Binodanand Jha

Binodanand Jha (17 April 1900 – 1971), also known as Pandit Binodanand Jha was an Indian politician originally from the district of Deoghar, Bihar (Baidyanathdham Deoghar), now in Jharkhand. He was educated at the Central Calcutta College, (now Maulana Azad College) under the University of Calcutta. He was the Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963. He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Darbhanga constituency of Bihar in 1971. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India in 1948 from Bihar.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Binodanand Jha
3rd Chief Minister of Bihar
In office 18 February 1961 – 2 October 1963
Preceded by	Deep Narayan Singh
Succeeded by	K. B. Sahay
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1971-1972
Preceded by	Satya Narayan Sinha
Succeeded by	Lalit Narayan Mishra
Constituency	Darbhanga, Bihar
Personal details
Born	(1900-04-17)17 April 1900 Deoghar, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Jharkhand, India)
Died	1971 (aged 70-71)
Political party	Indian National Congress
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