Satya Narayan Sinha should not be confused with Satyendra Narayan Sinha.
| Satya Narayan Sinha | |
| Order: | 4th |
| Office: | Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Shyama Charan Shukla Prakash Chandra Sethi Kailash Chandra Joshi |
| Term Start: | 8 March 1971 |
| Term End: | 13 October 1977 |
| Predecessor: | K. Chengalaraya Reddy |
| Successor: | N. N. Wanchu |
| Office1: | Minister of Health |
| Primeminister1: | Indira Gandhi |
| Term Start1: | 14 November 1967 |
| Term End1: | 14 February 1969 |
| Predecessor1: | Sripati Chandrasekhar |
| Successor1: | Kodardas Kalidas Shah |
| Office2: | Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
| Term Start2: | September 1963 |
| Term End2: | June 1964 |
| Primeminister2: | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Predecessor2: | B. V. Keskar |
| Successor2: | Indira Gandhi |
| Office3: | 4th Leader of the Lok Sabha |
| Term Start3: | 24 January 1966 |
| Term End3: | 3 March 1967 |
| Predecessor3: | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| Successor3: | Indira Gandhi |
| Birth Date: | 1900 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Shambhupatti, Darbhanga district, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Samastipur district, Bihar, India) |
| Death Place: | Samastipur, Bihar, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Source: | https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1039.htm |
Satya Narayan Sinha (9 July 1900 – 26 July 1983) was an Indian National Congress politician who served as the memeber of Constituent Assembly and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. He was the first Leader of the House in Lok Sabha not to be a prime minister.
Satya Narayan Sinha was born in Sambhupatti Samastipur. He was elected to the Lower house of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha in 1952 from Samastipur East, 1957 and 1962 from Samastipur and in 1967 from Darbhanga in Bihar, India.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Sinha served as Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Communications from 1964 to 1967, and as Minister for Health, Family Planning and Urban Development from 1967 to 1971. He was appointed Governor of Madhya Pradesh in 1971, and served in this role until 1977.[5] He died on 26 July 1983, aged 83.[6]