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Randhir Kumar Singh

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 31, 2025
Entity authorityQ79764582 ↗
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Randhir Kumar Singh (born 1974) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a two time MLA from Sarath Assembly constituency in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He won the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education

Kumar is from Sarath, Deoghar District, Jharkhand. He is the son of Sukdeo Singh. He passed Class 10 in 1989 and later discontinued his studies.

Career

Kumar won from Sarath Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. He polled 93,785 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Uday Shankar Singh of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), by a margin of 21,328 votes. He became an MLA for the first time winning the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election representing Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik). He defeated Uday Shankar Singh, who contested on BJP ticket, by a margin of 48,816 votes.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 2019, 1989, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Randhir, Kumar and Singh.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q79764582. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2019, 1989 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Randhir Kumar Singh” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.