Basawon Singh

Basawon Singh or Basawan Singh, also known as Basawon Sinha (23 March 1909 – 7 April 1989), was an Indian independence activist and a campaigner for the rights of the underprivileged, and industrial and agricultural workers.

He spent a total of 18 and a half years in prisons in British India as a consequence of his support for independence and he was committed to democratic socialism.

Along with Yogendra Shukla, he was a founder member of the Congress Socialist Party in Bihar. Among his revolutionary colleagues and friends he was called Lambad because of being very tall.

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