Saurabh Narain Singh is a member of the 3rd Vidhan Sabha

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 of Jharkhand

Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...

 representing the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

. He is also the current titular Raja Bahadur of Ramgarh.

Early life

Saurabh Narain Singh was born in New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

, India

India

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 to Raja Bahadur Indra Jitendra Narain Singh and Rani Rewa Singh. He has studied at The Modern School

Modern School (New Delhi)

Modern School, commonly known as Modern, is a co-educational private school in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1920 by Lala Raghubir Singh and Sir Sobha Singh. Considered to be one of the elite schools, Modern is also referred to as the Eton of India. It is the first private school established...

, The Doon School

The Doon School

The Doon School is an independent school located in Dehradun in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Established in 1935, it was founded by Satish Ranjan Das. Its first Headmaster was Arthur E...

, University of Delhi

University of Delhi

The University of Delhi is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university...

 and University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...

. He has previously worked for Citicorp.

Elections

Saurabh Narain Singh was elected to the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha (elected house of the Jharkhand State Legislature) in March 2005 from the constituency of Hazaribagh

Hazaribagh

Hazaribagh is a city and a municipality in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is famous as a health resort and for Hazaribagh National Park ....

 Sadar. In 2009, he stood for the General Elections for the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

. He lost the election to Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha is an Indian politician and a former finance minister of India and foreign minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet...

, who received 31% of the popular vote. Saurabh received 26% of the popular vote and was the runner-up in an election that saw 13 candidates run for the seat.

He stood for re-election to the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha in December 2009, and was re-elected to the Vidhan Sabha.

Personal life

The Raja Bahadur is married to Rani Ujwala Prabha who hails from the royal family of Payagpur, UP.

External links

• Classy MLA looks to dazzle Hazaribagh electorate; Kumar, N. (1 April 2009), The Economic Times