The 109-Day Wonder: When Bihar's Harihar Singh Led a Cabinet Without Portfolios

Nov 04, 2025 08:58 am CST

In 1969, Bihar witnessed one of its most unusual political episodes when Harihar Singh became chief minister after 242 days of President's Rule, only to resign within four months before assigning portfolios to most cabinet ministers. This historical account explores Bihar's fragmented political landscape of the late 1960s, the complex coalition that briefly governed the state, and how internal party conflicts led to one of the shortest and most dysfunctional administrations in the state's history.