Banarsi Prasad Singh (7 November 1899 – 1964) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

, the lower house of the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...

, from

Munger Munger, formerly spelt as Monghyr, is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern In ...

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

as a member of the Indian National Congress in 1952, 1957 and 1962. He took part in various Congress movements and was imprisoned several times. He died in 1964. The by-election triggered by his death was won by the socialist leader

Madhu Limaye Madhu Limaye (1 May 1922 – 8 January 1995), full name: Madhukar Ramchandra Limaye, was an Indian socialist essayist and activist, particularly active in the 1970s. A follower of Ram Manohar Lohia and a fellow-traveller of George Fernandes, he w ...

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External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinha, Banarsi Prasad 1899 births 1964 deaths India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar People from Munger district