Satish Prasad Singh

Satish Prasad Singh
Satish Prasad Singh
6th Chief Minister of Bihar
	In office; 28 January 1968 – 1 February 1968
Preceded by	Mahamaya Prasad Sinha
Succeeded by	B. P. Mandal
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1980–1984
Preceded by	Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav
Succeeded by	Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma
Constituency	Khagaria, Bihar
Personal details
Born	1 January 1936; Korchakka Village, Khagaria, Bihar, British India
Died	2 November 2020 (aged 84); Saket, Delhi, India
Cause of death	COVID-19
Political party	Indian National Congress

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.

Biography

He was a member of Koeri community and his daughter Suchitra Sinha is married to Nagmani, the son of Jagdeo Prasad who was popularly known as "Lenin of Bihar".[2] Singh headed a coalition government led by Soshit Samaj Dal and supported by the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India) from the Khagaria constituency of Bihar in 1980 as a member of the Congress Party.[3][4][5][6] He was the first Chief Minister of Bihar who belonged to the other backward classes.[7]

Singn joined the Indian National Congress in 1980 and was elected to the Lok Sabha in his very first attempt. He later 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.[8]

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.[9]

Death

Singh died in Delhi from complications from COVID-19 on 2 November 2020, 5 days after his wife died from the same disease.[9][8]

References

"Former Bihar CM Satish Prasad Singh passes away in Delhi". Newsd.in. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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). 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. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
Ritu Chaturvedi (2007). Bihar Through the Ages. Sarup & Sons. pp. 280–. ISBN 978-81-7625-798-5. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
Bijender Kumar Sharma (1989). Political Instability in India. Mittal Publications. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-81-7099-184-7. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1982. p. 819. 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. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
Law Kumar Mishra. "'Three-days-chief minister' Satish Prasad Singh dies of COVID-19". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav	Member of Parliament for Khagaria 1980–1984	Succeeded by Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma
Political offices
Preceded by Mahamaya Prasad Sinha	Chief minister of Bihar 28 January 1968 – 1 February 1968	Succeeded by B. P. Mandal

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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[1] "Former Bihar CM Satish Prasad Singh passes away in Delhi". Newsd.in. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[2] 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). 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.

[3] "States of India since 1947". World Statesman. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[Chaturvedi2007-4] Ritu Chaturvedi (2007). Bihar Through the Ages. Sarup & Sons. pp. 280–. ISBN 978-81-7625-798-5. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[Sharma1989-5] Bijender Kumar Sharma (1989). Political Instability in India. Mittal Publications. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-81-7099-184-7. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[6] The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1982. p. 819. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[7] "One-week CM holds real Nayak flag – Ex-chief minister with many firsts recalls wonder days". Nalin Verma. Telegraph India. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[law-8] Law Kumar Mishra. "'Three-days-chief minister' Satish Prasad Singh dies of COVID-19". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[Kala-9] 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. Retrieved 3 November 2020.