Satish Prasad Singh
Satish Prasad Singh | |
|---|---|
Khagaria, Bihar | |
| Member of Legislative assembly of Bihar | |
| In office 1958–1968 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1936 Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Source: [1] | |
Satish Prasad Singh (1 January 1936 – 2 November 2020) was an Indian politician.[1] He was the Chief Minister of Bihar for a very brief tenure of just five days in 1968.[2][3]
Biography
He was a member of
Lenin of Bihar".[4]
Singh headed a coalition government led by Soshit Samaj Dal and supported by the Khagaria constituency of Bihar in 1980 as a member of the Congress Party.[5][6][7][8] He was the first Chief Minister of Bihar who belonged to the other backward classes.[9]
Singn joined the
Bhartiya Janata Party in September 2013 but later quit the party after protesting against the poor representation of Kushwahas in the assembly tickets distribution.[10]
Singh hailed from a prosperous family and owned more than 50 acre land. He married Gyan Kala, who belonged to another caste. The inter-caste marriage being difficult in those days, they had to defy their parents in order to marry each other.[11]
Death
Singh died in Delhi from complications of COVID-19 on 2 November 2020, 5 days after his wife died from the same disease.[11][10]
References
- ^ "Former Bihar CM Satish Prasad Singh passes away in Delhi". Newsd.in. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "रीयल लाइफ के 'नायक':5 दिन के सीएम ने 1 दिन में कैबिनेट बैठा बिहारी किसानों को दी थी बड़ी सौगात". Bhaskar.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Members Bioprofile". Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Political Science Association, Delhi University (1981). Teaching Politics, Volume 6 - Volume 7, Issue 4. Delhi University Political Science Association(Original from the University of Michigan). Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2020. In 1969 , Bindeshwar Prasad Mandal , a rich landlord Yadav of Saharsa district in manipulating some M . L . A ' s to defect from U . F . Parties to cause the fall of Mahamaya Ministry , asked Satish Prasad Singh a lesser known Koeri leader to head the ministry for a day to facilitate his nomination in the Council.
- ^ "States of India since 1947". World Statesman. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ISBN 978-81-7625-798-5. Archivedfrom the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ISBN 978-81-7099-184-7. Archivedfrom the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1982. p. 819. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "One-week CM holds real Nayak flag – Ex-chief minister with many firsts recalls wonder days". Nalin Verma. Telegraph India. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b Law Kumar Mishra. "'Three-days-chief minister' Satish Prasad Singh dies of COVID-19". The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b Kumar, Madan (2 November 2020). "Patna News: Bihar's shortest-serving CM Satish Prasad Singh dies of Covid-19 in Delhi". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.