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{{short description|Indian politician}} | |||
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{{Infobox Indian politician | |||
| name = Satish Prasad Singh | |||
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| image = File:Satish Prasad Singh.jpeg | |||
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|1|1|df=yes}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Khagaria district|Korchakka Village, Khagaria]], [[Bihar]], [[British India]] | |||
| residence = | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|11|02|1936|1|1|df=yes}} | |||
| death_place = [[Saket (Delhi)|Saket]], [[Delhi]], [[India]] | |||
| death_cause = [[COVID-19]] | |||
| order = 6th | |||
| office = Chief Minister of Bihar | |||
| constituency = | |||
| term_start = 28 January 1968 | |||
| term_end = 1 February 1968 | |||
| predecessor = [[Mahamaya Prasad Sinha]] | |||
| successor = [[B. P. Mandal]] | |||
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]] | |||
| constituency1 = [[Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]], [[Bihar]] | |||
| term1 = 1980–1984 | |||
| predecessor1 = Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav | |||
| successor1 = Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma | |||
| office2 = Member of Legislative assembly of [[Bihar]] | |||
| constituency2 = | |||
| term_start2 = 1958 | |||
| predecessor2 = | |||
| successor2 = | |||
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] | |||
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| source = [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2111.htm] | |||
| termend2 = 1968 | |||
}} | |||
'''Satish Prasad Singh''' (1 January 1936 – 2 November 2020) was an Indian politician.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-02|title=Former Bihar CM Satish Prasad Singh passes away in Delhi|url=https://newsd.in/former-bihar-cm-satish-prasad-singh-passes-away-in-delhi/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Newsd.in|language=en-US}}</ref> He was the Chief Minister of Bihar for a very brief tenure of just five days in 1968. | |||
Singh | ==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".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rik-AAAAMAAJ&q=satish+prasad+singh+caste|title=Teaching Politics, Volume 6 - Volume 7, Issue 4|first=Delhi University|last= Political Science Association|publisher= Delhi University Political Science Association(Original from the University of Michigan) | |||
|year= 1981|accessdate=2020-06-22}} 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.</ref> | |||
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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khagaria constituency]] of [[Bihar]] in 1980 as a member of the Congress Party.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Bihar | title=States of India since 1947 | publisher=World Statesman | accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="Chaturvedi2007">{{cite book|author=Ritu Chaturvedi|title=Bihar Through the Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCnRzJwcqSQC&pg=PA280|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=2007|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-798-5|pages=280–}}</ref><ref name="Sharma1989">{{cite book|author=Bijender Kumar Sharma|title=Political Instability in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHMBgjfitvQC&pg=PA49|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-184-7|pages=49–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6kQAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=1982|page=819}}</ref> He was the first Chief Minister of Bihar who belonged to the [[Other Backward Class|other backward classes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/one-week-cm-holds-real-nayak-flag/cid/1340070|title=One-week CM holds real Nayak flag – Ex-chief minister with many firsts recalls wonder days|date=8 July 2015|work=Nalin Verma|publisher=Telegraph India|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref> | |||
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 [[Kushwaha]]s in the assembly tickets distribution.<ref name=law/> | |||
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.<ref name=Kala/> | |||
==Death== | |||
Singh died in Delhi from complications from COVID-19 on 2 November 2020, 5 days after his wife died from the same disease.<ref name=Kala>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Madan |title= Patna News: Bihar's shortest-serving CM Satish Prasad Singh dies of Covid-19 in Delhi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihars-shortest-serving-cm-satish-prasad-singh-dies-of-covid-19-in-delhi/articleshow/79004872.cms |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=2 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=law>{{Cite web|title='Three-days-chief minister' Satish Prasad Singh dies of COVID-19|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/three-days-chief-minister-satish-prasad-singh-dies-of-covid-19|author=Law Kumar Mishra|publisher=[[The Free Press Journal]]|accessdate=2 November 2020}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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{{s-bef|before=Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav}} | |||
{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament<br>for [[Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]] |years=1980–1984}} | |||
{{s-aft|after=Chandra Shekhar Prasad Verma}} | |||
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{{s-bef|before=[[Mahamaya Prasad Sinha]]}} | |||
{{s-ttl|title=[[List of chief ministers of Bihar|Chief minister of Bihar]] |years=28 January 1968 – 1 February 1968}} | |||
{{s-aft|after=[[B. P. Mandal]]}} | |||
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==External links== | |||
*[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2876.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website] | |||
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[[Category:2020 deaths]] | [[Category:2020 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Chief Ministers of Bihar]] | |||
[[Category:Finance Ministers of Bihar]] | |||
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]] | |||
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]] | |||
[[Category:People from Khagaria district]] | |||
[[Category:Chief ministers from Indian National Congress]] | |||
[[Category:Samyukta Socialist Party politicians]] | |||
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]] | [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]] | ||
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