Prasiddha Narayan Singh
{{short description|Bhojpuri Poet and freedom fighter}}
Prasiddha Narayan Singh (born 1903) was a Bhojpuri writer, poet, and a freedom fighter.{{Cite book|last=Tiwari|first=Arjun|title=Bhojpuri Sahitya Ke Itihas|publisher=Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=156}} He is known for his patriotic and encouraging poems. Jawaharlal Nehru appreciated his poem Jawahar Swagat on his visit of Ballia during the freedom movement.{{Cite book|last=Pathak|first=Sunil Kumar|title=Chhavi aur Chhap|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|year=|isbn=938311049X|location=|pages=}}
Life
He was born in 1903 at Chitbara village in Ballia district of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Caturvedī yaśa sindhu: Paṇḍita Sītārāma Caturvedī abhinandana grantha|publisher=Bhārati Parishad|year=1995|isbn=|location=|pages=}} His father was Jagmohan Singh. In his earlier days, He was a worker in Mestan high school and later left the job and started property dealing. After that he joined Indian National Congress and started his political career. He also worked as a freedom fighter and took part in the independence struggle.{{Cite book|last=Upadhyaya|first=Krishnadev|title=Bhojpuri Sahitya ka Itihas|publisher=Bharatiya Lok Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan|year=1972|isbn=|location=Varanasi|pages=252–255}}
Works
= Bhojpuri =
- Balidani Ballia{{Cite book|last=Chaube|first=Ganesh|title=Bhojapurī prakāśana ke sai barisa: byorevāra sūcī, 1882 Ī. se 1982|publisher=Bhojapurī Akādamī|year=1983|isbn=|location=|pages=}} (Book)
- Jawahar Swagat (Poem)
= Hindi =
- Ballia Jile ke Kavi aur Lekhak (Book)
- Dorup (poem)