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{{short description|Indian writer and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mridula Sinha
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| image = Governor Mridula Sinha.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Muzaffarpur]], [[Bihar Province|Bihar]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|18|1942|11|27|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| constituency =
| office =17th [[Governor of Goa]]
| term_start = 26 August 2014
| term_end = 23 October 2019
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Manohar Parrikar]] [[Laxmikant Parsekar]] [[Pramod Sawant]]
| predecessor = [[Om Prakash Kohli]]
| successor = [[Satya Pal Malik]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = [[Dr. Ram Kripal Sinha]]
| children =
| website =
| appointer =
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'''Mridula Sinha''' (27 November 1942 – 18 November 2020) was an Indian writer and politician who served as [[Governor of Goa]] from August 2014 to October 2019. She was the first woman Governor of Goa.<ref name="Goa- App">{{cite news|title=PRESS COMMUNIQUE|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=109069|accessdate=26 August 2014|work=Press Information Bureau|date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827082449/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=109069#|archive-date=2014-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=IE-App>{{cite news|title=Sheila Dikshit resigns; Kalyan Singh is new Governor of Rajasthan|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/modi-government-finalises-governors-for-rajasthan-karnataka-goa-maharashtra/|accessdate=26 August 2014|work=[[Indian Express]]|agency=PTI|date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827074228/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/modi-government-finalises-governors-for-rajasthan-karnataka-goa-maharashtra/#|archive-date=2014-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=GoaNews-Bio>{{cite news|title=Mridula Sinha appointed Goa Governor|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=5255|accessdate=26 August 2014|work=Goa News|agency=Goa News Desk|date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827165050/http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=5255#|archive-date=2014-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mridula Sinha was also a former president of [[BJP Mahila Morcha]].<ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mridula-sinha-bjp-goa-governnor-death-7056122/</ref> She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] posthumously in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1692337 |title=Padma Awards 2021 announced |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs | accessdate=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/ram-vilas-paswan-mridula-sinha-among-five-padma-awardees-from-bihar/articleshow/80454517.cms | title=Ram Vilas Paswan, Mridula Sinha among five Padma awardees from Bihar | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Piyush Tripathi | date=25 January 2021 | accessdate=25 January 2021}}</ref>

==Early life==
Mridula Sinha was born on 27 November 1942 in the [[village]] of Chhapra Dharampur Yadu in [[Muzaffarpur district]] in [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]] state in [[India]]. Her father was Babu Chhabile Singh and her mother was Anupa Devi. She attended the local school in Chhapra and later studied at ''Balika Vidyapeeth,'' a residential school for girls in [[Lakhisarai district]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140810/jsp/frontpage/story_18704283.jsp#.U_0LbGB0zIU |title=Balika Vidyapeeth |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827171442/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140810/jsp/frontpage/story_18704283.jsp#.U_0LbGB0zIU#.U_0LbGB0zIU |archive-date=2014-08-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Shortly before she completed her bachelor's degree, Mridula's parents arranged for her to marry [[Ram Kripal Sinha]], who at that time was a college lecturer based in [[Muzaffarpur]] town, [[Bihar]].<ref name="Her Excellency « Harmony Magazine">{{Cite web|url=https://www.harmonyindia.org/people_posts/her-excellency/|title=Her Excellency « Harmony Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref> After marriage, Mridula continued her studies and took a post-graduate degree in [[Psychology]]. She then took a job as a lecturer in the Dr. S.K. Sinha Women's College in Motihari. Shortly afterwards, her husband received his doctorate degree. She left the job and started a school in Muzaffarpur where her husband was working in a college.<ref name="Her Excellency « Harmony Magazine"/>

==Career==
Meanwhile, with encouragement from her husband, Mridula experimented with the short story format.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entranceindia.com/people-india/smt-mridula-sinha/|title=ENTRANCEINDIA {{!}} Smt. Mridula Sinha {{!}} ENTRANCEINDIA|website=www.entranceindia.com|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref> She was interested in cultural matters and village traditions. She wrote short stories on these topics and on folk tales that she gathered from the villages where she and her husband worked. Many of these stories were published in [[Hindi language]] magazines and were later compiled into a two-volume anthology named ''Bihar ki lok-kathayen'' ("folk-tales of Bihar"). She also wrote several novels and a biography of [[Queen Mother|Rajmata]] [[Vijayaraje Scindia]] titled ''[[Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi]].'' A film of the same name was later made based on this book.<ref name=IE-App />

Mridula initially helped her husband in reaching out to the women of the constituency during his campaigns for election to the district committee. She found that with her knowledge of local tradition and cultural nuances, she had a strong connect with the people, especially women. She developed a very strong interest and commitment for social welfare, although she had no interest in electoral politics and never contested any election. She was named [[Chairperson]] of Central Social Welfare Board.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://sathi-network.org/msinha.html
|title = Governing Body, Social action through integrated work
|publisher = SATHI
|date = 2008-11-19
|accessdate = 2008-11-19
}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Political career==

At this time, her husband was a cabinet minister in the Bihar state government.<ref name=App1>{{cite news|title=Want to Serve People: New Goa Governor Mridula Sinha|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Want-to-Serve-People-New-Goa-Governor-Mridula-Sinha/2014/08/26/article2399467.ece|accessdate=26 August 2014|work=The New Indian Express|agency=IANS|date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830041858/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Want-to-Serve-People-New-Goa-Governor-Mridula-Sinha/2014/08/26/article2399467.ece#|archive-date=2014-08-30|url-status=live}}</ref> She was, until August 2014, a member of the national executive of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=National Executive - Bharatiya Janata Party|url=http://www.bjp.org/organisation/national-executive|accessdate=26 August 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703103110/http://www.bjp.org/organisation/national-executive|archivedate=3 July 2014}}</ref> During the BJP's campaign for [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general elections]], she was in charge of the BJP Mahila Morcha (women's wing).<ref>{{cite news|title=Amit Shah is Uttar Pradesh in-charge of BJP, Om Mathur is Gujarat in-charge|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2013/05/19/amit-shah-is-uttar-pradesh-in-charge-of-bjp-om-mathur-is-gujarat-in-charge/|accessdate=26 August 2014|work=Desh Gujarat|date=19 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827093414/http://deshgujarat.com/2013/05/19/amit-shah-is-uttar-pradesh-in-charge-of-bjp-om-mathur-is-gujarat-in-charge/#|archive-date=2014-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref> On 25 August 2014, she was appointed as the [[Governor of Goa]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kamat|first=Prakash|date=2014-08-31|title=Mridula Sinha sworn-in as Goa Governor|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mridula-sinha-swornin-as-goa-governor/article6366894.ece|access-date=2020-11-18|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Sinha was also appointed as an ambassador for the [[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]], by the [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Swachh-Bharat-PM-Modi-ropes-in-nine-people-including-Tendulkar-Salman-Khan-Baba-Ramdev/articleshow/44085909.cms# |title=Archived copy |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2015-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512151250/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Swachh-Bharat-PM-Modi-ropes-in-nine-people-including-Tendulkar-Salman-Khan-Baba-Ramdev/articleshow/44085909.cms# |archive-date=2015-05-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.narendramodi.in/pm-launches-swachh-bharat-abhiyaan/# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316220600/http://www.narendramodi.in/pm-launches-swachh-bharat-abhiyaan/# |archive-date=2015-03-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> During her tenure as Governor of Goa, she also adopted a cow and a calf at the Raj Bhavan for the purpose of daily worship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Cowshed-at-Raj-Bhavan-gets-a-cow/81231.html# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324203609/http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Cowshed-at-Raj-Bhavan-gets-a-cow/81231.html# |archive-date=2015-03-24 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/goa-governor-adopts-cow-for-daily-worship/article6615560.ece# |title=Archived copy |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2015-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126153912/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/goa-governor-adopts-cow-for-daily-worship/article6615560.ece# |archive-date=2014-11-26 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Controversies ==
Mridula Sinha's tenure as the governor of Goa was marked by controversies regarding her partisan decision to invite the BJP to form the government despite not being the largest party, her lavish lifestyle at the expense of the taxpayers and weakening the Right to Information law to stonewall queries regarding her expenditure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/politics/goa-governor-rti-mercedes-raj-bhavan-lifestyle|title=A Cowshed and Rs 62 Lakh Mercedes: The Dual Face of Goa Governor Mridula Sinha|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>

==Literary contribution==
Source(s):<ref>{{Cite web|title=I want to do something special for Goa: Sinha|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/I-want-to-do-something-special-for-Goa-Sinha/77940|access-date=2020-11-18|website=oHeraldo}}</ref><ref name="Flip-Books">{{cite web|title=Books by Mridula Sinha|url=http://www.flipkart.com/author/mridula-sinha|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827071140/http://www.flipkart.com/author/mridula-sinha#|archive-date=2014-08-27|accessdate=26 August 2014|website=flipkart.com}}</ref><ref name="G-books">{{cite web|title=Books by Mridula Sinha|url=https://www.google.co.in/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Mridula+Sinha%22&gws_rd=ssl|accessdate=26 August 2014|website=books.google.com}}</ref>

{{Div col}}
*''Ek thi rani aisi bhi'' (Short biography)
* ''Nayi devyani'' (Novel)
* ''Gharwaas'' (Novel)
* ''Jyon mehandi ko rang'' (Novel)
* ''Dekhan mein choten lagen'' (Stories)
* ''Sita puni boli'' (Novel)
* ''Yayavari ankhon se'' (Interviews)
* ''Bihar ki lok kathayen -I'' (Stories)
* ''Bihar ki lok kathayen-II'' (Stories)
* ''Dhai beegha zameen'' (Stories)
* ''Matr deh nahin hai aurat'' (Women liberation)
* ''Nari na kathputli na udanpari'' (2014) by Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''Apna jivan'' (2014) by Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''Antim ichha'' (2014) by Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''Paritapt Lankeshwari'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Archived copy |id={{ASIN|935186166X|country=in}} }}</ref>
* ''Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hain'' (2015, Poetry) By Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''Aaurat aaviksit purush nahi hain'' (2015) by Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''chinta aur chintan ke inderdhanushyain rang'' by mridula sinha (2016) by Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''India women new images on ancient foundation'' (2016) By Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''ya nari sarvbuteshu'' (2016) By Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''Relfications'' (2017) By Yash Publications, New Delhi
* ''Ek Sahitya Tirth Sw lauthkar'' (2017) By Yash Publications, New Delhi
{{div col end}}

'''Films & TV adaptation''' : Mridula Sinha's work Like ''Jyon Mehendi Ko Rang'', a novel is adapted into a T.V Serial and short Story l "Dattak Pita" and autobiography on Vijayaraje scindia ''Rajpath se lok path par'' are made into feature films as ''Dattak'' and ''Ek thi Rani Aisi Bhi'' respectively. All her major literary works adapted in films and TV are by National awards winner film maker [[Gul Bahar Singh]].

===Translations into English===
* ''Flames of Desire''<ref name=G-books />

===Translations into Marathi===
* ''Anutapt Lankeshwari'', a translation by Rajashree Khandeparkar<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prudentmedia.in/general/author-governormridula-sinhas-book-translated-in-marathi.html# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151839/http://www.prudentmedia.in/general/author-governormridula-sinhas-book-translated-in-marathi.html# |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Honours==
* Sinha received an honorary doctorate by the [[Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University]] in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150715/jsp/bihar/story_31540.jsp#.VgWD1dLzrIU |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926031920/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150715/jsp/bihar/story_31540.jsp#.VgWD1dLzrIU#.VgWD1dLzrIU |archive-date=2015-09-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goainfomedia.com/bihar-university-to-confer-honarary-d-litt-on-smt-mridula-sinha/# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926021504/http://www.goainfomedia.com/bihar-university-to-confer-honarary-d-litt-on-smt-mridula-sinha/ |archive-date=26 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* She was conferred with Acharya Tulsi Kartritva Puraskar in 2017 by Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Mahila Mandal.

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