Anugrah Narayan Singh | |
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| 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Finance Minister of Bihar | |
| In office 2 April 1946 – 5 July 1957 | |
| Chief Minister | Sri Krishna Sinha |
| Preceded by | Position Created |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member Of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 9 December 1946 – 26 January 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Post Created |
| Succeeded by | Post Abolished |
| Constituency | Aurangabad |
| Deputy Premier and Finance Minister of Bihar Province | |
| In office 20 July 1937 – 31 October 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Governor's rule |
| Member Central Legislative Council | |
| In office 1926–1930 | |
| Governor General | The Earl of Halifax |
| Preceded by | Maharaja Rameshwar Singh |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member Central Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1923–1926 | |
| Governor General | The Earl of Reading |
| Preceded by | Ambika Prasad Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Badri Lal Rastogi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1887 Poiwan, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Bihar, India) |
| Died | 5 July 1957 (aged 70) Patna, Bihar, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Lawyer Nationalist Statesman Educationist Administrator |
| Nickname | Bihar Vibhuti |
| MERAY SANSMARAN | |
As of 12 July, 2006 Source: [1] | |
Anugrah Narayan Sinha (18 June 1887 – 5 July 1957), known as Bihar Vibhuti, was an Indian nationalist statesman, participant in Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one[1] of the architects of modern Bihar, who was the first Deputy Chief Minister[2] and the Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–1957).[3] He was also a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India, which was elected to write the Constitution of India and served in its first Parliament as an independent nation.[4] He also held a range of portfolios including Labour, Local Self Government, Public Works, Supply & Price Control, Health and Agriculture.[5] A.N. Sinha, affectionately called Anugrah Babu, was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi[6] during the freedom movement and worked with Bihar Kesari Sri Krishna Sinha to lead the Gandhian movement in Bihar.[7] One of the leading nationalists in the Indian independence movement from Bihar after Dr Rajendra Prasad, he was elected as the Congress Party[8] deputy leader in the state assembly to assume office as the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of independent Bihar, and re-elected when the Congress Party won Bihar's first[9] general election with a massive mandate in 1952.
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- ^ Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Letters (1984). First Finance cum Labour Minister. Rajendra Prasad's archive. p. 123. ISBN 9788170230021.
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- ^ "Great freedom Fighters". Kamat's archive. Archived from the original on 20 February 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2006.
- ^ Shankar Dayal Singh (1994). Surabhita smr̥tiyāṃ. Prabhāta Prakāśana. pp. 403–. ISBN 978-81-7315-034-0.
- ^ Shree Shankar Sharan (13 December 2005). "The Better Man Has Won". India Rights Online. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013.