Kamal Bahadur Singh | |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1926 |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency1: | Shahabad North West |
Term Start1: | 1952 |
Term End1: | 1957 |
Predecessor1: | Constituency Established |
Successor1: | Constituency Dissolved |
Term Start2: | 1957 |
Term End2: | 1962 |
Predecessor2: | Constituency Established |
Successor2: | Anant Prasad Sharma |
Constituency2: | Buxar |
Party: | Independent |
Children: | 3 (2 sons, and 1 daughter) |
Spouse: | Usha Rani (1981) |
Kamal Bahadur Singh (29 September 1926 – 5 January 2020)[1] was an Indian politician from Bihar. He was elected twice as a member of the Lok Sabha. He was the last Maharaja of Dumraon Raj.[2] He was the last surviving member of the First Lok Sabha.[3]
Singh was born on 29 September 1926.[4] He studied in Colonel Brown Cambridge School and D. A. V. College. He also studied in Allahabad University and Patna Law College.[4]
Singh was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha from Shahabad North West in the first Lok Sabha election.[5] Later, he was elected from Buxar in 1957.[6] He was the youngest member elected, and served until 1962.[1]
Singh also ran for office again in 1989 and 1991, but lost both times.[1]
Singh died on 5 January 2020 at the age of 93.[2] [3] [7]