Education
University of Calcutta. Vidyasagar College.
University of Calcutta. Vidyasagar College.
He was the Chief Minister of Bihar from 21 April 1979 to 17 February 1980. In 1991, he was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha from Hajipur constituency in Bihar. In 2009, he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.
As the Chief Minister of Bihar he enjoyed the trust and support of top Janata Party leaders of Emergency like Chandra Shekhar Singh and then Bihar Janata Party chief Satyendra Narain Sinha.
He died on 6 March 2015 at the age of 94.
He was a leader of the Janata Dal (United) political party.