Vir Bahadur Singh

Vir Bahadur Singh was an Indian National Congress Leader from Gorakhpur and a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Union Cabinet Minister of Communication.

Contents 1 Political career 2 As an author 3 Other 4 Timeline 5 References 6 External links

Political career

He participated in Quit India movement in 1942.^[1]

He remained Chief Minister from 24 September 1985 till 25 June 1988.^[2]

He became Union Cabinet Minister of Communication in 1988.^[3]

He died in 1990.

His son has been the minister of state several times presently 'the forest minister of Uttar Pradesh from the Bahujan Samaj Party Fateh Bahadur Singh ^[4]

As an author

He authored the following works:

• From Naoroji to Nehru: Six essays in Indian economic thought
  • ISBN  : ISBN 0333900529 / ISBN 978-0333900529
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown(174 pages)
  • Publisher : Macmillan Company of India (1975)

• Essays in Indian political economy, by V. B. Singh
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0017YGGLA
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown(302 pages)
  • Publisher : (1967)

• An evaluation of fair price shops
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0017YK7FG
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1973)

• Indian economy yesterday and today.
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0017YK7LA
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1970)

• An introduction to the study of Indian labour problems
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0017YGGOW
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1967)

• Labour research in India
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0014MJYPA
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1970)

• Multinational corporations and India
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0000D5PLP
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown(161 pages)
  • Publisher : Sterling (1979)

• Patterns of economic development. A study of the economic development of the UK, the US, Japan, the USSR, and China.
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0017YLW96
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1970)

• Studies in African economic development
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0017YGGUQ
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1972)

• Role of labour in economic development
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0014MLLB0
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1970)

• Social and economic change. Essays in honour of Prof. D. P. Mukerji
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0017YGMGO
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1970)

• Theories of economic development
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0017YK7TC
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1971)

• Wage patterns, mobility, and savings of workers in India: A study of Kanpur textile industry
  • ASIN  : ASIN B0014MMY20
  • Country  : India
  • Language  : English
  • Edition  : Unknown
  • Publisher : (1973)

Other

Following institutions have been named after him :

• Vir Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur^[5]
• Vir Bahadur Singh Sports College, Gorakhpur
• Vir Bahadur Singh Degree College, Gorakhpur affiliated to Deendayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University^[6]

Timeline

Political offices
Preceded by Narayan Dutt Tiwari	Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 24 Sep 1985 – 25 Jun 1988	Succeeded by Narayan Dutt Tiwari

References

External links

• Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
• Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

Persondata
Name	Singh, Vir Bahadur
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Date of death	1990
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