Chiman Singh Lodha

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| known_for = Involvement in the Salt Satyagraha, Leadership in Indian National Congress, President of Beawar Municipal Council

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Chiman Singh Lodha was an Indian politician. He was one of the Beawar leaders arrested in connection with the Salt Satyagraha.{{cite book|author=Rajasthan (India)|title=Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Ajmer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qM5hAAAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Printed at Government Central Press|page=659}}

He was one of the main leaders of the Indian National Congress in Beawar. Inside the Congress Party branch in Beawar he competed with Brij Mohan Lal Sharma for influence. The two leaders were colloquially known as the 'B' and 'C' respectively.{{cite book|title=The Political Science Review, Vol. 12, Part 3–4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIokAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Department of Political Science, University of Rajasthan|page=222}} Chiman Singh Lodha contested the 1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, as an independent candidate in the Beawar constituency. He finished in third place with 9,090 votes (28.94%), trailing behind the official Congress candidate Brij Mohan Lal Sharma.Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Rajasthan_1962.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF RAJASTHAN] The division inside the Congress branch helped the Communist Party of India candidate Swami Kumaranand win the seat.

As of the mid-1960s he was the president of the Beawar Municipal Council.{{cite book|author=India. Rural Urban Relationship Committee|title=Report, Vol. 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FXC2AAAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Planning|page=399}}

There is a statue of him in Beawar at Chang Gate.http://beawarhistory.com/beawar%20images%20all/beawar%2002/pages/Chimmansingh%20Lodha%20Circle.htm His death anniversary is 6 September.

There is a school in Beawar in the name of Shree Chimansingh Lodha. CS Lodha Nagar was established by his elder son Mohansingh Lodha in his memory.