Digvijay Narain Singh was an eminent politician and Parliamentarian

Member of Parliament

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 belonging to the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 and represented Vaishali constituency

Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)

Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:* Minapur* Kanti* Baruraj...

 in Bihar

Bihar

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 state for 28 consecutive years (1952–1980). He was a close friend of Sir Mark Tully

Mark Tully

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, who contributed one whole chapter on him in No Full Stops in India. He was close friend of both Feroze Gandhi

Feroze Gandhi

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 and Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

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 and Morarji Desai

Morarji Desai

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress...

 treated him like his son. He died at Patna on 2 August 1991 at the age of 67 years

External links

• Digvijay Narain Singh, Members Profile at Lok Sabha
  Lok Sabha
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  website.