Deep Narayan Singh was an Indian politician, participant in the

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, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Born in Purantand, Bihar, Singh was a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India which was elected to write the

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. He also served as part of India's first

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as an independent nation and was a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was associated with the triumvirate of nationalists Rajendra Babu, Anugraha Babu and Shri babu. He succeeded Krishna Singh as the Chief Minister of Bihar. In 1979, a museum was established in his honour by the Directorate of Archaeology and Museum in

Hajipur Hajipur (, ) is the headquarters and largest city of Vaishali district of the state of Bihar in India. Hajipur is the 16th most populous city of Bihar, besides being the second-fastest developing city, next to Patna. It had a total population ...

, Bihar.

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1894 births 1977 deaths Chief Ministers of Bihar Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar People from Vaishali district Indian independence activists from Bihar Finance Ministers of Bihar Members of the Constituent Assembly of India Bihar MLAs 1957–1962 Chief ministers from Indian National Congress {{Bihar-INC-politician-stub