|url = https://archive.org/details/nofullstopsinind00tull}}</ref> He was a close friend of Sir [[Mark Tully]], who contributed one whole chapter on him in ''[[No Full Stops in India]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first = Mark|last = Tully|authorlink = Mark Tully|title = No Full Stops in India|publisher = [[Penguin Books|Penguin]]|year = 1992|isbn = 978-0-14-010480-6|url = https://archive.org/details/nofullstopsinind00tull}}</ref> He was close friend of both [[Feroze Gandhi]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] and [[Morarji Desai]] treated him like his son.<ref>{{cite book|first = Mark|last = Tully|authorlink = Mark Tully|title = No Full Stops in India|publisher = [[Penguin Books|Penguin]]|year = 1992|isbn = 978-0-14-010480-6|url = https://archive.org/details/nofullstopsinind00tull}}</ref> He died at Patna on 2 August 1991 at the age of 67.<ref>[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses1/01200891.htm OBITUARY REFERENCE] [[Parliament of India]], 20.08.91.</ref> He donated 500 acres of his land to establish Langat Singh College, Now known as BR Ambedkar University, [[Muzaffarpur]] of [[Bihar]]. He served as secretary of Bihar Congress in 1950.
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100628161824/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1022.htm Digvijay Narain Singh, Members Profile] at [[Lok Sabha]] website.
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