SINHA, SHRI SARANGDHAR, M.A., B.L., Cong., (Bihar- Patna—1957): S. of Shri Maharaj Kumar Ramdin Sinha; B. 1901; ed. at Muzaffarpur, Patna and Calcutta; Advocate; M.L.A. (Bihar), 1936-51; Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Revenue, Bihar, 1936-39; Was Chairman, Jail Reforms Committee, the Hindi Committee, the Harijan Committee, Higher Technological Education Committee, etc. of Bihar; President, Bihar Chamber of Commerce, 1950-51; Fellow of the Patna University, 1925-30 and again from 1947; Vice-Chancellor, Patna University, 1949; Represented Indian Universities at the Conference of the Association of the Universities of Commonwealth, New Zealand, 1950; Suffered imprisonment four times in connection with non-cooperation movement; Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952-57.

Travels abroad: U.K., Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.

Permanent address: 115-A, Exhibition Road, Patna.

[Voting results at the Election:

Electorate: 3,22,335

Shri Sarangdhar Sinha ..  75,618

Shri Ramavatar Shastri .. 66,936]