Satyendra Narayan Sinha

Infobox_Indian_politician
name = Satyendra Narayan Sinha


birth_date = birth date|1917|7|12|mf=y
birth_place =Poinwaa, Gaya
residence = Sopan, Patna Bihar
death_date = death date and age|2006|9|4|1917|7|12|mf=y
death_place = Patna
constituency = Aurangabad
office = Ex Chief Minister of Bihar
salary =
party =Indian National Congress, Janata Party
term_start =
term_end =
predecessor =Bhagwat Jha Azad
successor = Dr. Jagannath Mishra
office2 = Ex [http://education.nic.in/cd50years/g/12/1M/121M0101.htm Education Minister of Bihar]
term_start3 = 18 Feb1961
term_end3 = 01 Oct1963
predecessor3 =
successor3 =
term_start4 =01 Oct1963
term_end4 = 05 Mar1967
predecessor4 = None
successor4 = Karpoori Thakur
office5=Ex [http://164.100.24.208/debate14/debtext.asp?slno=6373&ser=&smode= President International Committee on Violations of Human Rights of Parliamentarians]
term_start5 = 1977
term_end5 = 1987
office6 = [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/facts.htm Member Of Provisional Parliament]
salary6 =
term_start6 =1950
term_end6 =1952
predecessor6 =Post Created
successor6 =None

spouse = Smt. Kishori Sinha
children = Nikhil Kumar

Satyendra Narayan Sinha (also transliterated as Satyendra Narayan Singh) (born July 12 1917 ) was an Indian politician, participant in the Indian independence movement, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar.cite web
url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060907/edit.htm#8
title=A gentleman among politicians
author=A.J. Philip
publisher=The Tribune
accessdate=2006-09-05] Affectionately called "Chhote Saheb" , he was also a seven-term Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad constituency, a three-time Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council once.

Background

Satyendra Narayan Sinha was born in an aristocratic political family in Poiwan (Gaya district, Bihar. His father and senior Congress leader Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha worked under Dr.Rajendra Prasad in the Gandhian Satyagraha movement in Bihar [cite web
url=http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/freedom/congress/c127.htm
title=Great freedom Fighters
author=Kamat
publisher=Kamat's archive
accessdate=2006-02-25] and also served as the [cite web
url=http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/DR.A.N.%20SINGH
title=First Bihar Deputy CM cum Finance Minister;Dr. A N Sinha
author=Indian Post
publisher=official Website
accessdate=2008-05-20] first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar. [cite web
url=http://www.kamat.com/database/biographies/anugrah_narayan_sinha.htm
title=Biography: Anugrah Narayan Sinha
author=Kamat
publisher=Kamat's archive
accessdate=2006-06-25]

Brought up in a political environment, S. N. Sinha completed his Bachelor's degree from Allahabad University and earned a degree in law from Lucknow University. He practised law at the Patna High Court, but left his job to join the Indian Independence movement.

Political career

Bihar state politics

S. N. Sinha was a prominent educationist, and served as the Education Minister of Bihar in the government headed by Chief Minister Pandit Binodanand Jha from 1961-1963, and again for the second consecutive term in the cabinet of K. B. Sahay from 1963-1967. [cite web
url=http://education.nic.in/cd50years/g/12/1M/121M0101.htm
title=Ministers of Education
publisher=Central Advisory Board of Education
accessdate=2007-07-10] He also a held a range of portfolios including Local Self Government and Agriculture. He is credited with streamlining the entire education system of the Bihar state. As the state education minister, he played an instrumental role in the establishment of Magadh University in Bodh Gaya, in the year 1962.

S. N. Sinha played the role of a "de facto" Chief Minister during the period 1961-67 under the Governments headed by K. B. Sahay and Pandit Binodanand Jha. He also played a key role in the installations of Governments headed by Satish Prasad Singh, B.P. Mandal, Sardar Harihar Singh,Bhola Paswan Shastri and Ram Sundar Das.

As the Chief Minister of Bihar, S. N. Sinha also held the portfolio of Education for the third term in his later years 1989-1990. He is also credited for the establishment of the Indira Gandhi Planetorium cum Science Centre in Patna.

Parliament of India

S. N. Sinha was a Member of the Provisional Parliament, First, Second and Fifth to Eighth Lok Sabhas from 1950 to 1961 and 1971 to 1989 representing Aurangabad parliamentary constituency of Bihar.cite web
url=http://164.100.24.208/debate14/debtext.asp?slno=6373&ser=&smode=
title=Lok Sabha Debates
accessdate=2007-07-10] . He served as the Chairman of Committee on Estimates from 1977 to 1979. He was also a Member of the Committee on Finance from 1950 to 1952; Committee on Estimates from 1956 to 1958 and thereafter during 1985-86 and the Committee on Public Undertakings during 1982-83.

He organized Legal Aid Programmes for political prisoners during pre-Independence days. He was a well-known social activist, and served as the Assistant Secretary to the Bihar Provincial Committee of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Fund and Secretary to the Bihar Provincial Committee of the Gandhi National Memorial Fund. He was also associated with a number of educational and social institutions in different capacities. He was member, Senate and Syndicate of Patna University from 1946 to 1960 and Bihar University from 1958 to 1960.

International activities

A widely travelled person, S. N. Sinha attended Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Helsinki, Finland in 1955. He was the leader of the cultural delegation to Kabul on the occasion of "Jasan" in 1963. He also led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Spring Meetings of Inter-Parliamentary Council, Canberra in 1977 and also to its meeting at Lisbon in 1978.He was a member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to erstwhile USSR in 1976 and was elected a member of the Special Committee on Violations of Human Rights of Parliamentarians at Canberra in 1977 representing Asia. He was also elected President of that committee (conferred upon the status of a Union Cabinet Minister) and served as its Chief from 1977 to 1988.

Posts held

S.N. Sinha held the following posts in his political career:
* 1946-1960: Member, Senate and Syndicate, Patna University.
* 1948: Secretary, Bihar Provincial Committee of the Gandhi National Memorial Fund.
* 1950 : Member, Provisional Parliament.
* 1950-52: Member, Committee on Finance.
* 1952 : Elected to 1st Lok Sabha.
* 1956-58: Member, Committee on Estimates.
* 1957: Re-elected to 2nd Lok Sabha (2th term).
* 1958-1960: Member, Senate and Syndicate,Bihar University.
* 1961-1963: Member, Bihar legislative assembly.
* 1961-1962: State Cabinet Minister, Education.
* 1961-1962: State Cabinet Minister, Local Self Government(additional charge).
* 1963: Leader of the cultural delegation to Kabul.
* 1962-1963: State Cabinet Minister, Education.
* 1962-1963: State Cabinet Minister, Local Self Government(additional charge).
* 1963-1967: Member, Bihar legislative assembly.
* 1963-1967: State Cabinet Minister, Education.
* 1963-1967: State Cabinet Minister, Local Self Government(additional charge).
* 1963-1967: State Cabinet Minister, Agriculture(additional charge).
* 1967-1969: Member, Bihar legislative assembly.
* 1969-74: President, Congress(O), Bihar.
* 1971: Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (3rd term).
* 1976: Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to erstwhile USSR.
* 1977-80: President, Janata Party, Bihar
* 1977: Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (4th term).
* 1977: Member(Asia), Special Committee on Violations of Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
* 1977-1988: President(Status of Union Cabinet Minister),Special Committee on Violations of Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
* 1977: Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Spring Meetings of Inter-Parliamentary Council, Canberra.
* 1978: Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Spring Meetings of Inter-Parliamentary Council, Lisbon.
* 1977-1979: Chairman, Committee on Estimates.
* 1980: Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term).
* 1982-83: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings.
* 1984: Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (6th term).
* 1985-1986: Member, Committee on Estimates.
* 1989-1990: Member, Bihar legislative council.
* 1989-1990: Chief Minister, Bihar.

Personal life

S. N. Sinha's wife Kishori Sinha is a former Member Of Parliament from Vaishali, and his daughter-in-law Shyama Singh is a former Member Of Parliament from Aurangabad. His son, Nikhil Kumar, a former IPS official, currently represents the constituency Of Aurangabad in the Lok Sabha. [cite web
url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=4033
title=Member Bio data
author=Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website
publisher=loksabha
accessdate=2006-09-05]

S. N. Sinha wrote his [cite web
url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=51405
title=Meri Yaadein, Meri bhoolein (My Memories, My Mistakes) released by Bihar Governor Buta Singh in the presence of Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee
publisher=Express India
accessdate=2005-12-10] autobiography "Meri Yadein: Meri Bhoolein", which incorporates the experiences and perceptions of a leader of his eminence and stature.

Quotes

* "I have lived my life on my own principles."
* "People are not as aware about their duties as much they are concerned for their rights"
* "Panchayati raj is the foundation of democracy at the grassroot level."

References

* "Mere Sansmaran", an autobiography by Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha
* Anugrah Abhinandan Granth samiti. 1947 " Anugrah Abhinandan Granth." Bihar.
* Anugrah Narayan cenetary year celebration Committee. 1987. " Bihar Bibhuti : Vayakti Aur Kriti " , Bihar.
* Bimal Prasad (editor). 1980. "A Revolutionary's Quest: Selected Writings of Jayaprakash Narayan." Oxford University Press, Delhi.

External links

* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060907/edit.htm#8 A gentleman among politicians:Chhote Saheb]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=20500 SHRI SHEKHAWAT CONDOLES THE DEATH OF SATYENDRA BABU]
* [http://pmindia.nic.in/message/mcontent.asp?id=115 Prime Minister condoles passing away of Satyendra Narayan Sinha]
* [http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/pressrelease/PressreleaseDetails.asp?PressId=384&button=Edit LOK SABHA SPEAKER CONDOLES PASSING AWAY OF SHRI S. N. SINHA.]
* [http://news.oneindia.in/2006/09/04/pm-leads-nation-in-mourning-death-of-former-bihar-cm-sinha-1157526154.html PM leads nation in mourning death of S N Sinha]
* [http://www.patnadaily.com/news2007/sept/090407/leaders_pay_tribute_to_former_cm.html Bihar CM Nitish Kumar pays Tribute to Late Satyendra Narayan Sinha]
* [http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=8e6691e6-eff8-4784-a8a4-7a763e7a56da Satyendra Narayan Sinha's gift to Bihar:After 17 years Super Thermal Power Project at Nabinagar in Aurangabad gets government approval]
* [http://news.oneindia.in/2006/09/04/in-sinhas-death-comes-the-end-of-an-era-1157375315.html In S N Sinha's death, comes the end of an era]
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/facts.htm The Provisional Parliament:1950-1952]
* [http://www.kamat.com/database/biographies/anugrah_narayan_sinha.htm Biography: Anugrah Narayan Sinha]
* [http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=51405 Meri Yaadein, Meri bhoolein: Released by Bihar Governor Buta Singh in the presence of Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee]
* [http://magnificentbihar.com/interview3.htm Nikhil Kumar optimistic about party’s future in Bihar]