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|name = Basant Narain Singh<br />
|title = Maharaj Kumar of [[Ramgarh Raj]]<br />
|image = <br />
|succession = [[Ramgarh Raj]]<br />
|reign = 1918 – 3 February 1984<br />
|reign-type = Period<br />
|predecessor = Maharaj Kumar Rameshwar Narain Singh<br />
|successor = Maharaj Kumar M. Narain Singh Gazi Sarkar Sahib<br />
|suc-type = <br />
|birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1918|04|09}}<br />
|birth_place = Padhma Palace, [[Ramgarh Raj]], [[Dominion of India|India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1984|02|03|1918|04|09}}<br />
|death_place = [[Hazaribagh]], [[Bihar]]<br />
|burial_place = <br />
|spouse = Kunwarani [[Vijaya Raje]]<br />
|issue = Maharaj Kumar M. Narain Singh Gazi Sarkar Sahib and Kunwarani Bhavna Raje<br />
|father = Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh Bahadur<br />
|mother = Maharajmata Shashank Manjiri<br />
Devi<br />
|religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
}}<br />
Maharaj Kumar Dr. '''Basant Narain Singh''' (b. at Padma Lakshmi Nivas Palace, Hazaribagh District, April 9, 1918) was an Indian politician and a member of the [[7th Lok Sabha]] representing [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of Bihar State.<br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Singh was educated at Rajkumar College, Raipur and at Mayo College, Ajmer.<br />
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He was also elected as a member of the 3rd, 4th, and 6th Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Bihar State Legislative Assembly during 1952-62 and 1967–74 and Cabinet Minister in Bihar from 1967-72 holding various portfolios such as forest, excise, jail, revenue, public works, and irrigation. He was the general secretary of the Janta Party which was formed by Maharaja of Ramgarh Raj.<br />
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==Personal life and family==<br />
He belonged to the royal family of [[Ramgarh Raj]]. He married Kuwarani [[Vijaya Raje]], the daughter of H.R.H. Maharaja Sir [[Udaji Rao II Parmar]] (Honorary A.D.C. to King of England) of [[Dhar State]]. They had two children, Maharaj Kumar Mayurdhwaja Narain Singh Gaji Sarkar Sahib and Kuwarani Bhawna Raje. Their residence was at Raja Kothi in Hazaribagh.<br />
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He was the younger brother of Maharaja [[Kamakhya Narain Singh]] Bahadur of [[Ramgarh Raj]], son of the late Raja [[Lakshmi Narain Singh]] Bahadur and maternal great-grandson of Maharaja [[Raja Arjun Singh]] (freedom fighter) of Porahat Raj (Kolhan Estate).<ref name="ls">{{cite web|title=8th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1646.htm |publisher= Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi |accessdate= 21 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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