Career
He also held a number of Cabinet Minister positions in the Cabinet of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He last held the position of Union Minister of Petroleum, after which he died due to cancer. He was elected to the first Bihar Assembly in 1952 after which he served the people of Bihar for 30 years continuously till 1980.
He was also close and a relative of Rajput stalwart Satyendra Narain Singh.In 1980, he was invited by Indira Gandhi to contest Elections on an Indian National Congress ticket from Banka.
In 1983, he was asked to become the Chief Minister of Bihar. After the 1985 Elections, he was asked by Rajiv Gandhi to return to Government of India as union Minister of Petroleum.
He was elected to the Parliament of India a total of 5 times. A museum has also been opened in Jamui in Bihar in his name.
lieutenant was established in 1983 by the state government to preserve the antiquities of the surrounding areas.