Charan Singh
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Singh was born in Meerut district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. He graduated from Agra College in 1923 with a Bachelor of Science degree and then he did Master of Arts in history in 1925. In 1927 he did Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Meerut College. Then they shifted to Bulandshahr district of present day Uttar Pradesh after their downfall due to Raja Nahar Sigh Ballabhgarh opposition to the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Singh entered politics as a part of Indian independence movement motivated by Mahatma Gandhi. Singh followed Gandhi in non-violent struggle for independence from the British Government, and was imprisoned several times. In 1930, he was sent to jail for 12 years by the British for contravention of the salt laws. He was jailed again for one year in November 1940 for individual Satyagraha movement. In August 1942 he was jailed again by the British under DIR and released in November 1943. He was a Congress member for most of his life, he later founded his own Lok Dal party. He is the first leader outside the Indian National Congress who formed government in the northern India and became 5th chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was awarded with the Bharat Ratna in 2024. Provided by Wikipedia
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13by G. Kanimozhi, B. Pradhapsingh, Charan Singh Pawar, Haseeb A. Khan, Salman H. Alrokayan, N. Rajendra PrasadGet full text
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14by Prasan Kumar Panda, Arkapal Bandyopadhyay, Budha Charan Singh, Bikram Moirangthem, Gaurav Chikara, Sarama Saha, Yogesh Arvind BahurupiGet full text
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15by Krishan Kumar Sharma, Parth Singh Meena, Charan Singh Jhilowa, Shubham Jhanwar, Jitendra Rohilla, Pinki Tak, Mahendra JainGet full text
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17by Shifa Javed, Bal Krishan Sharma, Swati Sood, Sanjeev Sharma, Rashmi Bagga, Shalmoli Bhattacharyya, Charan Singh Rayat, Lakhbir Dhaliwal, Radhika SrinivasanGet full text
Published 2018-04-01
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18by Clare Guilding, Jessica Hardisty, Elsa Randles, Louise Statham, Alan Green, Roshni Bhudia, Charan Singh Thandi, Andrew Teodorczuk, Lesley Scott, Joanna MatthanGet full text
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19by Avinash Chandra Rathore, Harsh Mehta, J. Jayaprakash, Charan Singh, Anand Kumar Gupta, Pawan Kumar, Sadikul Islam, Saswat Kumar Kar, Sridhar Patra, Lekh Chand, Vijay Kumar Doharey, Prabhat Ranjan Ojasvi, Ram Swaroop Yadav, M. MadhuGet full text
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