SAHAYA, SHRI SYAMNANDAN, B.A., Cong. (Bihar—Muzaffarpur Central—1952): S. of Babu Jadunandan Sahaya; B. at Village Dhamar (Shahabad), January 1, 1900; ed. at G.B.B. College, Muzaffarpur, Bihar; m. Shrimati Draupadi Sahaya, 1917; 1 S.; Zamindar and Industrialist; Vice-Chairman, Muzaffarpur Municipality, 1925—30 and its Chairman for nearly 12 years; Supervised the relief arrangements in the wake of Bihar Earthquake in 1934; Member, Old Provincial Council of Bihar, 1930—37; Ex-Member, Bihar Legislative Council and Ex-M.L.A., Bihar; Served on the Bihar Supply Committee during the 2nd World War and Bihar Earthquake Committee, 1934; Ex-Chairman, Agricultural College Committee; Member, Constituent Assembly of India; Member, Famine Trust of India; Member, Delimitation Committee for Bihar; Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Bicycle Manufacturing and Industrial Corporation Ltd., Patna; Chairman, Associated Pigments Ltd., Lead and Lead Compound Ltd., Calcutta, Metropolitan Housing Society, Patna, Indian Coconite Products Ltd., and Indian White Lead Factory, Calcutta; Director, South Bihar Sugar Mills Ltd., Bihta (Bihar), Nalanda Airways Ltd., Patna and Star Textiles Ltd., Calcutta and local Director, Central Bank of India, Ltd., Patna; Chairman, Bihar State Co-operative Bank Ltd., Patna; President, Co-operative Congress, Jamshedpur; Member, Co-operative Enquiry Committee; Established a High School at village Baghi; Member, Board of Secondary Education, Bihar Government; Senator and Ex-Syndic, Patna University; One of the organisers, Provincial Hindi Sahitya Sammelan; Chairman, Reception Committee, All India Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Muzaffarpur; Vice-Chancellor, Bihar University; General Secretary, Bihar Landholders Association; President, Bihar Planters Association, and the Bihar Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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