Shri Krishna Singh, who
passed away on 31 January 1961, and
also known as Dr. S. K.
Sinha, Sri Babu and Bihar Kesari, was the first Chief Minister of the Indian
state of Bihar (1946–61). Except for the period of World War II, Sinha was
chief minister of Bihar from the time of the first Congress Ministry in 1937
until his death in 1961." Along with the nationalists Rajendra Prasad and
Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Singh is regarded among the Architects of Modern Bihar.
led the Dalit entry into the Baidyanath Dham temple (Vaidyanath Temple,
Deoghar), reflecting his commitment to the upliftment and social empowerment of
dalits. He was the first Chief Minister in the country to abolish the zamindari
system. He underwent different terms of imprisonment for a total of about eight
years in British India. S.K. Sinha's mass meetings brought hordes of people to
hear him. He was known as "Bihar Kesari" for his lionlike roars when
he rose to address the masses. His close friend and eminent gandhian Bihar
Vibhuti Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha in his essay mere Shri Babu wrote that,
"Since 1921, the History of Bihar has been the history of the life of Shri
Babu". The former President of India, Pratibha Patil,
released a book on the letters of exchange between Sinha and Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru titled Freedom and Beyond. The Nehru-Sinha correspondence
touches on subjects such as Indian democracy in the making in early years of
Independence, Centre-State relations, role of governor, turbulence in
Nepal, Zamindari abolition and education scenario. Sinha was known for his
scholarship and erudition and he had given his personal collection of 17,000
books to the public library in Munger in 1959 which is now named after him as
Sri Krishna Seva Sadan.
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