[5] The India's district gazetteers also makes a note that notable participants in the independence movement from Chhatra district include Babu Ram Narayan Singh, and Babu Shaligram Singh, who lead the Quit India movement and were imprisoned several times by British for their national activities.
[6] He was president of Hazaribagh district Congress Committee and worked closely with other national leaders like Rajendra Prasad, Jay Prakash Narayan, Anugrah Narayan Sinha and Shri Krishna Sinha was among the front leaders, during visit of Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Bihar in 1921-26 and in 1941-42[5] After independence, he disassociated himself from the Congress Party and won first Lok Sabha elections in 1951 from Hazaribagh West as a Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party candidate.
[7] It was Babu Ram Narayan Singh who first advocated for separate Jharkhand state in the parliament.
[8] He was very close to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and was to accompany him with U. M. Trivedi and V. G. Deshpande on his eventful tour to Kashmir.
[9] He was an active member of All India Kshatriya Mahasabha and was instrumental in reviving it in 1947 after independence and also served as association's president in 1955.