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Satyendra Narayan Sinha

Satyendra Narayan Sinha
सत्येन्द्र नारायण सिन्हा
23rd Chief Minister of Bihar
In office
11 March 1989 - 6 December 1989
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
In office
1 October 1963 – 5 March 1967
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
Member Of Provisional Parliament
In office
26 January 1950 – 26 January 1952
Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru
State Bihar
Preceded by Post Created
Succeeded by None
Member of Parliament
for Aurangabad
In office
1952–1961
Preceded by Post Created
Succeeded by Ramesh Prasad Singh
In office
1971–1989
Preceded by Mudrika Singh
Succeeded by Ram Naresh Singh
Agriculture Minister of Bihar
In office
18 February 1961 – 1 October 1963
In office
1 October 1963 – 5 March 1967
Chief Minister Binodanand Jha,
K.B.Sahay
Personal details
Born (1917-07-12)12 July 1917
Poiwan, Gaya, Bihar, British India (now India)
Died 4 September 2006(2006-09-04) (aged 89)
Patna, Bihar
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.


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