Daroga Prasad Rai (2 September 1922 - 15 April 1981) was an Indian politician from the state of

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. He was the Chief Minister of Bihar in 1970 for ten months, but Congress was reduced to a minority in December 1970 and

Karpoori Thakur Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was an Indian politician from the Bihar state. He was popularly known as Jan Nayak (Hindi for people's hero). He served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from December 1970 to June 1971 (Socia ...

became the first socialist

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for a few months, with Jana Sangh support. From 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975 he was the

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and incharge of Finance in Abdul Gafoor's ministry.In the 1990s when the

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family began to be dominant in politics than the son Chandrika Rai also accompanied

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parlia ...

Chandrika Roy Chandrika Roy is an Indian politician from Saran district of Bihar, India. He was a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly (2015-2020) representing Parsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) from RJD Party. Now he is in the Janata Dal (United) Party. ...

is the second son of the five sons of Dara Raja Rai. Daroga Prasad's Rai grand daughter Aishwarya Rai married to

Tej Pratap Yadav Tej Pratap Yadav (born 16 April 1988) is an Indian politician and cabinet minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Department in the Government of Bihar. He was MLA of Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Mahua constituency as a memb ...

, the eldest son of

on 12 May 2018.

In Bihar Legislative assembly

In second General Election's held in 1957 he was contented from Parsa constituency of Bihar Vidhan Sabha and won.

In Memory

* Daroga Prasad Rai Degree College, Siwan district

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In Bihar Legislative assembly

In Memory

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