Satyendra Narayan Sinha | |
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19th Chief Minister of Bihar | |
In office 11 March 1989 – 6 December 1989 | |
Preceded by | Bhagwat Jha Azad |
Succeeded by | Jagannath Mishra |
Education Minister of Bihar[1] | |
In office 18 February 1961 – 1 October 1963 | |
In office 1 October 1963 – 5 March 1967 | |
Chief Minister | Binodanand Jha, K.B.Sahay |
Preceded by | Acharya Badrinath Verma |
Succeeded by | Karpoori Thakur |
President of International Committee on Violations of Human Rights in Parliamentarians[2] | |
In office 1977–1987 | |
Continent | Asia |
Member of Provisional Parliament[3] | |
In office 26 January 1950 – 17 April 1952 | |
Prime Minister | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
State | Bihar |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | 1st Lok Sabha |
Member of Parliament for Aurangabad | |
In office 1952–1961 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Ramesh Prasad Singh |
In office 1971–1989 | |
Preceded by | Mudrika Singh |
Succeeded by | Ram Naresh Singh |
Agriculture Minister of Bihar[4] | |
In office 18 February 1961 – 1 October 1963 | |
In office 1 October 1963 – 5 March 1967 | |
Chief Minister | Binodanand Jha, K.B.Sahay |
President, Bihar Janata Party | |
In office 1973–1984 | |
National President | Chandra Shekhar |
Preceded by | Post Created |
Succeeded by | position abolished |
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for Nabinagar (Aurangabad) | |
In office 1962–1967 | |
In office 1967–1969 | |
Preceded by | Dr. Anugraha Narain Singh |
Succeeded by | Mahavir Pd. Akela |
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for Gopalganj | |
In office 1961–1962 | |
Preceded by | Kamala Rai |
Succeeded by | Abdul Ghafoor |
Member of Bihar Legislative Council | |
In office 20 July 1989 – 06 May 1990 | |
Preceded by | Vacant |
Constituency | elected by the Members of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
Personal details | |
Born | Poiwan, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (now in Bihar, India) | 12 July 1917
Died | 4 September 2006 Patna, Bihar, India | (aged 89)
Political party | Indian National Congress (1940–1969,1984–2006) Indian National Congress-Organisation (1969–1977) Janata Party (1977–1984) |
Spouse | Smt. Kishori Sinha |
Children | Nikhil Kumar |
Residence(s) | Sopan, Patna, Bihar |
Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Nickname(s) | Chhote Saheb, Satyendra Babu, SN Sinha |
Satyendra Narayan Sinha (12 July 1917 – 4 September 2006) was an Indian politician and statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading[5] light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘complete revolution’ movement during the Emergency and a former Chief Minister of Bihar.[6] 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. Regarded to be one of India's most influential regional people of the time, his reputation was synonymous with being a strict disciplinarian and tough taskmaster.[7]