Shyam Narayan Singh was born in 1901 in Nalanda district. He was a student of Patna college and during his college days he was inspired by the ideology of Chandrasekhar Azad and other revolutionary leaders. Gradually, he realized the importance of electoral politics in gaining Swarajya from the British Government. In the August of 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi gave clarion call asking the Britishers to Quit India, nationalist fervour was running high all across the country. During that time in Patna, Shyam Narayan Singh gave a nationalist speech, past which seven students proceeded to unfurl the Indian National flag at Patna Secretariat. During the ensuing protest, all seven of them died. While Shyam Narayan Singh emerged unscathed from the event, the colonial government issued shoot at sight order and a reward of Rs. 5000 against him. Later on, he was arrested and sent to a jail in Bihar Sharif.
Source: The Unsung Heroes: A Tribute, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
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