death_date predecessor successor birth_place children blankname party office birth_date nickname term_start namedata article_title term_end name
31 january 1961 muhammad '' dr anugrah narayan sinha yunus '' post created '' '' position created '' deep narayan singh deep narayan singh governor 's rule '' '' post abolished '' khanwa , nawada , bihar two sons deputy cm indian national congress premier chief minister of bihar 2nd finance minister of bihar of bihar province member of constituent assembly 1st 21 october 1887 sri babu , bihar kesari 20 1957 july 1937 9 december 1946 1946 5 july dr anugrah narayan sinha krishna singh -lrb- politician -rrb-
 31 1961 october 1939 26 january 1950 1961 31 january sri krishna singh
krishna singh -lrb- politician -rrb-

sri krishna singh -lrb- 21 october 1887 -- 31 january 1961 -rrb- known as dr. s. k. singh , sri babu and bihar kesari was the first chief minister of the indian state of bihar -lrb- 1946 -- 61 -rrb- .
except for the period of world war ii , sinha was chief minister of bihar from the time of the first congress ministry in 1937 until his death in 1961 . ''
along with the nationalists dr. rajendra prasad and dr. anugrah narayan sinha , shri babu is regarded among the architects of modern bihar .
led the dalit entry into the baidyanath dham temple -lrb- vaidyanath temple , deoghar -rrb- , reflecting his commitment to the upliftment and social empowerment of dalits .
he was the first chief minister in the country to abolish the zamindari system .
he underwent different terms of imprisonment for a total of about eight years in british india .
s.k.sinha 's mass meetings brought hordes of people to hear him .
he was known as '' `` bihar kesari '' '' for his lionlike roars when he rose to address the masses .
his close friend and colleague dr. anugrah narayan sinha in his essay `` mere shri babu '' wrote that , '' `` since 1921 , the history of bihar has been the history of the life of shri babu '' '' .
the former president of india , pratibha patil , released a book on the letters of exchange between singh and prime minister jawaharlal nehru titled `` freedom and beyond '' .
the nehru-sinha correspondence touches on subjects such as indian democracy in the making in early years of independence , centre-state relations , role of governor , turbulence in nepal , zamindari abolition and education scenario .
sinha was known for his scholarship and erudition and he had given his personal collection of 17,000 books to the public library in munger in 1959 which is now named after him as `` sri krishna seva sadan '' .
