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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Bhola Paswan Shastri<br />
| image =<br />
| office = [[Leader of the Opposition]] of [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start = 24 February 1978<br />
| term_end = 23 March 1978<br />
|predecessor = [[Kamalapati Tripathi]]<br />
|successor = [[Kamalapati Tripathi]]<br />
| office1 = [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start1 = 31 May 1972<br />
| term_end1 = 2 April 1982<br />
| constituency1 = [[Bihar]]<br />
| order2 = 8th<br />
| office2 = Chief Minister of Bihar<br />
| governor2 = [[D. K. Barooah]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2 June 1971<br />
| term_end2 = 9 January 1972<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Karpoori Thakur]]<br />
| successor2 = [[President's rule]]<br />
| constituency2 =<br />
| governor3 = [[Nityanand Kanungo]]<br />
| term_start3 = 22 June 1969<br />
| term_end3 = 4 July 1969<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Harihar Singh]]<br />
| successor3 = President's rule<br />
| constituency3 = <br />
| governor4 = Nityanand Kanungo<br />
| term_start4 = 22 March 1968<br />
| term_end4 = 29 June 1968<br />
| predecessor4 = [[B. P. Mandal]]<br />
| successor4 = President's rule<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|9|21|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Purnia district|Bairgacchi]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| residence = [[Patna]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith|Kashi Vidyapith]], [[Varanasi]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|9|10|1914|9|21|df=y}}<ref name="obit">{{cite journal |date=18 January 1985 |title=Obituary Reference |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/3228/1/lsd_08_1_18-01-1985.pdf |journal=Lok Sabha Debates |series=Eighth Series |volume=1 |number=4 |pages=3–4 |access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref><br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| profession = Politician<br/> [[Social Worker]]<br/>[[Shastri]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| children = One Son ''(Deceased)''<br />
| spouse = Shanti Soren and Shushila Bharti<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = <br />
| year = <br />
}}<br />
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''' Bhola Paswan Shastri''' (1914-1984) was an Indian freedom fighter and on three occasions between 1968-71 was former [[Chief Minister]] of [[Bihar]] state in [[India]].<br />
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He was born in [[Jatav]] Community in Bairgacchi village of [[Purnia district|Purnia]] district.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1">{{cite news |last1=Dipankar |first1=Ghose |title=Stirrings in home of Bihar’s first Dalit CM: the poor want to be counted |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/bihar-bairgacchi-bhola-paswan-shastri-6984259/ |access-date=23 February 2021 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=7 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Bhola Paswan Shastri Agriculture College is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bausabour.ac.in/index.php/site/college/bpsac |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-09-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095226/http://bausabour.ac.in/index.php/site/college/bpsac |archivedate=6 October 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> Bhola Paswan was a highly educated member of the downtrodden caste and the Shastri title was due to his extensive knowledge. Bhola Paswan was the first Scheduled Caste (SC) [[Chief Minister of Bihar]].<ref>. {{cite web | url=http://biharjagran.com/government.php | work=BiharJagran.com | title=Chief Ministers of Bihar Since 1947 | accessdate=2011-09-06}}</ref><br />
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He first became Bihar Chief Minister for 100 days in the unstable fourth Bihar Assembly (1967-1968), but Congress lost majority and a mid-term poll was called. Harihar Singh's Congress government collapsed when Congress split in June 1969. Bhola Paswan Shastri sided with Congress (Org) faction and became chief minister for 13 days. But his coalition proved unstable. By June 1971, he was back in Congress and became chief minister for 7 months during the run-in to 1972 vidhan sabha polls.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
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It was in year 1968 he became Chief Minister for the first time though this term lasted only three months.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /> Also, it was for the first time in Bihar, a Dalit became Chief Minister.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /> He became Chief Minister for second time for 13 days in 1969 and for third time in 1971 for 7 months before political turmoil overtook the state.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /><br />
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==Personal Background==<br />
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Irrespective of his short tenures as Chief Minister, his village remembers him as a favoured son, a three term Chief Minister and an honest person.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /> Local villagers recall him as a person who refused to accumulate personal wealth and a home that continued to be hut even long after the end of his third and last tenure and who continued to sleep on floor.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /> One local villager recalls of him "He was so honest that he did nothing for himself, nor gave his own village any undue favours".<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /> In his village we can find the name boards displayed with his name everywhere and one of the boards in the right side of the road reads "Bhola Paswan Shastri Gram". Local MLA from Dhamdaha, Leshi Singh got a community building built near his ancestral home. However, we find the bylanes of village have open drains and there is very little work available locally for residents and hence waiting for jobs. Even his family sometimes travels to Purnea for work.<br />
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Shastri was born in poor home and his father used to work in the home of royal family of Darbhanga.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /> Though members from his caste were not encouraged to study he took interest and went till Kashi Vishwavidyalaya.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /> He never forgot his community and always stood with them. He had no children and in July 2020 it was reported in local television channels on the pitiable condition of his extended family who were forced to live on Government ration.<ref name="Bhola Paswan Reference1" /> However local political parties and leaders rushed in and offered financial help.<br />
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==References==<br />
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