Raja Radhika Raman Sinha: Difference between revisions

'''Raja Radhika Raman Prasad Sinha''' (1937–2008) was an Indian civil engineer and a writer of [[Hindi literature]].<ref name="Rao2004">{{cite book|author=D. S. Rao|title=Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India : a Short History of Sahitya Akademi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JDsBBDoMccC&pg=PA69|year=2004|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-2060-7|pages=69–}}</ref><ref name="Centre for Readership Development.....About Bihar">{{Cite web |url=http://www.crdindia.org/bihar.html |title=Centre for Readership Development.....About Bihar |date=2018-05-23 |website=www.crdindia.org |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> Born in [[Patna]], in the Indian state of [[Bihar]] on May 26, 1937 as the eldest son of Gorakh Prasad and Umraoti Devi couple,<ref name="Decoding Rig-Veda: For the Knowledge of Science">{{Cite web |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/decoding-rig-veda-radhika-raman-prasad-sinha/1113216125 |title=Decoding Rig-Veda: For the Knowledge of Science |author=Barnes & Noble|date=2018-05-23 |website=Barnes & Noble |language=en |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> Sinha was the author of several books which included ''The Gandhi Cap and Other Short Stories''<ref name="The Gandhi Cap and Other Short Stories by Raja Radhikaraman Prasad Singh">{{Cite web |url=http://mup.manipal.edu/the-gandhi-cap-and-other-short-stories-by-raja-radhikaraman-prasad-singh.html |title=The Gandhi Cap and Other Short Stories by Raja Radhikaraman Prasad Singh |date=2018-05-23 |website=mup.manipal.edu |language=en |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref><ref name="Raja Radhikaraman Prasad Sinha">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16879128.Raja_Radhikaraman_Prasad_Sinha |title=Raja Radhikaraman Prasad Sinha |date=2018-05-23 |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> and ''Decoding Rig-Veda: For the Knowledge of Science''.<ref name="Decoding Rig-Veda: For the Knowledge of Science" /> After his early education at [[St. Xavier's College, Ranchi]], he graduated in electrical engineering from [[Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri]] and started his career as a member of faculty at Patna Engineering College.<ref name="Decoding Rig-Veda: For the Knowledge of Science - About the author">{{Cite web |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/decoding-rig-veda-radhika-raman-prasad-sinha/1113216125 |title=Decoding Rig-Veda: For the Knowledge of Science - About the author |author=Barnes & Noble|date=2018-05-23 |website=Barnes & Noble |language=en |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> Later he joined the Bihar State Electricity Board where he spent the rest of his career before retiring in 1996 as the general manager of Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU). He was married to Vidya Sinha and the couple had two sons and a daughter. The [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1962.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref> The Government of Bihar has instituted an annual award, ''Raja Radhika Raman  Prasad Singh Prize'', in his honor.<ref name="Awards and Honours of Bihar">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/awards-and-honours-of-bihar-1481631895-1 |title=Awards and Honours of Bihar |date=2016-12-13 |website=Jagranjosh.com |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> He died on March 2, 2008, survived by his wife and children.<ref name="Decoding Rig-Veda: For the Knowledge of Science - About the author" />