Umadhar Singh

Umadhar Prasad Singh (1938–2014, Hindi: उमाधर प्रसाद सिंह) was an Indian communist politician. Singh was a leader of the student movement in Bihar, and played a role in building the Naxalite movement in the state. He was imprisoned for eight years. After his release he was elected twice to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Umadhar Singh
Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
for Hayaghat
In office
1985–1990  & 2000–2005
Personal details
Born(1938-12-21)21 December 1938
Sighwara, Darbhanga
Died18 June 2014(2014-06-18) (aged 75)
Patna
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (~1966)
All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (~1967)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (1969)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Satyanarayan Singh group) (~1978–1980)
Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (−1985)
Communist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist) (1985–?)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy
Alma materBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur
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