He received his PhD from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in literature.

Singh was elected to the Vindhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1951 from Rampur-Baghelan constituency.

From 30 September 1963, to 29 July 1967, the Minister of Local Government in the Dwarka Prasad Mishra ministry.

In 1967, he was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha as an Indian National Congress candidate but soon rebelled against Dwarka Prasad Mishra and he resigned from the Congress party.

[8][9] He also served a term as the Governor of Bihar state from 26 February 1988 to 24 January 1989.