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'Anugrah Narayan Sinha (Singh)' (June 18 1887 – 1957), known as ''Bihar Bibhuti'', was the first Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946 – 1957).^[1]He was also a Member Of Constituent Assembly
,which was elected to write the Constitution of India and served as its first Parliament as an independent nation.
^[2]A.N. Sinha, affectionately called "Babu Saheb", was a very close associate of Mahatma Gandhi^[3]during the freedom struggle movement and worked with ''Deshratna'' Dr. Rajendra Prasad to led the Gandhian movement in Bihar^[4]

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Political legacy

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Political legacy

A. N. Sinha was known for his charismatic leadership and huge mass appeal and was a very prominent national leader^[5]. Along with ''Bihar Kesari'' Sri Krishna Sinha, the first Chief Minister of Bihar, he is considered one of the makers of modern Bihar. He gave political patronage to the then young leaders like ''Loknayak'' Jayprakash Narayan, Jagjivan Ram, Bir chand Patel, K. B. Sahay and others.He had two sons Jityendra Narayan Sinha alias "Bade Saheb" and Satyendra Narayan Sinha.His younger son Satyendra Narayan Sinha (who was affectionately called "Chhote Saheb") also became a prominent freedom fighter leader and a distinguished politician and later became Chief Minister Of Bihar^[6].His grandson ^[7], Nikhil Kumar (a former IPS), is currently a Member Of Parliament from the constituency Of Aurangabad. Dr. Sinha served Bihar continuously from 1946 till his death in 1957

References

★ ''Meray Sansmaran'', an autobiography by 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.

★ A gentleman among politicians by A.J. Philip

★ Bimal Prasad (editor). 1980. ''A Revolutionary's Quest: Selected Writings of Jayaprakash Narayan.'' Oxford University Press, Delhi.

★ ''The All India Services:Decline, Debasement and Destruction.'' by P S Appu

External links

★ Biography: Anugrah Narayan Sinha

★ Freedom Fighters of India

★ SATYAGRAHA LABORATORIES OF MAHATMA GANDHI

★ Members of Constituent Assembly from Bihar

★ ''My Autobiography, Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth'' (1929) by M.K. Gandhi

★ Website of Lok Sabha

★ A gentleman among politicians:A.J. Philip

★ Description of Lok Sabha on website of Parliament of India

★ Total revolution

★ Official website of S.N.S.I.B.M. , Ranchi

★ Website of A. N. College, Patna

★ Dr. Rajendra Prasad

★ On Hindu revivalism

★ Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website

★ Dr. S. K. Sinha