Satya Narayan Sinha

Not to be confused with Satyendra Narayan Sinha.

Satya Narayan Sinha (9 July 1900 – 26 July 1983) was an Indian National Congress politician who served as the member of Constituent Assembly and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. He was the first Leader of the House in Lok Sabha not to be a prime minister.

Satya Narayan Sinha
4th Governor of Madhya Pradesh
In office 8 March 1971 – 13 October 1977
Chief Minister	Shyama Charan Shukla Prakash Chandra Sethi Kailash Chandra Joshi
Preceded by	K. Chengalaraya Reddy
Succeeded by	N. N. Wanchu
Minister of Health
In office 14 November 1967 – 14 February 1969
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Sripati Chandrasekhar (As Minister of State)
Succeeded by	Kodardas Kalidas Shah
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office September 1963 – June 1964
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	B. V. Keskar
Succeeded by	Indira Gandhi
4th Leader of the Lok Sabha
In office 24 January 1966 – 3 March 1967
Preceded by	Gulzarilal Nanda
Succeeded by	Indira Gandhi
Personal details
Born	(1900-07-09)9 July 1900 Shambhupatti, Darbhanga district, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Samastipur district, Bihar, India)
Died	26 July 1983(1983-07-26) (aged 83) Samastipur, Bihar, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Occupation	Politician
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Satya Narayan Sinha was born in Sambhupatti Samastipur. He was elected to the Lower house of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha in 1952 from Samastipur East, 1957 and 1962 from Samastipur and in 1967 from Darbhanga in Bihar, India.^[1][2][3][4]

Sinha served as Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Communications from 1964 to 1967, and as Minister for Health, Family Planning and Urban Development from 1967 to 1971. He was appointed Governor of Madhya Pradesh in 1971, and served in this role until 1977.^[5] He died on 26 July 1983, aged 83.^[6]