Satyendra Narayan Sinha सत्येन्द्र नारायण सिन्हा |
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23rd Chief Minister of Bihar | |
In office 11 March 1989 - 6 December 1989 |
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Prime Minister |
Rajiv Gandhi, Viswanath Pratap Singh |
Preceded by | Bhagwat Jha Azad |
Succeeded by | Dr. Jagannath Mishra |
Constituency | Aurangabad |
Education Minister of Bihar | |
In office 18 February 1961 – 1 October 1963 |
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In office 1 October 1963 – 5 March 1967 |
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Chief Minister |
Binodanand Jha, K.B.Sahay |
Preceded by | Acharya Badrinath Verma |
Succeeded by | Karpoori Thakur |
Ex President International Committee on Violations of Human Rights of Parliamentarians | |
In office 1977–1987 |
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Member Of Provisional Parliament | |
In office 26 January 1950 – 26 January 1952 |
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Prime Minister | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
State | Bihar |
Preceded by | Post Created |
Succeeded by | None |
Member of Parliament for Aurangabad |
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In office 1952–1961 |
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Preceded by | Post Created |
Succeeded by | Ramesh Prasad Singh |
In office 1971–1989 |
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Preceded by | Mudrika Singh |
Succeeded by | Ram Naresh Singh |
Agriculture Minister of Bihar | |
In office 18 February 1961 – 1 October 1963 |
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In office 1 October 1963 – 5 March 1967 |
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Chief Minister |
Binodanand Jha, K.B.Sahay |
Personal details | |
Born |
Poiwan, Gaya, Bihar, British India (now India) |
12 July 1917
Died | 4 September 2006 Patna, Bihar |
(aged 89)
Political party |
Indian National Congress (1940–1969,1984–2006) Indian National Congress-Organisation (1969–1977) Janata Party (1977–1984) |
Spouse(s) | Smt. Kishori Sinha |
Children | Nikhil Kumar |
Residence | Sopan, Patna, Bihar |
Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Nickname(s) | Chhote Saheb, Satyendra Babu, SN Sinha |
Satyendra Narayan Sinha (Hindi: सत्येन्द्र नारायण सिन्हा) (also transliterated as Satyendra Narayan Singh) (12 July 1917 – 4 September 2006) was an Indian statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan’s ‘complete revolution’ movement during the Emergency and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Affectionately called Chhote Saheb (Hindi: छोटे साहब ), 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 oneof the India's most influential regional players of the time,his reputation was synonymous with being a strict disciplinarian and tough taskmaster.
Satyendra Narayan Sinha was born in an aristocratic political family in Poiwan, Gaya district, 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 Indian state of Bihar.