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Personal life and death

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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Sinha was born in a [[Koch people\|Koch]] family in ''Bhakatpara'' village of [[Chapar, Dhubri\|Chapar]] under [[Dhubri district]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Das \|first1=Samir Kumar \|title=Migrations, Identities and Democratic Practices in India \|date=2018 \|publisher=Taylor & Francis \|isbn=9781351175241 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mchHDwAAQBAJ&q=sarat+chandra+sinha+rajbanshi&pg=PT201 \|accessdate=1 May 2019 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=~~http~~://archive.org/details/KochRajbanshiAndKamatapurTheTruth.Unveiled2007\|title=Koch Rajbanshi And Kamatapur The Truth. Unveiled ( 2007)\|last=Capt. Nalini Ranjan Ray \|page=110 \|accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref> He belongs to a farmer family.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> Sinha started schooling from his village school.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> For secondary education, he attended a High school in [[Bilasipara]] known as indra narayan academy higher secondary school, some 25 km from his home, a distance what he covered daily on foot or by bicycle.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /><ref name="out" />		Sinha was born in a [[Koch people\|Koch]] family in ''Bhakatpara'' village of [[Chapar, Dhubri\|Chapar]] under [[Dhubri district]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Das \|first1=Samir Kumar \|title=Migrations, Identities and Democratic Practices in India \|date=2018 \|publisher=Taylor & Francis \|isbn=9781351175241 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mchHDwAAQBAJ&q=sarat+chandra+sinha+rajbanshi&pg=PT201 \|accessdate=1 May 2019 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/KochRajbanshiAndKamatapurTheTruth.Unveiled2007\|title=Koch Rajbanshi And Kamatapur The Truth. Unveiled ( 2007)\|last=Capt. Nalini Ranjan Ray \|page=110 \|accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref> He belongs to a farmer family.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> Sinha started schooling from his village school.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> For secondary education, he attended a High school in [[Bilasipara]] known as indra narayan academy higher secondary school, some 25 km from his home, a distance what he covered daily on foot or by bicycle.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /><ref name="out" />

	He received his bachelor's degree from the [[Cotton College, Guwahati]] and subsequently moved to [[Banaras Hindu University]] for law education.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> After getting a law degree, Singha came back to [[Guwahati]] and practised law for a short period and then switched to school teachings in different positions from assistant teacher to headmaster in [[Dhubri district]].<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /><ref name="out" />		He received his bachelor's degree from the [[Cotton College, Guwahati]] and subsequently moved to [[Banaras Hindu University]] for law education.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> After getting a law degree, Singha came back to [[Guwahati]] and practised law for a short period and then switched to school teachings in different positions from assistant teacher to headmaster in [[Dhubri district]].<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /><ref name="out" />

	==Political career==		==Political career==
	~~Sinha~~ entered politics in 1946<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> through [[Indian National Congress]] and elected to [[Assam]] [[state assembly]] four times from [[Bilasipara]] east [[constituency]] in 1946-52, 1962–67, 1972–78 and 1985-90.<ref name="SCR">[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec2608/edit3] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015095642/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec2608%2Fedit3 \|date=15 October 2009 }}</ref>		Singha entered politics in 1946<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> through [[Indian National Congress]] and elected to [[Assam]] [[state assembly]] four times from [[Bilasipara]] east [[constituency]] in 1946-52, 1962–67, 1972–78 and 1985-90.<ref name="SCR">[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec2608/edit3] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015095642/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec2608%2Fedit3 \|date=15 October 2009 }}</ref>

	He was first made an [[Chief Ministers of Assam\|interim Chief Minister]] in 1972 by [[Indira Gandhi]] and subsequently became an elected [[chief minister]] and served till 1978.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> He also served the [[Indian National Congress\|Congress Party]] in various positions and capacities like the general secretary, vice-president, and president. However, he later joined [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]] after the emergency era which was imposed by [[Indira Gandhi]] and became the national president of it in 1987.		He was first made an [[Chief Ministers of Assam\|interim Chief Minister]] in 1972 by [[Indira Gandhi]] and subsequently became an elected [[chief minister]] and served till 1978.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> He also served the [[Indian National Congress\|Congress Party]] in various positions and capacities like the general secretary, vice-president, and president. However, he later joined [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]] after the emergency era which was imposed by [[Indira Gandhi]] and became the national president of it in 1987.
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	==Personal life and death==		==Personal life and death==
	He died on 25 December 2005 at his [[Guwahati]] residence due to old age ailments.<ref name="out">{{cite web \|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=344241 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=18 November 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614062052/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=344241 \|archivedate=14 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/prelease/pcontent.asp?id=372/\|title=Obituary - Press Release, Prime Minister's Office\|website=Pmindia.nic.in\|accessdate=25 June 2017}}{{dead link\|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He had ~~two~~ sons and three daughters. His eldest son died before him.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1">{{cite news \|title=Sarat Chandra Sinha dead \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sarat-chandra-sinha-dead/344241 \|access-date=21 February 2021 \|publisher=Outlook \|date=25 December 2005}}</ref>		He died on 25 December 2005 at his [[Guwahati]] residence due to old age ailments.<ref name="out">{{cite web \|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=344241 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=18 November 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614062052/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=344241 \|archivedate=14 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/prelease/pcontent.asp?id=372/\|title=Obituary - Press Release, Prime Minister's Office\|website=Pmindia.nic.in\|accessdate=25 June 2017}}{{dead link\|date=May 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He had three sons and three daughters. His eldest son died before him.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1">{{cite news \|title=Sarat Chandra Sinha dead \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sarat-chandra-sinha-dead/344241 \|access-date=21 February 2021 \|publisher=Outlook \|date=25 December 2005}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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| office = 5th [[Chief Minister of Assam]]
| term_start = 31 January 1972
| term_end = 12 March 1978
| predecessor = [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry]]
| successor = [[Golap Borbora]]
| office2 = President, [[Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha]]
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| term_end2 = 1999
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| alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]]
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'''Sarat Chandra Singha''' (1 January 1914 – 25 December 2005) was an Indian politician and [[Chief Minister]] of [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937|website=Assamassembly.gov.in|accessdate=25 June 2017}}</ref> He was a leader of [[Indian National Congress]], [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]] and [[Nationalist Congress Party]].

He was known for his value-based politics, Singha belonged to a rare breed of [[politicians]] who sacrificed his life for the welfare of the downtrodden people of Indian society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sarat-chandra-sinha-dead/344241 |title=Sarat Chandra Sinha dead |website=Outlookindia.com |date= |accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref> A true [[Gandhian]], he never compromised with his principle what he preached and practised.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/polls-ahead-why-an-assam-cm-from-40-years-ago-is-relevant-again/ |title=Polls ahead, why an Assam CM from 40 years ago is relevant again |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=26 February 2016 |accessdate=26 June 2017}}</ref> His illustrious political life was a rare combination of honesty, simplicity and integrity.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} He was also a writer.<ref>http://www.indiatoday.in/story/the-agitation-is-over-it-is-dead-and-gone-sarat-chandra-sinha/1/371930.html</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sinha was born in a [[Koch people|Koch]] family in ''Bhakatpara'' village of [[Chapar, Dhubri|Chapar]] under [[Dhubri district]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Das |first1=Samir Kumar |title=Migrations, Identities and Democratic Practices in India |date=2018 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781351175241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mchHDwAAQBAJ&q=sarat+chandra+sinha+rajbanshi&pg=PT201 |accessdate=1 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/KochRajbanshiAndKamatapurTheTruth.Unveiled2007|title=Koch Rajbanshi And Kamatapur The Truth. Unveiled ( 2007)|last=Capt. Nalini Ranjan Ray |page=110 |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref> He belongs to a farmer family.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> Sinha started schooling from his village school.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> For secondary education, he attended a High school in [[Bilasipara]] known as indra narayan academy higher secondary school, some 25 km from his home, a distance what he covered daily on foot or by bicycle.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /><ref name="out" />

He received his bachelor's degree from the [[Cotton College, Guwahati]] and subsequently moved to [[Banaras Hindu University]] for law education.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> After getting a law degree, Singha came back to [[Guwahati]] and practised law for a short period and then switched to school teachings in different positions from assistant teacher to headmaster in [[Dhubri district]].<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /><ref name="out" />

==Political career==
Sinha entered politics in 1946<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> through [[Indian National Congress]] and elected to [[Assam]] [[state assembly]] four times from [[Bilasipara]] east [[constituency]] in 1946-52, 1962–67, 1972–78 and 1985-90.<ref name="SCR">[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec2608/edit3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015095642/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec2608%2Fedit3 |date=15 October 2009 }}</ref>

He was first made an [[Chief Ministers of Assam|interim Chief Minister]] in 1972 by [[Indira Gandhi]] and subsequently became an elected [[chief minister]] and served till 1978.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /> He also served the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] in various positions and capacities like the general secretary, vice-president, and president. However, he later joined [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]] after the emergency era which was imposed by [[Indira Gandhi]] and became the national president of it in 1987.

Sinha faced some challenging task in his tenure of chief minister-ship like shifting the state capital from [[Shillong]] to [[Dispur]], when [[Meghalaya]] was carved out of Assam along with [[Shillong]] and the language agitation in 1972, which rocked the state, a demand for the introduction of [[Assamese language|Assamese]] as the sole medium of instruction in Assam.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" />

He was instrumental in setting up the [[Gauhati Medical College and Hospital]] and [[Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited]].<ref name="SCR" /> He believed in decentralisation of power and introduced [[Panchayati Raj]] in the State for the welfare of the backward communities. He also sowed the seeds of the cooperative movement in Assam to boost State's economy.

When [[Sharad Pawar]] left the Congress to form the [[Nationalist Congress Party]], he joined him and led the party in [[Assam]] till his death.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jun11/spotlite.htm |title=tribuneindia...Spotlight |website=Tribuneindia.com |date=11 June 1999 |accessdate=25 June 2017}}</ref> A man of the masses, Sinha became a living legend during his lifetime. He was the most common man in an uncommon society.

He attended literary discussion at the age of 90, [[drama]] workshop, [[dharna]], hunger strike or trade union meeting.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1" />

==Personal life and death==
He died on 25 December 2005 at his [[Guwahati]] residence due to old age ailments.<ref name="out">{{cite web |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=344241 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=18 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614062052/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=344241 |archivedate=14 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/prelease/pcontent.asp?id=372/|title=Obituary - Press Release, Prime Minister's Office|website=Pmindia.nic.in|accessdate=25 June 2017}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He had two sons and three daughters. His eldest son died before him.<ref name="Sarat Chandra reference1">{{cite news |title=Sarat Chandra Sinha dead |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sarat-chandra-sinha-dead/344241 |access-date=21 February 2021 |publisher=Outlook |date=25 December 2005}}</ref>

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