Biography of Satchidananda Sinha
In 2015, then US President Barack Obama came to India when he was presented with a copy of the first telegram sent from India to India. The wire was sent by Sachsenadan Sinha by the US State Secretary Dean Acheson. Dr Sinha was a famous jurist, journalist, educationist and politician. His personality was multidimensional. He is also called the father of modern Bihar. He was instrumental in the creation of the Indian Constitution and the establishment of a separate Bihar state from Bengal. When the Constituent Assembly was formed on December 9, 1946, he was made the interim president. Later, when the original copy of the constitution was prepared, unfortunately, his health had deteriorated. That copy of the Constitution was brought to Patna by special aircraft for his signature. On 14 February 1950, he called Dr Signed in presence of Rajendra Prasad. He was the last person to sign the original copy of the Constitution.
Unique personality
Dr Sinha was born on 10 November 1871 in Murar village. This village is now in Buxar. His father Bakshi Shiv Prasad Sinha was the Chief Tehsildar of Dumaranya Maharaj. Sachchidananda was extremely brilliant. On December 26, 1889, he left for London to study barrister, when he was only 18 years old. There he befriended the founders of 'Anjuman A-Islamia', Mazharul Haque and Ali Imam of Bihar. Sinha was also present in the meetings of Anjuman. Gandhiji was his classmate in England during his studies in a barrister. From England in 1893, Dr Sinha returned to India. In the same year, he started a barrister in the Calcutta High Court. In 1896, he moved to the Allahabad High Court. _ _ _ He met Justice Khudabkhsh Khan in Allahabad. Khan Saheb handed over the responsibility of his library to Sinha after the Hyderabad transfer. He was the secretary of Khudabakha Library from 1894 to 1898. In 1894, he also gave a memorandum to the Deputy Governor, Sir Charles Dalimer, to separate Bihar from the Bengal province. For this purpose, from 1894 onwards, he began to produce 'Bihar Times' in English. Till then all the English newspapers were occupied by the supporters of Bengal and they did not want the partition of Bengal. In 1906, Sinha changed the name of his newspaper 'Bihari'. In 1918, he collaborated with Syed Hasan Imam to bring out the English newspaper 'Searchlight'. In 1910, Dr Sinha was elected from the Bengal quota and Maulana Mazharul Haq from the Muslim quota in the Imperial Legislative Council defeating the four Maharajas. Sinha held this post from 1910 to 1920 and became a member and vice-chairman of the Central Council in 1921. In 1921, he was made Earth Secretary and Law Minister for five years. During this time he was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Patna University and held the post for eight years. He was a member of the Congress Party from 1899 to 1920 and was also elected a secretary at one time. He actively participated in the Home Rule Movement. But their main objective was to establish a separate Bihar state. The state of Bihar was established on 22 March 1912, with the efforts of him and some enlightened Biharis.
Saraswati worshipers
Dr Sachchidanand Sinha was married in 1894 to a Punjabi family in Lahore. His wife Radhika Devi came from a very well-educated and well-to-do family. Radhika Devi died on 30 July 1919. In 1924, in memory of his wife, he laid the foundation of Radhika Sinha Library and gave more than fifty thousand books to the library. It is one of the most prestigious libraries in the state. His residence, built-in 1924, now houses the Bihar School Education Board. In 1944, his book 'Eminent Bihar Contemporary' and 'Some Indian Eminent Contemporary' were published in two parts. In 1947, his second book 'Iqbal - The Poet and His Message' came out. On 6 March 1050, at the age of 79, Dr Sinha died.