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B.P. Balani was a socialist, known for his anti-Naxalite stand. On 30 November, Singh was arrested at the
Vidyapati Railway Station in Samastipur district. He was charged with the murder of Balani, a charge he accepted in court. Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment, and was kept in solitary confinement, with his legs in chains.
214:. He grow up in a peasant household. He was the youngest of four children of Bilat Singh and Swayamvari Devi. His elder brother Shri Ganga Prasad Singh was a socialist leader. Umadhar Singh aided the socialist movement as a young child, carrying food and letters for underground socialist leaders during the
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During the crisis in CPI(ML) 1979–1980, Singh voiced opposition towards the strategy and theoretical line of the party; he affirmed that the principal contradiction in Indian context stood between feudalism and the broad masses of the people (as opposed to seeing imperialist hegemony as the principal
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Seeking to replicate the
Naxalbari uprising in Bihar, Singh became a key leader of the Mushari struggle and led the first armed squad in the area. Singh's area of influence included Hayaghat and Darbhanga. On 2 October 1969 a prominent landlord in Darbhaga, B.P. Balani, was killed in broad daylight.
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Satyanarayan Singh launched a campaign to secure the release of revolutionary prisoners. Singh refused to comply with the demand by the government to give an undertaking for the withdrawal of the case against him, and thus his release was delayed. On 21 December 1977 he was released unconditionally
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In 1982 the Ashok Paper Mill was closed down, and Singh initiated a long campaign for its reopening for over 30 years. Under Singh's leadership the APM workers blocked attempts to remove the machinery of the plant. He also struggled for economic compensation for the APM workers that had been laid
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activities and founded the APM Kamgar Union at the Ashok Paper Mill. Singh served as the president of the union. Another union founded by Singh was the Metia
Palledar Thela Kamgar Union.
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tried to convince them to reject the revolt. In Delhi Singh argued against the line of the party leadership and resigned from the party. He joined the Bihar affiliate of the
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Legislative Assembly. He finished in first place amongst 22 candidates, obtaining 13,539 votes (21.30%). Soon after the election, Singh's party merged into the
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His body was shifted to the Bihar
Legislative Assembly, where a state funeral service was organised. Participants in the funeral included the Bihar Chief Minister
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In old age, Singh suffered from diabetes as well as lung and cardiac ailments. On 16 June 2014 Singh suffered a heart attack. The following day he was brought to
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government. After his release he maintained that the killing of Balani had been justified and coherent with the party directives at the time.
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enemy). Subsequently, Singh split away from
Satyanarayan Singh's party led a party of his own for a few years, called the
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Singh obtained a BA (Honours) in
Economics at CM College in Darbhanga, later obtaining a MA degree in the same subject at
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Singh studied middle education in his home village, later to obtain matriculation at the district school.
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movement in the state. He was imprisoned for eight years. After his release he was elected twice to the
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of lands from Hari Mahato (a local landlord). The seized lands were distributed to landless peasants.
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in Bihar, the
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Singh regained the Hayaghat seat. Singh obtained 32,214 votes (30.39%).
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Red Salute to CPI(ML) New Democracy Leader Com. Umadhar Singh!
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as a socialist state and considering the line of the original
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politician. Singh was a leader of the student movement in
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Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy
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and the Speaker of the Assembly Uday Narayan Chaudhary.
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Singh was born on 21 December 1938 in Sighwara village,
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