The qualities that gave Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha a place among the eminent nationalists of his time were moral as well as intellectual. His genuineness, intensity, abhorrence of sham trickery and imposture and his dauntless determination to arrive at facts gave his action a ring of truth. Anugrah Babu belonged to that illustrious group of statesman-administrators who possessed vision and strong will to achieve welfare of the people and state through a responsive administrative system. He was a blend of statesmanship and genius of governance.
Anugrah Babu belonged to that illustrious group of statesman-administrators who possessed vision and strong will to achieve welfare of the people and state through a responsive administrative system. He was a blend of statesmanship and genius of governance.
Dr.Anugrah Narayan Sinha, (18 June 1887 - 05 July 1957), known as Bihar Vibhuti, was an Indian statesman and eminent freedom fighter who became the first Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946 - 1957). He was one of the architects of modern Bihar. He was also a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India, which was elected to write the Constitution of India and served in its first Parliament as an independent nation.He also held a range of portfolios including Labour,
Local Self Government,Public Works, Supply & Price Control,Health and Agriculture. Dr. A.N. Sinha, affectionately called "BabuSaheb",was a very close associate of Mahatma Gandhiduring the freedom struggle movement and worked with Dr.Rajendra Prasad to lead the Gandhian movement in Bihar. One of the leading nationalists in the Indian independence movement from Bihar ,he was elected as the Congress Party deputy leader in the state assembly to assume office as first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of independent Bihar, and re-elected when the Congress Party won Bihar`s first general election with a massive mandate in 1952.
Early Life
He was born to VisveshwarDayal Singh on 18 June 1887 in a family of Poiyavan village of the erstwhile Gaya district (today known as Aurangabad) of Bihar.As a lad his patriotic virtues were visible.A brilliant student from the beginning of his academic career, Dr.Anugrah Narayan Sinha obtained his initial education in the village school.From Junior school till graduation he topped the lists at every examination, obtaining an M.A. (History) in 1914 from the prestigious University of Calcutta.He became the Secretary of the Bihar Students Conference founded by Rajendra Prasad and the Chanakya Society of the Patna College.He served as a volunteer in the Patna Congress,With fever on he feverishly worked for its success.In 1915,he was appointed Professor of History at the T.N.B. college in Bhagalpur where he remained, known as an ideal professor, until 1916.He organised relief work when Bhagalpur was raved by floods.He began successfully practising law at Patna High Court.
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