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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bindeshwari Dubey
| nickname =
| native_name =
| image =
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| birth_date = 14 January 1921
| birth_place = [[Bhojpur district, India|Mahuaon]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
| occupation = Trade unionist, politician
| residence =
| death_date = 20 January 1993 (aged 72)
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| resting_place = Ganges, Varanasi
| office = 21st [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister of Bihar]]
| term = 12 March 1985 – 13 February 1988
| predecessor = [[Chandrashekhar Singh]]
| successor = [[Bhagwat Jha Azad]]

| office1 = [[Minister of Law and Justice]]
| term1 = 14 February 1988 – 26 June 1988
| 1blankname1 = Prime Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| predecessor1 = [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| successor1 = [[B. Shankaranand]]
| constituency1 = [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Bihar]]

| office2 = [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of Labour and Employment]]
| term2 = 26 June 1988 – 1 December 1989
| 1blankname2 = Prime Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ravindra Varma]]
| successor2 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| constituency2 = [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Bihar]]

| office3 = President [[INTUC]]
| term3 = May 1984 – March 1985
| successor3 = [[Gopala Ramanujam]]

| office5 = [[Minister of Education]] Bihar Government
| term5 = 28 May 1973 – 24 June 1973
| 1blankname5 = Prime Minister
| 1namedata5 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 2blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata5 = [[Kedar Pandey]]
| successor5 = Vidyakar Kavi
| constituency5 = [[Bermo]]

| office6 = Minister of Science & Technology, Bihar Government
| term6 = 28 May 1973 – 24 June 1973
| 1blankname6 = Prime Minister
| 1namedata6 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 2blankname6 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata6 = [[Kedar Pandey]]
| constituency6 = [[Bermo]]

| office7 = [[Minister of Transport]] Bihar Government
| term7 = 25 September 1973 – 18 April 1974
| 1blankname7 = Prime Minister
| 1namedata7 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 2blankname7 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata7 = [[Abdul Gafoor]]
| predecessor7 = Shatrughna Sharan Singh
| constituency7 = [[Bermo]]

| office8 = [[Minister of Health]] Bihar Government
| term8 = 11 April 1975 – 30 April −1977
| 1blankname8 = Prime Minister
| 1namedata8 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 2blankname8 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata8 = [[Jagannath Mishra]]
| predecessor8 = [[Kedar Pandey]]
| successor8 = Prof. Jabir Hussain
| constituency8 = [[Bermo]]

| office9 = [[Member of Parliament|Lok Sabha]]
| term9 = 1980–1984
| constituency9 = [[Giridih]]
| predecessor9 = Ramdas Singh
| successor9 = Sarfaraz Ahmed

| office10 = [[Member of Parliament|Rajya Sabha]]
| term10 = 3 April 1988 – 20 January 1993)
| state10 = [[Bihar]]

| office11 = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term11 = 1952–1957
| constituency11 = Jaridih-Petarvar
| predecessor11 = constituency created
| term12 = 1962 – 1967, 1967 – 1969, 1969 – 1972, 1972 – 1977
| constituency12 = [[Bermo]]
| predecessor12 = Brajeshwar Prasad Singh
| successor12 = Mithilesh Sinha
| term13 = March 1985 – 3 April 1988
| constituency13 = [[Shahpur, Bihar|Shahpur]]
| predecessor13 = [[Anand Sharma]]
| successor13 = [[Dharampal Singh]]

| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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'''Bindeshwari Dubey''' (14 January 1921 – 20 January 1993) was a freedom fighter, trade unionist and politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 12 March 1985 and 13 February 1988.

Dubey was involved in the nationalisation of Indian collieries, especially in the [[Chhotanagpur]] region that was then a part of Bihar (now [[Jharkhand]]). He held the portfolios of Law, Justice and Labour in the [[Government of India|Union Council of Ministers]] in [[Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv Gandhi's]] cabinet. Earlier, he had held offices at state level as Minister of Education, Transport and Health. He was a member of the [[Seventh Lok Sabha]] between 1980 and 1984, representing the Giridih constituency in Bihar. He was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1988 until his death. Earlier he had been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly during 1952–57, 1962–77 and 1985–88. He had also been a National as well as State President of INTUC besides being a Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President.

== Early life ==

Bindeshwari Dubey was the second of four sons born to a humble farming family in the village of Mahuaon, Bhojpur, Bihar.<ref name="jagran.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/bokaro-8794987.html|title = पुण्यतिथि पर याद किए गए बिन्देश्वरी दुबे}}</ref> His father, Shiv Naresh Dubey, was a peasant and despite showing promise in school, Dubey's education was not considered important. This caused him to run away to Patna, where he lived with his maternal uncle and continued his studies at [[St. Michael's High School, Patna]]<ref>https://www.schoolmykids.com/school/india/st-michaels-high-school-digha-ghat-patna-patna-bihar-india-s1001003/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stmichaelspatna.blogspot.com/2007/11/notable-alumini.html?m=1|title = St. Michaels High School Patna: Notable Alumini|date = 10 November 2007}}</ref> After his matriculation he worked on night-shifts in a factory as well as continuing to offer tuition to people as he had done during his school days in order to fund his education. He was eventually offered a place at Bihar college of engineering (today's [[National Institute of Technology, Patna]]) in Patna.<ref>http://www.bdacollegepichhri.org</ref><ref name="jagran.com"/>

== Quit India Movement ==
Dubey left his engineering studies to join the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942.<ref name="parliamentofindia1">{{cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls10/ses6/03220293.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030929095332/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls10/ses6/03220293.htm |archive-date=2003-09-29 |publisher=Parliament of India |title=Obituary References |date=22 February 1993}}</ref><ref name="m.jagran.com">{{Cite web|url=https://m.jagran.com/jharkhand/bokaro-8794987.html|title = पुण्यतिथि पर याद किए गए बिन्देश्वरी दुबे}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thewirehindi.com/22557/remembering-sitaram-kesari/|title=न खाता न बही, जो चचा केसरी कहें वही सही|date=24 October 2017}}</ref>

== Political career ==

Dubey was a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for five periods as a representative of the Bermo constituency, being 1952–57,<ref>https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/sunday/story/823168.html</ref> 1962–67,
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|title = Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962}}</ref> 1967–69,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|title = Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967}}</ref> 1969–72,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1969-election-results.html|title = Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1969}}</ref> 1972–77.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html|title = Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972}}</ref> Between 1985–88 he was again a member, this time for the [[Shahpur, Bihar|Shahpur]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html|title = Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985}}</ref>

For the short period of 28 May – 24 June 1973, Dubey served as Education Minister for the state government headed by [[Kedar Pandey]].<ref name="m.jagran.com"/><ref>and Science & Technology</ref> He was Transport Minister from 25 September 1973 till 18 April 1974<ref>[[List of Transport Ministers of Bihar]]{{Circular reference|date=August 2018}}</ref><ref name="m.jagran.com"/> in an [[Abdul Gafoor]]-led government, and from 11 April 1975 to 30 April 1977 he was in [[Jagannath Mishra]]'s government of Bihar as a Cabinet Minister of Health & Family Planning and Science & Technology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/desterilisation-plan-bihar-health-minister-indira-gandhi-west-bengal-4364895/|title=November 9, 1976, Forty Years Ago: Desterilisation Plan|date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

=== Chief Minister of Bihar ===

Dubey became Chief Minister in 1985 and held the post until 1988.<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/><ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCnRzJwcqSQC&pg=PA230 |title=Bihar Through the Ages |first=Ritu |last=Chaturvedi |year=2007 |pages=219–220, 230|isbn=9788176257985 }}</ref> However, his Chief Ministership was controversial and there were accusations of genocide and corruption.<ref name="google1"/> He launched the 'Operation Black Panther' in [[Champaran]] to free the area from the criminals and other anti-social elements. He also launched 'Operation Siddhartha' and 'Mafia Trial' to combat the MCC terrorist group and the [[Coal Mafia]]s of [[Dhanbad]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/14/stories/2003101402201200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106202312/http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/14/stories/2003101402201200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2003 |title=Bihar ready for talks with naxals |date=14 October 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihar-cm-bindeshwari-dubey-fights-jagannath-mishra-mafia-gangs-in-battle-for-dhanbad/1/348575.html |title=Bihar CM Bindeshwari Dubey fights Jagannath Mishra mafia gangs in battle for Dhanbad}}</ref>

==Controversies==
The short tenure of Bindeshwari Dubey witnessed the atrocities against the backward caste in Pararia village, in Deogarh district of Bihar. In the [[Pararia mass rape (1988)|Pararia mass rape incident]], the policemen of Bihar Police Force raped women belonging to twenty six families and looted the valuables from their houses. The contemporary media reports criticised Dubey government on not taking appropriate action on the incident in which backward caste women were raped and humiliated. The Congress (I) politicians under him were accused of falsifying the incident and unilaterally declaring that no rape or assault has happened.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1nC4bFLgK4AC&pg=PA102|title = Contemporary Political Leadership in India George Fernandes, Defence Minister of India|author1=Shiri Ram Bakshi|author2=Shiri Ram Bakshi|author3=Sita Ram Sharma|author4=S. Gajrani|publisher=APH Publishing|year=1998|
isbn=8170249996|pages=101–102|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref>

Besides corruption which swept every part of Bihar's administration, Dubey government is also accused of patronising political criminals. The Police's excesses also reached a new height during his tenure.<ref name="google1"/>

== National offices ==
Dubey was a member of the [[Seventh Lok Sabha]] between 1980–1984 as a representative of the [[Giridih]] constituency in Bihar.<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 3 April 1988 until his death on 20 January 1993.

While in the Rajya Sabha, he was Union minister for Law and Justice between 14 February – 26 June 1988,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/commwlb14&div=22&id=&page= |title=14 Commonwealth Law Bulletin 1988 Announcements |journal=Commonwealth Law Bulletin |year=1988 |volume=14 |page=501 |publisher=Heinonline.org |access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref><ref>http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/101-169/report125.pdf</ref> and then Minister for Labour from 26 June 1988 until 1 December 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/clippings.nsf/(docid)/A23B8A772D9E081AE5256BE6001094CA |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106003739/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/clippings.nsf/(docid)/A23B8A772D9E081AE5256BE6001094CA |archive-date=6 November 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

== Trade Unionism ==
Dubey was closely connected with the trade union movement in the coal, steel, engineering, power and sugar industries. He was also closely associated with Indian National Trade Union Congress and became its national president in 1984, having previously been a state president till his last breath. He was also the president of many other labour unions, such as the Rastirya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh (RCMS), the [[Indian National Mineworkers' Federation]] (INMF), and the Bokaro Steel Workers Union.

Dubey started his Trade Union movement in mid 1940s before independence when the collieries of India were in private hands where colliery owners and contractors used to exploit the contract labourers. He campaigned for better wages and working conditions for coal miners, visiting many countries like West Germany, U.K., Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Yugoslavia, Switzerland and Japan to acquaint himself with employment conditions in mines and factories. He represented the country at many international labour conferences and seminars.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030929095332/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls10/ses6/03220293.htm</ref><ref>m.jagran.com/jharkhand/bokaro-8794987.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.livehindustan.com/bihar/patna/story-birthday-celebration-of-bindeshwari-dubey-1748847.html|title = बिन्देश्वरी दूबे ने श्रमिकों के हित में कई काम किए: कांग्रेस}}</ref><ref>https://m.bhaskar.com/jharkhand/giridih/news/JHA-MAT-latest-giridih-news-023003-905426-NOR.html</ref>

== Legacy ==
Among the numerous structures and institutions named in Dubey's honour are:
*Bihar Government organize Birth Anniversary of Dubey as a State Function every year on 14 January.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brandbharat.com/english/bihar/Bihar_State_Functions.html|title = Bihar State Functions List of Bihar State Functions Balidan Diwas (L. N. Mishra) Birthday of Gulam Sarwar Birthday of Bindeshwari Dubey Birhtday of Lal Singh Tyagi Birthday of Netaji Shubhash Chandra Bose Birhtday of Karpuri Thakur Republic Day Saheed Diwas Birthday of B. N. Mandal Birthday of Jagdeo Prasad Birthday of L. N. Mishra Birthday of Jaglal Choudhary Nirwan Diwas of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Birhtday of Fanishwar Nath Renu Punyatithi of Jubba Sahni Birhtday of Veerchand Patel Birhtday of Dr. Rammanohar Lohiya Balidan Diwas of Bhagat Singh Birthday of Ramanad Tiwary Birthday of Jagjiwan Ram Birthday of B.R.Ambedkar Birthday of Binodanand Jha Veerkunwar Singh Vijay Diwas Birthday of Suraj Narain Singh Punyatithi of J. L. N. Nehru Sampurna Kranti Diwas Birthday of Baba Nagarjun Birthday of Anugrah Narain Singh Punyatithi of Mungeri Lal Birthday of A. Q. Ansari Shahadat Diwas of Peer Ali Birthday of S. N. Sinha Kargil Vijay Diwas Birthday of Shivpujan Sahay Shaheed Diwas Birthday of Guru Sahai Lal Independence Day Birthday of Deo Sharan Singh Birthday of B. P. Mandal Birthday of Daroga Prasad Rai Balidan Diwas fo Abdul Hameed Birthday of Vishwasaraiya Punyatithi of Dr.Basudeo Singh Birthday of Sir Shiv Sagar Ram Gulam Birthday of Bhola Paswan Shastri Birthday of Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar Gandhi Jayanti Birthday of Lal Bahadur Shastri Birthday of Jai Prakash Narain Punya Tithi of Ram Manohar Lohiya Birthday of Shri Krishna Singh Balidan Diwas of Indira Gandhi Birthday of Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel Birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Birthday of Jawahar Lal Nehru Birthday of Bhagwan Birsha Munda Birthday of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Birthday of Maulan Mazhrul Haque Birthday of Rambriksh Benipuri Birthday of Choudhary Charan Singh Birthday of K. B. Sahay News समाचार November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://biharinfo.in/function.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113300/http://biharinfo.in/function.aspx |archive-date=23 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://gov.bih.nic.in/PRelease.asp?MN=012016</ref>
*'Bindeshwari Dubey Smriti Granth' was published by Dubey lovers after few days after the death of Dubey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sapresangrahalaya.com/files/Abhinandan.htm|title = Sapre Sangrahalaya}}</ref>
*A statue of him at Collectory Talaab, Ara, Bhojpur, Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livecities.in/arrah/hindi-news-bindeshwari-dubey-remembered-at-arrah-bihar/|title = आरा: मजदूरों के मसीहा बिंदेश्वरी दुबे की जयंती लोगों ने उनके योगदान को किया याद – Arrah News in Hindi, आरा समाचार, Latest Arrah Hindi News, आरा न्यूज़ – Live Cities News}}</ref>
*Bindeshwari Dubey Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Pichhri, Bokaro, Jharkhand<ref>http://www.bdacollegepichhri.org/welcome/?i=1</ref>
*Bindeshwari Dubey Inter College, Bihiyan, Bhojpur, Bihar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/news/bihar/article1-bihar-board-s-assistant-arrested-taking-bribe-521185.html|title=बिहार बोर्ड का सहायक रिश्वत लेते गिरफ्तार}}</ref>
*Bindeshwari Dubey Bridge
*Bindeshwari Dubey Smarak Complex, Bhojpur District, Bihar<ref>https://www.inc.in/en/congress-sandesh/stateswatch/babu-jagjivan-ram-s-30th-death-anniversary-held</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar]]

== References ==
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{{Chief Ministers of Bihar}}

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