Bindeshwari Dubey was a freedom fighter, trade unionist and politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 12 March 1985 and 13 February 1988.
22 Facts About Bindeshwari Dubey
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Bindeshwari Dubey held the portfolios of Law, Justice and Labour in the Union Council of Ministers in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha between 1980 and 1984, representing the Giridih constituency in Bihar.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1988 until his death.
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Bindeshwari Dubey had been a National as well as State President of INTUC besides being a Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was the second of four sons born to a humble farming family in the village of Mahuaon, Bhojpur, Bihar.
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Bindeshwari Dubey's father, Shiv Naresh Dubey, was a peasant and despite showing promise in school, Dubey's education was not considered important.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was eventually offered a place at Bihar college of engineering in Patna.
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Bindeshwari Dubey left his engineering studies to join the Quit India Movement in 1942.
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Bindeshwari Dubey became Chief Minister in 1985 and held the post until 1988.
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Bindeshwari Dubey launched the 'Operation Black Panther' in Champaran to free the area from the criminals and other anti-social elements.
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Bindeshwari Dubey launched 'Operation Siddhartha' and 'Mafia Trial' to combat the MCC terrorist group and the Coal Mafias of Dhanbad, respectively.
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The short tenure of Bindeshwari Dubey witnessed the atrocities against the backward caste in Pararia village, in Deogarh district of Bihar.
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Besides corruption which swept every part of Bihar's administration, Bindeshwari Dubey government is accused of patronising political criminals.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha between 1980 and 1984 as a representative of the Giridih constituency in Bihar.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 3 April 1988 until his death on 20 January 1993.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was closely connected with the trade union movement in the coal, steel, engineering, power and sugar industries.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was closely associated with Indian National Trade Union Congress and became its national president in 1984, having previously been a state president until his last breath.
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Bindeshwari Dubey was the president of many other labour unions, such as the Rastirya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh, the Indian National Mineworkers' Federation, and the Bokaro Steel Workers Union.
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Bindeshwari Dubey started his Trade Union movement in the mid-1940s before independence when the collieries of India were in private hands where colliery owners and contractors used to exploit the contract labourers.
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Bindeshwari Dubey campaigned for better wages and working conditions for coal miners, visiting many countries like West Germany, UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Yugoslavia, Switzerland and Japan to acquaint himself with employment conditions in mines and factories.
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Bindeshwari Dubey represented the country at many international labour conferences and seminars.