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	'''Kishori Sinha''' (25 March 1925 – 19 December 2016) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician,<ref name="auto">{{cite web\|url=http://patnadaily.com/index.php/news/12224-former-mp-and-social-activist-kishori-sinha-cremated-with-full-state-honors.html\|title=Former MP and Social Activist Kishori Sinha Cremated with Full State Honors - PatnaDaily\|first=PatnaDaily\|last=Staff\|work=patnadaily.com\|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref> social activist, a lifelong advocate of women's empowerment and a former two-term Member of Parliament from the [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Vaishali]] constituency.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web		'''Kishori Sinha''' (25 March 1925 – 19 December 2016) was an Indian politician,<ref name="auto">{{cite web\|url=http://patnadaily.com/index.php/news/12224-former-mp-and-social-activist-kishori-sinha-cremated-with-full-state-honors.html\|title=Former MP and Social Activist Kishori Sinha Cremated with Full State Honors - PatnaDaily\|first=PatnaDaily\|last=Staff\|work=patnadaily.com\|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref> social activist, a lifelong advocate of women's empowerment and a former two-term Member of Parliament from the [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Vaishali]] constituency.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S04/partycomp09.htm		\|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S04/partycomp09.htm
	\|title=Kishori Sinha, former MP		\|title=Kishori Sinha, former MP

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kishori Sinha
| nickname = Bacchi Ji
| image = Shrimati Kishori Sinha Ji MP.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1925|3|25|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Sitamarhi district|Dumra]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
| residence = Sopan, [[Patna]]
| death_date ={{Death date and age|2016|12|19|1925|3|25|df=y}}
| death_place =[[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| office1 =[[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vaishali]]
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 =1980
| term_end1 = 1989
|1blankname1 = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
|1namedata1 = [[Indira Gandhi]], <br /> [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| predecessor1 =Digvijay Narain Singh
| successor1 = Usha Sinha
| party =[[Indian National Congress|INC]], Janata Party
| religion =
| spouse = [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]]
| children =[[Nikhil Kumar]]
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 7 September |
| year = 2008 |
| source =http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2908.htm
}}

'''Kishori Sinha''' (25 March 1925 – 19 December 2016) was an [[India]]n politician,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://patnadaily.com/index.php/news/12224-former-mp-and-social-activist-kishori-sinha-cremated-with-full-state-honors.html|title=Former MP and Social Activist Kishori Sinha Cremated with Full State Honors - PatnaDaily|first=PatnaDaily|last=Staff|work=patnadaily.com|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref> social activist, a lifelong advocate of women's empowerment and a former two-term Member of Parliament from the [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vaishali]] constituency.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S04/partycomp09.htm
|title=Kishori Sinha, former MP
|publisher=Election commission
|accessdate=2008-02-04
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420084910/http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S04/partycomp09.htm
|archivedate=20 April 2008
}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok08/state/08lsbi.htm
| title=Vaishali MP-Kishori Sinha
| author=
| publisher=Parliament of India
| accessdate=2008-07-06
}}
</ref> She was married to the former [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister of Bihar]] [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]], who was a seven-term [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], from the constituency of Aurangabad.<ref name="Prime Minister Condoles death of S N Sinha">{{cite web
|url = http://pmindia.nic.in/message/mcontent.asp?id=115
|title = PM condoles passing away of Satyendra Narayan Sinha
|author = Official website
|publisher = PM's Messages
|accessdate = 2006-09-05
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613192504/http://pmindia.nic.in/message/mcontent.asp?id=115
|archivedate = 13 June 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://magnificentbihar.com/interview3.htm
|title=Nikhil Kumar On Bihar
|author=Magnificent Bihar
|accessdate=2007-09-20
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208123420/http://www.magnificentbihar.com/interview3.htm
|archivedate= 8 December 2007
|url-status=dead
}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2908.htm
| title=Member Bio Data
| author=Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]
| publisher=Loksabha
| accessdate=2006-09-25
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703141413/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2908.htm
| archive-date=3 July 2011
| url-status=dead
}}</ref> Her son [[Nikhil Kumar]] had served as the [[Governors of Kerala|Governor of Kerala]] and [[Governor of Nagaland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20161219/3016216.html|title=Former MP Kishori Sinha dies after a protracted illness|work=webindia123.com|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref>

== Early life ==
[[File:Smt Kishori Sinha Ji SatyendraNarayanSinhaJi Governor Nikhil Kumar.jpg|thumb|left|206px|A Young Kishori Sinha with [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha|S N Sinha]] & son [[Nikhil Kumar]]]]
She completed her education from Chapman High School Muzzafurpur. Thereafter, she graduated from Patna Women's college. Born in a politically influential family, she grew up in an intensely political atmosphere. Her grandfather, Rai Saheb Awadh Bihari Singh, was a prominent figure. Her father, [[Rameshwar Prasad Sinha]], was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement, and was
a Member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]]. She, despite being<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/12222-kishori-sinha-wife-of-former-cm-s-n-sinha-is-no-more.html|title=Kishori Sinha, Wife of former CM S. N. Sinha, is no more - PatnaDaily|first=PatnaDaily|last=Staff|work=patnadaily.com|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref> married at the tender age of 13 to [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]], broke many social barriers of the time by acquiring top-class education and entering into public service in various roles.

== Member of Parliament ==
She was elected as a member of the Parliament from [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vaishali]] constituency in 1980; becoming first woman to be elected from the constituency. She was re-elected in 1984. Mrs. Kishori Sinha and her husband [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/7th-lok-sabha-youngest-in-indias-28-year-history-of-parliaments/1/409456.html|title=7th Lok Sabha youngest in India's 28-year history of parliaments 15021980|work=indiatoday.in|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref> were among the three parliamentary couples in the entire country who were elected together to the [[7th Lok Sabha]]. She had a special interest in<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2908.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|work=47.132|accessdate=20 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170738/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2908.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Upliftment of Women, [[Scheduled Caste]]s and [[Scheduled Tribe]]s and minority community and was also a member of All India Women's Council. Her<ref name="auto"/> political life stretched to over six decades.

==Death==
Sinha who had been admitted in a private hospital in Patna was making satisfactory recovery after the surgery but her condition suddenly worsened and she died on 19 December 2016, at the age of 91.<ref name="auto1"/> Her Patna residence witnessed a beeline of eminent politicians, cutting across party lines, who came to see her for one last time while paying floral tribute to her. Bihar Governor [[Ram Nath Kovind]], [[Nitish Kumar]], former [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Ministers of Bihar]] [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]], [[Jagannath Mishra]], BJP leaders [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]], [[Mangal Pandey]], Sushil Kumar Modi and others, Congress leaders Ashok Choudhary, [[Subodh Kant Sahay]] and others, RJD leaders [[Shivanand Tiwari]], Ramchandra Purvey, Mundrika Singh Yadav and others, JD(U) ministers from the Cabinet were among many who visited her Patna home to pay their last respects.

==State funeral==
Bihar Chief Minister [[Nitish Kumar]], who was one of the many politicians to visit Kishori Sinha's residence on Boring Road,<ref name="auto1"/> announced her funeral with full state honors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ex-mp-kishori-sinha-dies-passes-away/1/838346.html|title=Ex-MP Kishori Sinha dies passes away|work=intoday.in|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref> He also announced his decision to install a life-size statue of Mrs. Kishori Sinha next to the statue of her husband Satyendra Narayan Sinha at the ''Satyendra Narayan Sinha'' park (formerly Children's park) in Sri Krishna Puri.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/S-K-Puri-park-to-be-named-after-former-CM-S-N-Sinha/articleshow/53056150.cms|title=S K Puri park to be named after former CM S N Sinha - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref>

==References and bibliography==

=== References ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
*''Mere Sansmaran'', an autobiography by Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha
* Anugrah Abhinandan Granth samiti. 1947 '' Anugrah Abhinandan Granth.'' [[Bihar]].
* Anugrah Narayan centenary year celebration Committee. 1987. '' Bihar Bibhuti : Vayakti Aur Kriti '', [[Bihar]].
* Bimal Prasad (editor). 1980. ''A Revolutionary's Quest: Selected Writings of Jayaprakash Narayan.'' Oxford University Press, [[Delhi]].

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110703141413/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2908.htm Kishori Sinha:Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]
*[http://www.ptinews.com/news/8205800_Nitish--Lalu-pay-rich-tributes-to-Kishori-Sinha.html Nitish, Lalu pay tribute to Kishori Sinha]
*[http://patnadaily.com/index.php/news/12224-former-mp-and-social-activist-kishori-sinha-cremated-with-full-state-honors.html Kishori Sinha Cremated with Full State Honors]
*[http://www.livehindustan.com/news/patna/article1-Statue-of-Kishori-sinha-will-be-installed-in-patna-:-Nitish-636522.html Life size statue of Smt. Kishori Sinha to be installed in Patna -Nitish Kumar]
*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/Kishori-Sinha-passes-away/article16909223.ece The Hindu national-Kishori Sinha passes away]
*[http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/guest-columns/247-dr-binoy-shanker-prasad/12242-from-kishori-sinha-to-rabri-devi-role-models-for-leadership.html#disqus_thread Guest Column-Kishori Sinha]
*[http://www.travelindia-guide.com/elections-indian-lok-sabha/election-results/bihar/vaishali.php Vaishali Loksabha Election Results]
*[http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/12222-kishori-sinha-wife-of-former-cm-s-n-sinha-is-no-more.html Kishori Sinha,wife of S.N. Sinha no more]

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