Sachchidananda Sinha

 

Sachchidananda Sinha

·       Sachchidananda Sinha (10 November 1871 – 6 March 1950) was an Indian lawyer, parliamentarian, and journalist. He was the first President of the Indian Constitutional Assembly which drafted the Constitution of India.

·       He, along with Mahesh Narayan, is considered to be the main architects of the modern state of Bihar.

Role in India’s Independence Movement

·       Although Sinha was considered a moderate, he preferred to call himself a “constitutional nationalist” to signal his belief that Indians should adopt constitutional means to attain freedom. As such, he did not actively participate in the various movements of the freedom struggle.

Contribution to Constitution Making

·       Sinha was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Bihar on a Congress Party ticket. He served as interim President of the Assembly before Rajendra Prasad was formally appointed as President.

·       Although he did not actively participate in the debates, he submitted important memorandums on tribal issues in Bihar to the Tribal and Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (other than Assam) Sub-Committee and on the integration of Bihari territory with West Bengal to the President.

Later Contributions

·       Sinha passed away on 5th March, 1950, soon after the Constitution came into force.

Key Writings

·       Sinha was a prominent academic who published a number of papers and books, the most significant among them being Some Eminent Bihar Contemporaries, Some Eminent Indian Temporaries, Iqbal: The Poet and His Message, Dyarchy in Indian Provinces in Theory and Practice and Kashmir, “the Playground of Asia”.




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