| Name(s) |
SRI KRISHNA SINGH
(S.K. SINHA) |
| Date of
Birth |
October 21, 1887 |
| Date of
Death |
January 31, 1961 |
|
Identity |
First Chief
Minister of the Indian state of Bihar |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- July 20, 1937: He became
Premier of the Bihar Province of India.
- October 31, 1939: He
retired as the Premier of the Bihar Province of India.
- December 09, 1946: He became the
member of the Constituent Assembly of India.
- January 26, 1950: He
retired as the member of the Constituent Assembly of
India.
- 1946: He became the 1st
Chief Minister of Bihar.
- 1961: He retired as the 1st
Chief Minister of Bihar.
- July 05, 1957: He became the 2nd
Finance Minister of Bihar.
- January 31, 1961: He retired as
the 2nd Finance Minister of Bihar.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He is also known as Dr. S.K.Singh, S.K. Sinha, Sri Babu
and Bihar Kesari.
- He is regarded as one among the "Architects of Modern
Bihar".
- Barring the Second World War years ( 1939–1945), he was
chief minister of Bihar from the time of the first Congress
Ministry in 1937 until his death in 1961.
- He led Dalit’s entry into the Baidyanath Dham temple
(Vaidyanath Temple, Deoghar), reflecting his commitment to
the upliftment and social empowerment of dalits.
- He was the first Chief Minister in the country to
abolish the zamindari system.
- He underwent different terms of imprisonment for a total
of about eight years in British India.
- Some say that he lived poor, died poor and identified
himself with the poor.
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