Mahamaya Prasad Sinha
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Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | |
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| 5th Chief Minister of Bihar | |
| In office 5 March 1967 – 28 January 1968[1] | |
| Preceded by | K. B. Sahay |
| Succeeded by | Satish Prasad Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1977-1980 | |
| Preceded by | Ramavatar Shastri |
| Succeeded by | Ramavatar Shastri |
| Constituency | Patna, Bihar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1909 |
| Died | 1987 (aged 77–78) |
| Party | Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress, Jana Kranti Dal |
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Mahamaya Prasad Sinha (1 May 1909 – 1987) was an Indian politician. He was the fifth Chief Minister of Bihar from March 1967 to January 1968 which was the first non congress Government in Bihar. Sinha was a follower of Maharaja Kamakhya Narain Singh and Maharaj Kumar Basant Narain Singh and was a member of their political Jan Kranti Dal. He was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Patna constituency of Bihar in 1977. Before quitting Congress, he was among the four prominent leaders of Bihar unit during 1960s, the others being Krishna Ballabh Sahay, Satyendra Narayan Sinha and Binodanand Jha.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Mahamaya Prasad was born in 1909. He sprang from a very aristocratic Kayastha family of Siwan district in Bihar. His academic career was marked by brilliance and popularity. He was in the public gaze as an athlete.
