Sarangdhar Sinha
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Sarangdhar Sinha | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1952–1957 | |
| Preceded by | constituency created |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Pataliputra |
| In office 1957–1962 | |
| Preceded by | constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Ram Dulari Sinha |
| Constituency | Patna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1899 |
| Died | 30 June 1982 (aged 83) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
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Sarangdhar Sinha (6 February 1899 – 30 June 1982) was an Indian legislator, parliamentarian and academic. He was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha (1952-1957), lower house of the Parliament of India from Pataliputra in Bihar.[1]
Sarangdhar belonged to a landowning family from Repura in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.[2] His father Maharajkumar Ramdin Singh had shifted to Patna in the 19th century, where he established the Khadga Vilas Press, also known as the K.V. Press. Rai Bahadur Ram Ranvijay Singh and Ramji Singh were his elder and younger brothers, respectively.
Sarangdhar received his education at Muzaffarpur & Patna. He was also a doctorate in English from Calcutta University. In 1930, he began to actively participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement. He played a pivotal part in the Salt Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement, as a result of which he was jailed by the British Government on four occasions.