Bihar boasts of one of the most fascinating political histories in India. As the state heads to Assembly polls later this month, The Indian Express brings a series of articles that tell the history of Bihar politics through the tenure of its 23 chief ministers. This article tells the story of Daroga Prasad Rai, Bihar’s 10th CM.

After Harihar Singh, whom we wrote about in the last article in this series , Bhola Paswan Shastri served as the CM again , this time lasting for all of 10 days, stepping down on July 4, 1969.

This was because of a much bigger change taking shape at the national level — the Congress party had split, with one faction, Congress (R), under Indira Gandhi, and the other, Congress (O), under Kamraj.

This triggered another round of President’s Rule in Bihar, wit

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