page_title: Bindeshwari Dubey
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Bindeshwari Dubey / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Bindeshwari Dubey's family photo clicked at the time of his second daughter Manorma Devi's marriage in his native village 'Mahuaon' in 1964. (From left to right, standing in the back)Manorma Devi(2nd daughter), Ram Savari Devi(niece), Kaushalya Devi(sister-in-law), Shiv Shakti Devi(wife) (sitting on the chairs) Padma Deo Dubey(youngest brother), Bindeshwari Dubey, Rajendra Dubey(elder brother), Shiv Naresh Dubey(father), Narbhdeshwar Dubey(younger brother), Unknown Family Member, Tarkeshwar Pandey(son in law of elder brother) (sitting on the ground) Tripurari Sharan Dubey(nephew), Pratibha Devi(3rd daughter), Ramashankar Dubey(nephew), Asha Devi(youngest daughter), Murari Sharan Dubey(nephew).
context_page_description: 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.
  Dubey was involved in the nationalisation of Indian collieries, especially in the Chhotanagpur region that was then a part of Bihar. He held the portfolios of Law, Justice and Labour in the Union Council of Ministers in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet. Earlier, he had held offices at state level as Minister of Education, Transport and Health. He was a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha between 1980 and 1984, representing the Giridih constituency in Bihar. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1988 until his death. Earlier he had been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly during 1952–57, 1962–77 and 1985–88. He had also been a National as well as State President of INTUC besides being a Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President.
context_section_description: Bindeshwari Dubey was the second of four sons born to a humble farming family in the village of Mahuaon, Bhojpur, Bihar. His father, Shiv Naresh Dubey, was a peasant and despite showing promise in school, Dubey's education was not considered important. This caused him to run away to Patna, where he lived with his maternal uncle and continued his studies at St. Michael's High School, Patna After his matriculation he worked on night-shifts in a factory as well as continuing to offer tuition to people as he had done during his school days in order to fund his education. He was eventually offered a place at Bihar college of engineering (today's National Institute of Technology, Patna) in Patna.
caption: Bindeshwari Dubey's Family Photograph
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