The Lord Sinha | |
|---|---|
 A whole-plate glass negative portrait of Satyendra Prasanna Sinha taken by Bassano Ltd, 20 May 1920, and now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. | |
| Governor of Bihar and Orissa[1] | |
| In office 29 December 1920[1] – 30 November 1921[1] | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Havilland Le Mesurier (acting) |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | |
| In office 1919–1920 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Islington |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Lytton |
| President of the Indian National Congress | |
| In office 1915–1916[2] | |
| Preceded by | B.N. Bose |
| Succeeded by | Ambica Charan Mazumdar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1863 Raipur, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Birbhum district, West Bengal, India)[3] |
| Died | 4 March 1928 (aged 64) Berhampore, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India) |
| Spouse |
Gobinda Mohini Mitter
(m. 1880) |
| Children | 7 |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha,[1][4][5] KCSI, PC, KC, (24 March 1863 – 4 March 1928) was a prominent British Indian lawyer and statesman. He was the first Governor of Bihar and Orissa, first Indian Advocate-General of Bengal, first Indian to become a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council and the first Indian to become a member of the British ministry.[6] He is sometimes also referred as Satyendra Prasanno Sinha or Satyendra Prasad Sinha.[7]
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- ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra; Bose, Anjali (1976). Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) (in Bengali). Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 543.
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- ^ "The language of difference". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Dadabhai Naoroji to Nehru; Indira to Sonia: Profiles of Congress presidents". Hindustan Times. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "S. P. Sinha | Making Britain". www.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2018.