Satyendra Narayan Sinha
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Satyendra Narayan Sinha (also transliterated as Satyendra Narayan Singh) (12 July 1917 – 4 September 2006) was an India
n statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement
, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Affectionately called Chhote Saheb, he was also a seven time Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad
constituency, a three-term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council once.
, Bihar. His father and eminent nationalist leader Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha
worked with Dr.Rajendra Prasad
in the Gandhian Satyagraha
movement in Bihar and also served as the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister
of the India
n state of Bihar
.
He spent his student years under the tutelage of Lal Bahadur Shastri
at Allahabad.Brought up in a political environment, S. N. Sinha completed his Bachelor's degree from Allahabad University
and earned a degree in law from Lucknow University.He practised law at the Patna High Court
,but left his job to join the Indian Independence movement
and participated in the Quit India Movement
in 1942.He organised Legal Aid Programmes for political prisoners during pre-Independence days.
of unified Bihar
in the government headed by Chief Minister Pandit Binodanand Jha from 1961–1963, and again for two consecutive terms in the Cabinet of K. B. Sahay
from 1963–1967. He also a held a range of portfolios including Local Self Government and Agriculture.He is credited with streamlining the entire education system of the Bihar state. As the state education minister, he played an instrumental role in the establishment of Magadh University
in Bodh Gaya, in the year 1962.He occupied the second position (second-in-command ) in the Cabinet and played the role of a de facto Chief Minister during the period 1961–67 under the Governments headed by K. B. Sahay
and Pandit Binodanand Jha.He had a unique political acumen to determine the electoral prospects of candidates in assembly election by just sitting at home in Patna.
became Prime Minister of India
in 1966,she wanted him to become the next Chief Minister
of Bihar and sent then External Affairs Minister Dinesh Singh
to convey the proposal but he refused.
, Indira Gandhi
, declared a state of emergency
on 25 June 1975 due to internal political disturbances. Accordingly, all fundamental rights enjoyed in the Indian Constitution were suspended. Political dissidents, newspaper reporters, opposition leaders who opposed emergency were jailed. Chhote Saheb, along with other prominent leaders, opposed this blatant misuse of state machinery.In 1977, during the emergency in India, he was made president of Bihar Janata Party
and Chairman of State Election Committee.
He worked together with premier colleagues of Janata Party like Morarji Desai
, Chandra Shekhar Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
, Lal Krishna Advani
, Charan Singh, Jagjivan Ram
, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
, Madhu Limaye
, H. D. Deve Gowda
, Inder Kumar Gujral
, Raj Narain
, George Fernandes
and Karpuri Thakur and the movement was a grand success in Bihar
.He motivated theyouth and students to take an active role in politics,and ensured their representation in political affairs.
Satyendra Narayan Sinha's political encouragement to the youths led to the emergence of then youth leaders of Janata Party
like Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
, Nitish Kumar
, Ram Vilas Paswan
, Subodh Kant Sahay
, Kripanath Pathak,Ram Jatan Sinha,Jagdish Sharma,Thakur Muneshwar Nath Singh,Raghupati Singh and Narendra Singh.After the emergency was lifted on 21 March 1977, fresh general elections were held in India.
The Congress Party, led by Indira Gandhi suffered a defeat at the hands of the Janata Party coalition of several small parties created in 1977 and the alliance came to power, headed by Morarji Desai
, who became the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India
. In Bihar, the Janata Party won all the fifty-four Lok Sabha
seats in 1977 general elections under the mentorship of Jayaprakash Narayan
and rose to power in Bihar assembly too.He struck by the Janata Party and preferred to be in opposition although he would have been considered a prize catch by the Congress party.
came down to Patna
to formally admit him back to the Congress party.
and Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi
;but the project went into limbo as the following state governments failed to follow it.In 2007, Manmohan Singh's government finally put a stamp of approval on it.
He is also credited for the establishment of the Indira Gandhi Planetarium cum Science Centre in Patna
.Under his regime,Panchayati Raj system of governance was introduced in Bihar.
.S. N. Sinha was elected as a Member of the 1st Lok Sabha
,Second and Fifth to Eighth Lok Sabha
s from 1950 to 1961 and 1971 to 1989 representing Aurangabad parliamentary constituency of Bihar.
He served as the Chairman of Committee on Estimates from 1977 to 1979. He was also a Member of the Committee on Finance from 1950 to 1952; Committee on Estimates from 1956 to 1958 and thereafter during 1985–86 and the Committee on Public Undertakings during 1982–83.He was a well-known social activist, and served as the Assistant Secretary to the Bihar Provincial Committee of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Fund and Secretary to the Bihar Provincial Committee of the Gandhi National Memorial Fund.He was also associated with a number of educational and social institutions in different capacities. He was member, Senate and Syndicate of Patna University from 1946 to 1960 and Bihar University from 1958 to 1960.
in 1955. He was the leader of the cultural delegation to Kabul on the occasion of Jasan in 1963. He also led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Spring Meetings of Inter-Parliamentary Council, Canberra
in 1977 and also to its meeting at Lisbon in 1978.He was a member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to erstwhile USSR in 1976 and was elected a member of the Special Committee on Violations of Human Rights of Parliamentarians at Canberra in 1977 representing Asia. He was also elected President of that committee (conferred upon the status of a Union
Cabinet Minister) and served as its Chief from 1977 to 1988.
is a former Member Of Parliament from Vaishali
, and his daughter-in-law Shyama Singh is a former Member Of Parliament from Aurangabad. His son, Nikhil Kumar
, a former IPS official, is the current governor of the Indian state of Nagaland
.
S. N. Sinha wrote his autobiography Meri Yadein: Meri Bhoolein, which incorporates the experiences and perceptions of a leader of his eminence and stature.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement
Indian independence movement
The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Affectionately called Chhote Saheb, he was also a seven time Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad
Aurangabad District, Bihar
Aurangabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.-History:Aurangabad features in traditional records...
constituency, a three-term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council once.
Background
Satyendra Narayan Sinha was born in an aristocratic political family in Poiwan, Gaya districtGaya District
Gaya is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. The district is having a common boundary with the Jharkhand state in the south. Gaya city is its largest city and the district headquarters.-History:...
, Bihar. His father and eminent nationalist leader Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha , known as Bihar Vibhuti, was an Indian statesman who was the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar...
worked with Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was an Indian politician and educator. He was one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of independent India...
in the Gandhian Satyagraha
Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha
The first Satyagraha revolutions inspired by Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian Independence Movement occurred in Kheda district of Gujarat and the Champaran district of Bihar between the years of 1918 and 1919...
movement in Bihar and also served as the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister
Finance minister
The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government.A minister of finance has many different jobs in a government. He or she helps form the government budget, stimulate the economy, and control finances...
of the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
.
He spent his student years under the tutelage of Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Srivastava Shastri was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.-Early life:...
at Allahabad.Brought up in a political environment, S. N. Sinha completed his Bachelor's degree from Allahabad University
Allahabad University
Allahabad University , is a premier Central University located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Its origins lie in the Muir Central College, named after Lt...
and earned a degree in law from Lucknow University.He practised law at the Patna High Court
High Courts of India
India's unitary judicial system is made up of the Supreme Court of India at the national level, for the entire country and the 21 High Courts at the State level. These courts have jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories...
,but left his job to join the Indian Independence movement
Indian independence movement
The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
and participated in the Quit India Movement
Quit India Movement
The Quit India Movement , or the August Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence. Gandhi hoped to bring the British government to the negotiating table...
in 1942.He organised Legal Aid Programmes for political prisoners during pre-Independence days.
Bihar state politics
Satyendra Babu was a prominent educationist, and served as the Education MinisterEducation minister
An education minister is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters.-Country-related articles and lists:Minister of Education may refer to:...
of unified Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
in the government headed by Chief Minister Pandit Binodanand Jha from 1961–1963, and again for two consecutive terms in the Cabinet of K. B. Sahay
K. B. Sahay
Krishna Ballabh Sahay was a freedom fighter, who after independence became the Revenue minister of Bihar and then went on to become the Chief Minister of unified Bihar.- Early Life :...
from 1963–1967. He also a held a range of portfolios including Local Self Government and Agriculture.He is credited with streamlining the entire education system of the Bihar state. As the state education minister, he played an instrumental role in the establishment of Magadh University
Magadh University
Magadh University is a university in the state of Bihar, India. It is recognized by the University Grants Commission . The university is now governed by Bihar State University Act 1976. It is located at Bodh Gaya where Lord Buddha got enlightenment. Magadh University is situated in a lush green and...
in Bodh Gaya, in the year 1962.He occupied the second position (second-in-command ) in the Cabinet and played the role of a de facto Chief Minister during the period 1961–67 under the Governments headed by K. B. Sahay
K. B. Sahay
Krishna Ballabh Sahay was a freedom fighter, who after independence became the Revenue minister of Bihar and then went on to become the Chief Minister of unified Bihar.- Early Life :...
and Pandit Binodanand Jha.He had a unique political acumen to determine the electoral prospects of candidates in assembly election by just sitting at home in Patna.
The Kingmaker
S. N. Sinha also played a key role in the installations of Governments headed by chief ministers Krishana Ballabh Sahay,Satish Prasad Singh, B.P. Mandal, Sardar Harihar Singh,Bhola Paswan Shastri and Ram Sundar Das.He never hankered after power even when it was well within his reach.When Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
became Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister of India
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
in 1966,she wanted him to become the next Chief Minister
Chief Minister
A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of Bihar and sent then External Affairs Minister Dinesh Singh
Dinesh Singh
Dinesh Singh was an Indian politician. A member of the Kalakankar dynasty, he served as a Member of Parliament on several occasions and twice served as the Minister of External Affairs of India .-Early life and education:...
to convey the proposal but he refused.
Emergency era
The reigning Prime Minister of IndiaPrime Minister of India
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
, Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
, declared a state of emergency
State of emergency
A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend some normal functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers, alert citizens to change their normal behaviours, or order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. It can also be used as a rationale...
on 25 June 1975 due to internal political disturbances. Accordingly, all fundamental rights enjoyed in the Indian Constitution were suspended. Political dissidents, newspaper reporters, opposition leaders who opposed emergency were jailed. Chhote Saheb, along with other prominent leaders, opposed this blatant misuse of state machinery.In 1977, during the emergency in India, he was made president of Bihar Janata Party
Janata Party
The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...
and Chairman of State Election Committee.
He worked together with premier colleagues of Janata Party like Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress...
, Chandra Shekhar Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman who served as the tenth Prime Minister of India three times – first for a brief term of 13 days in 1996, and then for two terms from 1998 to 2004. After his first brief period as Prime Minister in 1996, Vajpayee headed a coalition government from...
, Lal Krishna Advani
Lal Krishna Advani
Lal Kishanchand Advani known as Lal Krishna Advani is a Veteran Indian politician. A former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party , which is currently the major opposition party in the Indian Parliament. He also served as a Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004...
, Charan Singh, Jagjivan Ram
Jagjivan Ram
Babu Jagjivan Ram , known popularly as Babuji, was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the scheduled castes of Bihar in India. He was from the Chamar caste and was a leader for his community...
, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was the 11th Vice-President of India. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant, until he resigned on July 21, 2007, after losing the presidential election to Pratibha...
, Madhu Limaye
Madhu Limaye
Madhu Limaye was an Indian Socialist essayist and activist, particularly active in the 1970s. A follower of Ram Manohar Lohia and a fellow-traveller of George Fernandes, he was active in the Janata coalition that gained power at the Centre following the Emergency; he, with Raj Narain and Krishan...
, H. D. Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda was the 11th Prime Minister of India and the 14th chief minister of the state of Karnataka ....
, Inder Kumar Gujral
Inder Kumar Gujral
Inder Kumar Gujral served as the 12th Prime Minister of India. Gujral was the first PM to govern exclusively from the Rajya Sabha; , only he and Manmohan Singh have done so.-Early life:...
, Raj Narain
Raj Narain
Raj Narain was an Indian politician who, as a candidate of Janata Party for the Lok Sabha in 1977, ran for office in Rae Bareli constituency and defeated Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India...
, George Fernandes
George Fernandes
George Mathew Fernandes is an Indian trade unionist, politician, journalist, agriculturist, and member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He is a key member of the Janata Dal , and was the founder of the Samata Party...
and Karpuri Thakur and the movement was a grand success in Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
.He motivated theyouth and students to take an active role in politics,and ensured their representation in political affairs.
Satyendra Narayan Sinha's political encouragement to the youths led to the emergence of then youth leaders of Janata Party
Janata Party
The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...
like Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Vaishali constituency of Bihar and is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. He was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the first cabinet of Dr Manmohan Singhs Government...
, Nitish Kumar
Nitish Kumar
Nitish Kumār is an Indian politician currently serving as Chief Minister of Bihar, an eastern state of India. He leads the Janata Dal party...
, Ram Vilas Paswan
Ram Vilas Paswan
Ram Vilas Paswan is the president of the Lok Janshakti Party and a Rajya Sabha MP.-Early life and education:Paswan was born to a Dusadh family...
, Subodh Kant Sahay
Subodh Kant Sahay
Subodh Kant Sahay is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Ranchi constituency of Jharkhand, and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He is the Cabinet Minister for Tourism. He was the Minister of State for Home in V P Singh government when Mufti Mohd...
, Kripanath Pathak,Ram Jatan Sinha,Jagdish Sharma,Thakur Muneshwar Nath Singh,Raghupati Singh and Narendra Singh.After the emergency was lifted on 21 March 1977, fresh general elections were held in India.
The Congress Party, led by Indira Gandhi suffered a defeat at the hands of the Janata Party coalition of several small parties created in 1977 and the alliance came to power, headed by Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress...
, who became the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister of India
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
. In Bihar, the Janata Party won all the fifty-four Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
seats in 1977 general elections under the mentorship of Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan , widely known as JP Narayan, Jayaprakash, or Loknayak, was an Indian independence activist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution...
and rose to power in Bihar assembly too.He struck by the Janata Party and preferred to be in opposition although he would have been considered a prize catch by the Congress party.
Return to Congress
He quit the party following differences with former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar Singh and returned to the Congress fold in 1984.The then Prime Minister of India Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
came down to Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
to formally admit him back to the Congress party.
Chief Ministership
As the Chief Minister of Bihar, Chhote Saheb also held the portfolio of Education for the fourth term in his later years 1989–1990.In the same year,he conceived, the proposal to set up a NTPC's super thermal power project at Nabinagar in Bihar's Aurangabad district to then Prime Minister of IndiaPrime Minister of India
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
and Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...
;but the project went into limbo as the following state governments failed to follow it.In 2007, Manmohan Singh's government finally put a stamp of approval on it.
He is also credited for the establishment of the Indira Gandhi Planetarium cum Science Centre in Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
.Under his regime,Panchayati Raj system of governance was introduced in Bihar.
Parliament of India
After Independence he was elected to the provisional Parliament from Bihar in 1950.He was part of the young Turk brigade of the Indian National Congress party during the time of the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
.S. N. Sinha was elected as a Member of the 1st Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
,Second and Fifth to Eighth Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
s from 1950 to 1961 and 1971 to 1989 representing Aurangabad parliamentary constituency of Bihar.
He served as the Chairman of Committee on Estimates from 1977 to 1979. He was also a Member of the Committee on Finance from 1950 to 1952; Committee on Estimates from 1956 to 1958 and thereafter during 1985–86 and the Committee on Public Undertakings during 1982–83.He was a well-known social activist, and served as the Assistant Secretary to the Bihar Provincial Committee of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Fund and Secretary to the Bihar Provincial Committee of the Gandhi National Memorial Fund.He was also associated with a number of educational and social institutions in different capacities. He was member, Senate and Syndicate of Patna University from 1946 to 1960 and Bihar University from 1958 to 1960.
International activities
A widely travelled person, S. N. Sinha attended Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Helsinki, FinlandFinland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
in 1955. He was the leader of the cultural delegation to Kabul on the occasion of Jasan in 1963. He also led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Spring Meetings of Inter-Parliamentary Council, Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
in 1977 and also to its meeting at Lisbon in 1978.He was a member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to erstwhile USSR in 1976 and was elected a member of the Special Committee on Violations of Human Rights of Parliamentarians at Canberra in 1977 representing Asia. He was also elected President of that committee (conferred upon the status of a Union
Political union
A political union is a type of state which is composed of or created out of smaller states. Unlike a personal union, the individual states share a common government and the union is recognized internationally as a single political entity...
Cabinet Minister) and served as its Chief from 1977 to 1988.
Posts held
S.N. Sinha held the following posts in his political career:- 1946–1960: Member, Senate and Syndicate, PatnaPatnaPaṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
University. - 1948: Secretary, Bihar Provincial Committee of the Gandhi National Memorial Fund.
- 1950 : Member, Provisional Parliament.
- 1950–52: Member, Committee on Finance.
- 1952 : Elected to 1st Lok SabhaLok SabhaThe Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
. - 1956–58: Member, Committee on Estimates.
- 1957: Re-elected to 2nd Lok Sabha (2nd term).
- 1958–1960: Member, Senate and Syndicate, Bihar University.
- 1961–1963: Member, Bihar legislative assembly.
- 1961–1962: State Cabinet Minister, Education, Bihar
- 1961–1962: State Cabinet Minister, Local Self Government (additional charge), Bihar
- 1963: Leader of the cultural delegation to KabulKabulKabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
. - 1962–1963: State Cabinet Minister, Education, Bihar
- 1962–1963: State Cabinet Minister, Local Self Government (additional charge), Bihar
- 1963–1967: Member, Bihar legislative assembly.
- 1963–1967: State Cabinet Minister, Education, Bihar
- 1963–1967: State Cabinet Minister, Local Self Government (additional charge), Bihar
- 1963–1967: State Cabinet Minister, Agriculture (additional charge), Bihar
- 1967–1969: Member, Bihar legislative assembly.
- 1969–77: President, Congress(O)Indian National Congress (Organisation)The Indian National Congress or Congress was a political party in India formed when Indira Gandhi broke away from the leadership of the Congress Party...
, Bihar. - 1971: Re-elected to 5th Lok SabhaLok SabhaThe Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
(3rd term). - 1976: Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to erstwhile USSR.
- 1977–80: President, Janata PartyJanata PartyThe Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...
, Bihar - 1977: Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (4th term).
- 1977: Member,Special Committee on Violations of Human Rights for Parliamentarians.
- 1977–1988: President (Status of Union Cabinet Minister), Special Committee on Violations of Human Rights for Parliamentarians.
- 1977: Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Spring Meetings of Inter-Parliamentary Council, Canberra.
- 1978: Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Spring Meetings of Inter-Parliamentary Council, Lisbon.
- 1977–1979: Chairman, Committee on Estimates.
- 1980: Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term).
- 1982–83: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings.
- 1984: Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (6th term).
- 1985–1986: Member, Committee on Estimates.
- 1989–1990: Member, Bihar legislative council.
- 1989–1990: Chief Minister, Bihar.
Personal life
S. N. Sinha's wife Kishori SinhaKishori Sinha
Kishori Sinha is an Indian politician and a former Two-term Member of Parliament from the Vaishali constituency and is married to the former Chief Minister of Bihar and prominent Congressman Satyendra Narayan Sinha , who was a seven-term MP,from the constituency of Aurangabad. Her son Nikhil...
is a former Member Of Parliament from Vaishali
Vaishali District
Vaishali District is a district in Bihar state, India. It is named after the Vaishali . The history of Vaishali district is thus very ancient, and finds mention in the Indian classic Mahabharata, as well as in Buddhist and Jain tradition....
, and his daughter-in-law Shyama Singh is a former Member Of Parliament from Aurangabad. His son, Nikhil Kumar
Nikhil Kumar
Nikhil Kumar is the currentGovernor of Nagaland. He was appointed Governor of Nagaland on 4 October 2009 by The President of India,Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Aurangabad constituency in Bihar as a member of the Indian National...
, a former IPS official, is the current governor of the Indian state of Nagaland
Nagaland
Nagaland is a state in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur...
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S. N. Sinha wrote his autobiography Meri Yadein: Meri Bhoolein, which incorporates the experiences and perceptions of a leader of his eminence and stature.
Quotes
- "I have lived my life on my own principles."
- "People are not as aware about their duties as much they are concerned for their rights"
- "Panchayati raj is the foundation of democracy at the grassroot level."
External links
- VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA SHRI B S SHEKHAWAT CONDOLES THE DEATH OF SATYENDRA BABU
- Prime Minister condoles passing away of Satyendra Narayan Sinha
- Vice President Honors S. N. Sinha
- The Hindu:Vice President at S N Sinha Memorial Lecture
- LOK SABHA SPEAKER CONDOLES PASSING AWAY OF SHRI S. N. SINHA.
- Vice President Delivers Satyendra Narayan Sinha Memorial Lecture
- S N Sinha was a leader of great stature-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
- Vice-President Hamid Ansari at Satyendra Narain Sinha Memorial Lecture Series
- Chhote Saheb's birth anniversary celebrated
- I am proud that I had his(S N Sinha's) blessings-Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at memorial lecture
- SN Sinha Sahib was a strong votary of the rights of states in our constitutional scheme of things-Vice President of India
- S N Sinha-a Tribute
- Satyendra Narayan Sinha:Bioprofile on Lok Sabha Website
- Tripura Governor condoles death of S N Sinha
- Bihar CM Nitish Kumar pays rich tribute to Satyendra Babu
- In S N Sinha's death, comes the end of an era
- Satyendra Narayan Sinha
- Chhote Saheb:An era comes to an end
- PM leads nation in mourning death of S N Sinha
- Vice-President Leaves for Delhi;Meets Satyendra Narain Sinha
- A gentleman among politicians:Chhote Saheb
- Chhote Saheb dies
- S N Sinha:An era comes to an end
- Chhote Saheb was a leader of the masses-former Bihar CM Ram Sundar Das
- Bihar CM Nitish Kumar pays Tribute to Late Satyendra Narayan Sinha
- The Statue of Satyendra Babu
- http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/117023/Ask%20Prabhu/sir-is-it-true-that-when-mrs-indira-gandhi-became-pm-in-1966-she-wanted-to-make-the-then-influential-bihar-education-minister-satyendra-narain-singh-the-chief-minister-of-bihar-&-sent-dinesh-singh-to-convey-her-desire-but-late-s-n-singh-denied-because-he-wanted-to-be-elected-and-not-selected-will-we-ever-see-such-principled-stand-from-todays-bihar-leaders-like-nitish-ramvilas-&-lalu.htmlS N Sinha denied Indira Gandhi's offer of making him Bihar CM in 1966]
- Chhote Saheb cremated with full state honour
- Bihar Vibhuti Anugrah Babu remembered
- Satyendra Narayan Sinha's gift to Bihar:After 17 years Super Thermal Power Project at Nabinagar in Aurangabad gets government approval
- The Provisional Parliament:1950–1952
- Biography: Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- Meri Yaadein, Meri bhoolein: Released by Bihar Governor Buta Singh in the presence of Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee
- Nikhil Kumar optimistic about party’s future in Bihar
- Nikhil Kumar sworn-in as Nagaland Governor