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Famous and Important Personalities with their Nicknames in Bihar State
By BYJU'S Exam Prep
Updated on: September 25th, 2023

Famous Personalities with their Nicknames in Bihar State: In various exams of BPSC, BSSC, Bihar Police SI and Constable exams, questions related to prominent and their nicknames are frequently asked. So here we compile important personalities with their nicknames.
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Famous Personalities with their Nicknames in Bihar
Rajendra Prasad
- Nickname- Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru
- He was elected as the first President of India
- He was a key leader from Bihar during the Salt Satyagraha (1930) and the Quit India Movement (1942).
- He was elected as the President of Indian National Congress during the Bombay Session of 1934.
Jagjivan Ram
- Nickname- Babuji
- He was the founding member of All India Depressed Classes League.
- He was the youngest minister in Jawaharlal Nehru’s interim government and became the youngest cabinet minister of India as Labour Minister.
Shri Krishna Singh
- Nickname- Bihar Kesari, Shri Babu
- He served as the first Chief Minister of Bihar state.
- He was also regarded as the Architect of Modern Bihar.
- Also, he was the 1st CM who abolish the Zamindari System in India.
Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- Nickname- Bihar Vibhuti
- Sinha was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
Jayprakash Narayan
- Nickname- JP, Loknayak
- JP called ‘Total Revolution’ in 1975 against the Indira Gandhi government atrocities.
- Prominent Hindi writer Rambriksha Benipuri wrote his biography.
- To honour him, the government renamed Chhapra-Delhi-Chhapra Weekly Express as ‘Loknayak Express’ in his honour.
- Awards received- Bharat Ratna, Magsaysay award for public service in 1965.
Karpuri Thakur
- Nickname- Jana Nayak
- He was the president of the Samyukta Socialist Party.
- He was the CM of Bihar for the two terms- December 1970 to June 1971, and December 1977 to April 1979.
Kunwar Singh-
- Nickname- Babu
- He was a renowned leader during the First War of Independence in 1857.
- He is popularly known as Veer Kunwar Singh. He was the prominent leader of the fight against the British in Bihar.
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
- Nickname- Rashtriya Kavi
- He was a renowned Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot and academician.
- He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1959.
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