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| name-Nitish Kumar नितीश कुमार
| image = Nitish Kumar.jpg|Nitish Kumar addressing a rally
|imagesize = 250px
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|3|1|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Bakhtiarpur]], [[Patna district|Patna]]
| residence = [[1 Anne Marg]], [[Patna]]
|alma_mater = [[National Institute of Technology, Patna]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency =
|profession = [[Politician]] [[Social Worker]] [[Agriculturist]] [[Engineer]]
|nationality = [[India]]n
| party =[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| spouse = Late Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha
| children = Nishant Kumar (son)
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| signature =
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| website = http://cm.bih.nic.in
| footnotes =
| date = 18 June |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=277 Government of India


| order1= 29th, 31st and 32nd [[Chief Ministers of Bihar]]
| term_start3 = 26 November 2010
| predecessor1 = [[President's rule]]
| term_start2 = 24 November 2005
| term_end1 = 24 November 2010
| term_start1 = 3 March 2000
| term_end1 = 10 March 2000
| predecessor2 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| successor2 = [[-]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
| term_start3 = 20 March 2001
| term_end3 = 21 May 2004
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| term_start4 = 19 March 1998
| term_end4 = 5 August 1999
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| office5 = [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Minister of Agriculture]]
| term_start5 = 27 May 2000
| term_end5 = 21 July 2001
| predecessor5 =
| successor5 =
| term_start6 = 22 November 1999
| term_end6 = 3 March 2000
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 =
| office7 = [[Ministry of Surface Transport (India)|Minister of Surface Transport]]
| term_start7 = 13 Oct 1999
| term_end7 = 22 November 1999
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| successor7 =
| term_start8 = 14 April 1998
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'''Nitish Kumār''' ({{lang-hi|नितीश कुमार}} ''Nitīśa Kumāra''), (born 1 March 1951), is an Indian [[politician]] who was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|29th]] and [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|31st]] and is now the [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|32nd]] [[Chief Minister]] of Bihar, an eastern state of [[India]]. He leads the [[Janata Dal (United)]] party. As the Chief Minister, he has gained popularity by initiating a series of developmental and constructive activities including building of long-delayed bridges, re-laying roads that had ceased to exist, appointing over 100,000 school teachers, ensuring that doctors worked in primary health centers, and keeping crime in check. <ref name="sify1">{{cite news
|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfbn4Ebeibj&title=Nitish_Kumar_s_development_agenda_makes_waves_in_Bihar&?vsv=TopHP3
|title=Nitish Kumar's development agenda makes waves in Bihar
|date=2009-05-01|work=Lok Sabha Elections 2009
|publisher=Sify News
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>

==Early life and background==

Nitish Kumār was born in [[Bakhtiarpur]], Bihar to Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh and Parmeshwari Devi. His father was a freedom fighter and was close to the great [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhian]] ''Bihar Vibhuti'' [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], one of the founders of modern [[Bihar]]. His nickname is 'Munna'. <ref name="rediff1"> "Thousands of people had gathered on the streets since early morning as the news came that 'Munnaji' was coming home." {{cite news
|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/nov/25bpoll3.htm
|title=The town where Nitish is 'Munna'
|date=2005-11-25|work=India News
|publisher=Rediff News
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He is a [[teetotaler]], does not smoke, and is a frugal eater.<ref name="tehelka1">{{cite news|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main15.asp?filename=Ne120305Constant_Gardener.asp
|title=Constant Gardener’s turn in the sun
|last=Simha
|first=Vijay|date=2005-12-03|work=News|publisher=[[Tehelka]]
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>

He has a degree in [[Electrical Engineering]] from the [[Bihar College of Engineering]], now [[NIT Patna]]
. <ref>http://www.moneycontrol.com/biography/Nitish_Kumar/1061 Nitish's brief biography</ref>

==Political career==
Nitish Kumar belongs to a socialist class of politicians. His gurus were stalwarts of the Janata party like [[Ram Manohar Lohia]], [[Karpoori Thakur]], [[S N Sinha]] and [[V. P. Singh]].
===Early career===

Nitish Kumar participated in [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s movement between 1974 and 1977, and was close to [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]], a prominent leader of the time. He was first elected to the Bihar [[Legislative Assembly]] in 1985 as an independent candidate. In 1987, he became the President of the Yuva [[Lok Dal]]. In 1989, he became the [[Secretary-General]] of the [[Janata Dal]] in Bihar. He was also elected to the 9th [[Lok Sabha]] the same year.

During his term as [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]], he brought widespread reforms. <ref>[http://archive.thepeninsulaqatar.com/looks-&-more/120609.html]</ref>.

===Union Minister in Centre===

In 1989, Nitish Kumar was appointed as the Union [[Minister of State]] for Agriculture in the Cabinet of Prime Minister [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]. In 1991, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha and became General Secretary of the Janata Dal at the national level and the Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in the Parliament. He represented [[Barh]] parliamentary constituency in the [[Lok Sabha]] between 1989 and 2004.

He briefly served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Railways and Minister for Surface Transport and then as the Minister for Agriculture in 1998-99. In August 1999, he resigned following the [[Gaisal train disaster]].

Later that year, he rejoined the Union Cabinet as Minister for Agriculture. From 2001 to May 2004, he served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Railways in the [[NDA]] Government of [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections he contested elections from two constituencies, [[Barh]] and [[Nalanda]]. He was elected from Nalanda but lost from his traditional constituency, Barh. He was the leader of the [[Janata Dal (United)]] Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha.

==Chief Minister of Bihar==

===1st Term (March 3, 2000 - March 10, 2000)===
On March 3, 2000, Nitish Kumar was appointed the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]], but he resigned only seven days later.
===2nd Term (November 24th 2005 - November 24th 2010)===
In November 2005, he led the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] to victory in the 2005 [[Bihar]] assembly elections bringing an end to the 15-year rule of the [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]-led [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]. He was sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] on 24 November 2005. Under his government, Bihar developed an electronic version of the [[Right to Information Act]]. In addition, he launched the E-shakti [[NREGS]] program, by which rural people can get employment information by telephone. He is credited with improving infrastructure, and reducing crime, widely felt to be serious problems in the state.

Under his governance Bihar has had a record number of criminal prosecutions through fast track courts. His government initiated a mandatory weekly meeting with all [[Deputy Commissioner (India)|District Magistrate]]s to monitor progress at the grassroot level. His government has generated employment in police services and teaching. Bihar recorded record construction work during his five year mandate, surpassing the national average.

Nitish Kumar government also initiated bicycle and meal programs -- the government gave bicycles to girls who stayed in school -- which saw Bihar getting huge number of girls starting going to schools and fall in school drop out rates.<ref>http://www.economist.com/blogs/asiaview/2010/11/indias_poorest_state&fsrc=nwl</ref> Women and extremely backwards were given 50% reservation in electorals for the first time ever in India.

Health schemes were launched to improve village hospitals and the free medicine distribution system. Loan schemes for farmers were improved by involving national banks.

The state witnessed steep hike in [[GDP]] growth, the second highest in the country. Bihar was recorded as the highest tax payer state in Eastern India.

[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|Ex-President Kalam]] and Nitish Kumar initiated the [[Nalanda International University]] project, headed by the Prime Minister of India.

In 2010, Nitish Kumar's party swept back to power along with its ally [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Even though an ally of BJP , he kept [[Narendra Modi]] out of Bihar to prove that he is a true socialist who is anti - corruption and anti - communal. On 26 November 2010, Nitish Kumar took oath as a Chief Minister of Bihar. This is his second consecutive term as Chief Minister of Bihar.[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bihar-polls-jdubjp-combine-take-early-lead/135722-37-64.html?from=tn]
Bihar

===3rd Term (November 26th 2010 - Till Now)===
In a keenly fought contest, Nitish Kumar led JDU-BJP combine won with four-fifth majority. NDA won 206 seats while RJD won 22 seats. No party there has won enough seats to represent the opposition in the state assembly, which requires at least 25 seats to become eligible to represent the main opposition party.

For the first time electorates witnessed high turnout of women and young voters, while this election has been rated as the fairest Bihari election, with no bloodshed or poll violence.

==Personal life==

On February 22, 1973, Nitish Kumar married Manju Kumari Sinha, a teacher by profession. They have a son, Nishant, who is a graduate of [[Birla Institute of Technology|BIT]], [[Bit mesra|Mesra]].<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-bihar-son-rise-on-a-different-horizon/442546/</ref> His wife died in 2007 at the age of 53. He is credited with giving a new face to Bihar after the creation of [[Jharkhand]]. The kind of win his Government registered during 2010 Bihar Assembly is viewed among the biggest ever election win by anyone in Indian elections, where the almost entire opposition was wiped off. Many sections of media and political sections consider him as the best Chief Minister from India, able to bring success of governance in a state of turmoil, finishing caste, religion barrier and paving way for development. For his clean and Statesman like status he owns respect from his bitter opponents and all political parties inclduing congress whose many prominent leaders including chief Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister Chadambaram and congress Spokesman Ambika Soni, credited Nitish Kumar's clean, pro-citizen development oriented governance. It is a status which at current only Nitish Kumar enjoys, something a rare feet in Indian politics where someone achieves respect and appreciation from opposition along-with landslide public support from all sections of Soceity.

==Awards and recognition==

* [[NDTV]] [[Indian of the year]] - [[Politics]], [[2009]]<ref>http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1204670</ref>
* [[CNN-IBN]] [[Indian of the year]] - [[Politics]], [[2008]]<ref>http://www.indianoftheyear.com/politics.php</ref><ref>http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ioty-politics-winner-nitish-kumar/83685-3.html Indian Of The Year-politics winner nitish kumar</ref>

* The Best [[Chief Minister]],<ref>http://ibnlive.in.com/features/rday/stateofthenation/cm.php</ref> according to the [[CNN]]-[[IBN]] and [[Hindustan Times|HT]] State of the Nation Poll 2007.

* [[Economics-Times "Business reformer of the Year 2009"]] <ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4931000.cms </ref>,.

* 'Polio Eradication Championship Award' 2009, by Rotary Internationals. 3rd Indian to get this award.

==Positions Held==

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
! Period
! Positions
! Note
|-
|1977
|Contested first assembly elections on a [[Janata Party]] ticket.
|-
|1985-89
|Member, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|First term in [[Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|1986-87
|Member, Committee on Petitions, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|
|-
|1987-88
|President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar.
|
|-
|1987-89
|Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|
|-
|1989
|Secretary-General, [[Janata Dal]], [[Bihar]].
|
|-
|1989
|Elected to [[9th Lok Sabha]].
|First term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1989-16/7/1990
|Member, House Committee.
|Resigned
|-
|4/1990-11/1990
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Minister of State, Agriculture]] and Co-operation.
|
|-
|1991
|Re-elected to [[10th Lok Sabha]].
|2nd term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1991-93
|General-Secretary, Janata Dal. Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament.
|
|-
|17/12/91-10/5/96
|Member, Railway Convention Committee.
|
|-
|8/4/93-10/5/96
|Chairman, Committee on Agriculture.
|
|-
|1996
|Re-elected to [[11th Lok Sabha]]. Member, Committee on Estimates. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996).
|3rd term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1996-98
|Member, Committee on Defence.
|
|-
|1998
|Re-elected to [[12th Lok Sabha]].
|4th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|19/3/98-5/8/99
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Railways]].
|
|-
|14/4/98-5/8/99
|Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (additional charge).
|
|-
|1999
|Re-elected to [[13th Lok Sabha]].
|5th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|13/10/99-22/11/99
|Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport.
|
|-
|22/11/99-3/3/00
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]].
|
|-
|3/3/00-10/3/00
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 29th [[Chief Minister of Bihar]], only for 7 days
|-
|27/5/00-20/3/01
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]].
|
|-
|20/3/01-21/7/01
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]] with additional charge of [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railways]].
|
|-
|22/7/01-21/5/04
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Railways]]
|
|-
|2004
|Re-elected to [[14th Lok Sabha]]. Member, Committee on Coal & Steel. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Committee of Privileges. Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.
|6th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|From 24/11/2005 - 24/11/2010
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 31st [[Chief Minister of Bihar]],
|-
|From 26/11/2010 - Till Date
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 32nd [[Chief Minister of Bihar]]
|}

==See also==
1. [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar]]

==References==

{{reflist}}
[[ 1. sarva siksha matri bhasama]].

[[ 2. Matako dudh sisulai siksha matri bhasama,prabhav parchha sristilai prakashko gatima]].

[[ 3. Sarva siksha matri bhasama nadinu sukshma gatima das banaunu]].

[[ 4. Sarva siksha matri bhasa me nadena sukshma agatime se das nanana]].

[[ 5. sodharthilai sodh patra matri bhasama bujhauna anumati dinu parchha]].

==External links==

* [http://gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/NitishKumar.htm Biography on Bihar Govt. web site]
* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=277 Biography on website of Lok Sabha]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=20500 Vice-President CONDOLES THE DEATH OF SATYENDRA NARAYAN SINHA]
*[http://www.patnadaily.com/news2009/june/061809/anugrah_babu_remembered.html Bihar CM paid homage to Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha]

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'''Nitish Kumār''' ({{lang-hi|नितीश कुमार}}) or '''Nitīśa Kumāra''', (born 1 March 1951), is the 29th and 31st [[Chief Minister]] of Bihar, an Eastern state in [[India]]. He is an [[India]]n [[politician]] who leads his party, [[Janata Dal (United)]]. As the Chief Minister, he has gained popularity by building long-delayed bridges, re-laying roads that had ceased to exist, appointing over 100,000 school teachers, ensuring that doctors worked in primary health centers, and keeping crime in check. <ref name="sify1">{{cite news
|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfbn4Ebeibj&title=Nitish_Kumar_s_development_agenda_makes_waves_in_Bihar&?vsv=TopHP3
|title=Nitish Kumar's development agenda makes waves in Bihar
|date=2009-05-01|work=Lok Sabha Elections 2009
|publisher=Sify News
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>

==Early life and background==

Nitish Kumār was born in [[Bakhtiarpur]], Bihar to Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh and Parmeshwari Devi. His father was a freedom fighter and was close to the great [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhian]] ''Bihar Vibhuti'' [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], one of the founders of modern [[Bihar]]. His nickname is 'Munna'. <ref name="rediff1"> "Thousands of people had gathered on the streets since early morning as the news came that 'Munnaji' was coming home." {{cite news
|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/nov/25bpoll3.htm
|title=The town where Nitish is 'Munna'
|date=2005-11-25|work=India News
|publisher=Rediff News
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He is a [[teetotaler]], doesn’t smoke, and is a frugal eater.<ref name="tehelka1">{{cite news|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main15.asp?filename=Ne120305Constant_Gardener.asp
|title=Constant Gardener’s turn in the sun
|last=Simha
|first=Vijay|date=2005-12-03|work=News|publisher=[[Tehelka]]
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He has a degree in [[Electrical Engineering]] from the [[Bihar College of Engineering]], now [[NIT Patna]]. <ref>http://www.moneycontrol.com/biography/Nitish_Kumar/1061 Nitish's brief biography</ref>

==Political career==

===Early career===

Nitish Kumar participated in [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s movement between 1974 and 1977, and was close to [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]], a prominent leader of the time. He was first elected to the Bihar [[Legislative Assembly]] in 1985 as an independent candidate. In 1987, he became the President of the Yuva [[Lok Dal]]. In 1989, he became the [[Secretary-General]] of the [[Janata Dal]] in Bihar. He was also elected to the 9th [[Lok Sabha]] the same year.

During Minister of Railways, he made a lot of reforms in Railways <ref>[http://archive.thepeninsulaqatar.com/looks-&-more/120609.html]</ref>. As a result of his reforms the fruits were subsequently enjoyed by incoming Railway ministers like Lalu.

===Union Minister in Centre===

In 1989, Nitish Kumar was appointed as the Union [[Minister of State]] for Agriculture in the Cabinet of Prime Minister [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]. In 1991, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha and became General Secretary of the Janata Dal at the national level and the Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in the Parliament. He represented Barh parliamentary constituency (Bihar) in the Lok Sabha between 1989 and 2004.

He briefly served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Railways and Minister for Surface Transport and then as the Minister for Agriculture in 1998-99. In August 1999, he resigned following the railway accident at [[Gaisal]] in North East India.

Later that year, he rejoined the Union Cabinet as Minister for Agriculture. From 2001 to May 2004, he served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Railways in the [[NDA]] Government of [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections he contested elections from two constituencies, [[Barh]] and [[Nalanda]]. He was elected from Nalanda but lost from his traditional constituency, Barh. He was the leader of the [[Janata Dal (United)]] Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha.

===Chief Minister of Bihar===

In 2000, Nitish Kumar was appointed the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] but had to resign 7 days later (March 3, 2000 – March 10, 2000). In November 2005, he led the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] to victory in the 2005 [[Bihar]] assembly elections bringing an end to the 15-year rule of the [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]-led [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]. He was sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] on 24 November 2005. Under his regime Bihar developed electronic version of RTI Act. In addition to that he also launched the e-shakti, a system by which the rural people can get information through telephone on the jobs available at their location under NREGS. In 2010, Nitish Kumar's party swept back to power along with its ally BJP. As of November 24, 2010, Nitish Kumar is the presumptive candidate for the post of the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]].[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bihar-polls-jdubjp-combine-take-early-lead/135722-37-64.html?from=tn]

==Personal life==

On February 22, 1973, Nitish Kumar married Manju Kumari Sinha, a teacher by profession. They have a son, Nishant, who is a graduate of [[Birla Institute of Technology|BIT]], [[Bit mesra|Mesra]].<ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-bihar-son-rise-on-a-different-horizon/442546/</ref> His wife died in 2007 at the age of 53. He is credited with giving a new face to Bihar after the creation of [[Jharkhand]].

==Awards and recognition==

* [[NDTV]] [[Indian of the year]] - [[Politics]], [[2009]]<ref>http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1204670</ref>
* [[CNN-IBN]] [[Indian of the year]] - [[Politics]], [[2008]]<ref>http://www.indianoftheyear.com/politics.php</ref><ref>http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ioty-politics-winner-nitish-kumar/83685-3.html Indian Of The Year-politics winner nitish kumar</ref>

* The Best [[Chief Minister]],<ref>http://ibnlive.in.com/features/rday/stateofthenation/cm.php</ref> according to the [[CNN]]-[[IBN]] and [[Hindustan Times|HT]] State of the Nation Poll 2007.

* [[Economics-Times "Business reformer of the Year 2009"]] <ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4931000.cms </ref>,.

* 'Polio Eradication Championship Award' 2009, by Rotary Internationals. 3rd Indian to get this award.

==Positions Held==

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
! Period
! Positions
! Note
|-
|1977
|Contested first assembly elections on a [[Janata Party]] ticket.
|-
|1985-89
|Member, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|First term in [[Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|1986-87
|Member, Committee on Petitions, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|
|-
|1987-88
|President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar.
|
|-
|1987-89
|Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|
|-
|1989
|Secretary-General, [[Janata Dal]], [[Bihar]].
|
|-
|1989
|Elected to [[9th Lok Sabha]].
|First term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1989-16/7/1990
|Member, House Committee.
|Resigned
|-
|4/1990-11/1990
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Minister of State, Agriculture]] and Co-operation.
|
|-
|1991
|Re-elected to [[10th Lok Sabha]].
|2nd term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1991-93
|General-Secretary, Janata Dal. Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament.
|
|-
|17/12/91-10/5/96
|Member, Railway Convention Committee.
|
|-
|8/4/93-10/5/96
|Chairman, Committee on Agriculture.
|
|-
|1996
|Re-elected to [[11th Lok Sabha]]. Member, Committee on Estimates. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996).
|3rd term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1996-98
|Member, Committee on Defence.
|
|-
|1998
|Re-elected to [[12th Lok Sabha]].
|4th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|19/3/98-5/8/99
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Railways]].
|
|-
|14/4/98-5/8/99
|Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (additional charge).
|
|-
|1999
|Re-elected to [[13th Lok Sabha]].
|5th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|13/10/99-22/11/99
|Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport.
|
|-
|22/11/99-3/3/00
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]].
|
|-
|3/3/00-10/3/00
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 29th [[Chief Minister of Bihar]], only for 7 days
|-
|27/5/00-20/3/01
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]].
|
|-
|20/3/01-21/7/01
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]] with additional charge of [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railways]].
|
|-
|22/7/01-21/5/04
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Railways]]
|
|-
|2004
|Re-elected to [[14th Lok Sabha]]. Member, Committee on Coal & Steel. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Committee of Privileges. Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.
|6th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|From 24/11/2005
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 31st [[Chief Minister of Bihar]],
|}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

* [http://english.samaylive.com/tag/nitish-kumar Latest news on Nitish Kumar]
* [http://www.youbihar.com/group/nitishkumarfabclub Nitish Kumar Fan Club]
* [http://gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/NitishKumar.htm Biography on Bihar Govt. web site]
* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=277 Biography on website of Lok Sabha]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=20500 Vice-President CONDOLES THE DEATH OF SATYENDRA NARAYAN SINHA]
*[http://news.oneindia.in/2006/09/04/pm-leads-nation-in-mourning-death-of-former-bihar-cm-sinha-1157526154.html Prime Minister & Bihar Chief Minister leads nation in mourning death of S. N. Sinha]
*[http://www.patnadaily.com/news2009/june/061809/anugrah_babu_remembered.html Bihar CM paid homage to Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha]

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[[bh:नीतिश कुमार]]
[[hi:नितीश कुमार]]
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George Uglow Pope

2009-08-17T02:30:09Z

Logicwiki: added pic

{{Protestant missions to India}}
[[File:Statue_of_G_U_Pope.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Statue of G U Pope in [[Chennai]]]]
'''George Uglow Pope''' (1820 - 1908) popularly known as '''Rev. G.U. Pope''' or '''G.U. Pope''' was a [[Christian]] [[missionary]] who spent many years in [[Tamil Nadu]] and translated many [[Tamil language|Tamil]] texts into [[English language|English]]. His popular translations include [[Tirukkural]] and [[Tiruvachagam]]. His efforts were recognized by the [[Royal Asiatic Society]] in the form of a gold medal. He was the head of the [[Bishop Cotton Boys School]], [[Bangalore]] before returning to Oxford.

George Uglow Pope was born on 24 April 1820 in [[Prince Edward Island]] in [[Nova Scotia]]. His family migrated to [[England]] when he was an infant. He left for South [[India]] in 1839 and arrived at [[Sawyerpuram]] near [[Tuticorin]]. Pope turned into a scholar of Tamil, Sanskrit and Telugu. He set up several schools and taught Latin, English, Hebrew, Mathematics and Philosophy.

He completed his translation of ''Tirukkural'' on September 1, 1886. His ''Sacred Kural'' contains introduction, grammar, translation, notes, lexicon and concordance. It also includes the English translation of F. W. Ellis and the Latin Translation of [[Constanzo Beschi]] with 436 pages. He had, by February 1893, translated ''Naaladiyaar''.

His magnum opus, the translation of ''Tiruvachakam'' appeared in 1900. Of this he said: "I date this on my eightieth birthday. I find, by reference, that my first Tamil lesson was in 1837. This ends, as I suppose a long life of devotion to Tamil studies. It is not without deep emotion that I thus bring to a close my life's literary work".

The much coveted Gold Medal of the [[Royal Asiatic Society]] was awarded to him in 1906. He died on 12 February 1908. He delivered his last sermon on May 26, 1907.

==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/thiruvasakam_in_symphony/gupope.html Info on G U Pope]
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/india/pope_aggression1853/ The Lutheran Aggression: A Letter to the Tranquebar Missionaries], by G.U. Pope (1853)

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[[ta:ஜி. யு. போப்]]

Nitish Kumar

2009-07-15T12:28:49Z

Logicwiki: Revert to revision 300264223 dated 2009-07-04 17:45:33 by 203.91.135.100 using popups

{{Infobox_Indian_politician
| name-nitish singh
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|3|1|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Bakhtiarpur]], [[Patna district|Patna]]
| residence = [[1 Anne Marg]], [[Patna]]
|alma_mater = [[National Institute of Technology, Patna|NIT, Patna]] ''formally ''[[Bihar College of Engineering|BCE]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency =
|occupation = Politica & Social Worker
|profession = [[Engineer]] & [[Agriculturist]]
|nationality = [[India]]n
| party =[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| spouse = Late Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha
| children = Nishant Kumar (son)
| signature =
| Awards =
| website = http://cm.bih.nic.in
| footnotes =
| date = 18 June |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=277 Government of India


| order1= 29th and 31st [[Chief Ministers of Bihar]]
| term_start1 = 24 November 2005
| predecessor1 = [[President's rule]]
| term_start2 = 3 march 2000
| term_end2 = 10 March 2000
| predecessor2 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| successor2 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
| term_start3 = 20 March 2001
| term_end3 = 21 May 2004
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| term_start4 = 19 March 1998
| term_end4 = 5 August 1999
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| office5 = [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Minister of Agriculture]]
| term_start5 = 27 May 2000
| term_end5 = 21 July 2001
| predecessor5 =
| successor5 =
| term_start6 = 22 November 1999
| term_end6 = 3 March 2000
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 =
| office7 = [[Ministry of Surface Transport (India)|Minister of Surface Transport]]
| term_start7 = 13 Oct 1999
| term_end7 = 22 November 1999
| predecessor7 =
| successor7 =
| term_start8 = 14 April 1998
| term_end8 = 5 August 1999
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| successor8 =
}}
'''Nitish Kumār''' ({{lang-hi|नितीश कुमार}}) or '''Nitīś Kumār''', (born [[1 March]] [[1951]]), is the [[Chief Minister]] of Bihar - an eastern state of [[India]]. He is an [[India]]n [[politician]] who leads his party, [[Janata Dal (United)]]. As the Chief Minister he has gained popularity by building long-delayed bridges, re-laying roads that had ceased to exist, appointing over 100,000 school teachers, ensuring that doctors worked in primary health centers, and keeping crime in check.<ref name="sify1">{{cite news
|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfbn4Ebeibj&title=Nitish_Kumar_s_development_agenda_makes_waves_in_Bihar&?vsv=TopHP3
|title=Nitish Kumar's development agenda makes waves in Bihar
|date=2009-05-01|work=Lok Sabha Elections 2009
|publisher=Sify News
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Nitish Kumār was born in [[Bakhtiarpur]], Bihar to Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh and Parmeshwari Devi. His father was a freedom fighter and was close to the great [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhian]] ''Bihar Bibhuti'' [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], one of the founders of modern [[Bihar]]. His nickname is 'Munna'.<ref name="rediff1">"Thousands of people had gathered on the streets since early morning as the news came that 'Munnaji' was coming home." {{cite news
|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/nov/25bpoll3.htm
|title=The town where Nitish is 'Munna'
|date=2005-11-25|work=India News
|publisher=Rediff News
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He is a [[teetotaler]], doesn’t smoke, and is a frugal eater. <ref name="tehelka1">{{cite news|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main15.asp?filename=Ne120305Constant_Gardener.asp
|title=Constant Gardener’s turn in the sun
|last=Simha
|first=Vijay|date=2005-12-03|work=News|publisher=[[Tehelka]]
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He has a degree in [[Electrical Engineering]] from the [[Bihar College of Engineering]], now [[NIT Patna]].<ref>http://www.moneycontrol.com/biography/Nitish_Kumar/1061 Nitish's brief biography </ref>

== Political career ==

===Early career===
Nitish Kumar took part in [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s movement between 1974 and 1977, and was close, among others, to [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]], a prominent leader of the time. He was first elected to the Bihar [[Legislative Assembly]] in 1985. In 1987, he became the President of the Yuva [[Lok Dal]]. In 1989, he became the [[Secretary-General]] of the [[Janata Dal]] in Bihar. He was also elected to the 9th [[Lok Sabha]] the same year.

===Union Minister in Center===
In 1989, Nitish Kumar was appointed as the Union [[Minister of State]] for Agriculture in the Cabinet of Prime Minister [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]. In 1991, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha and became General Secretary of the Janata Dal at the national level and the Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in the Parliament. He represented Barh parliamentary constituency (Bihar) in the Lok Sabha between 1989 and 2004.

He briefly served as the Union Cabinet as Minister for Railways and Minister for Surface Transport and then as the Minister for Agriculture in 1998-99. In August 1999, he resigned following the railway accident at [[Gaisal]] in North East India.

Later that year, he rejoined the Union Cabinet as Minister for Agriculture. From 2001 to May 2004, he served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Railways in the [[NDA]] Government of [[Atal Behari Vajpayee]]. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, he contested elections from two constituencies, [[Barh]] and [[Nalanda]]. He was elected from Nalanda but lost from his traditional constituency, Barh. He was the leader of the [[Janata Dal (United)]] Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha.He has created Kurmi, Koiri and Bhumihar combination against Laalu's MY.

===Chief Minister of Bihar===
In 2000, Nitish Kumar was appointed the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] but had to resign 7 days later ([[March 3]], [[2000]] – [[March 10]], [[2000]]). In November 2005, he led the [[National Democratic Alliance]] to victory in the 2005 [[Bihar]] [[assembly elections]] bringing an end to the 15-year rule of the [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]-led [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]. He was sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] on [[24 November]] [[2005]].

==Personal life==
On [[February 22]], [[1973]], Nitish Kumar married Manju Kumari Sinha, a teacher by profession. They have a son, Nishant, now a student of engineering at [[Birla Institute of Technology|BIT]], [[Bit mesra|Mesra]].<ref name="tehelka1" /> His wife passed away in 2007 at the age of 53. His wife was not with him during last time because of his relation with sister of his party MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh@ Lalan Singh. Smt Rabadi Devi has tried to utilise this issue during election compaign also but it didnot worked
|work=Cities: Patna
|publisher=[[The Times of India]]
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>

==Awards and Recognition==
* [[Indian of the year]] - [[Politics]], [[2008]]<ref>http://www.indianoftheyear.com/politics.php</ref><ref>http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ioty-politics-winner-nitish-kumar/83685-3.html Indian Of The Year-politics winner nitish kumar</ref>

* The Best [[Chief Minister]]. <ref>http://ibnlive.in.com/features/rday/stateofthenation/cm.php</ref>, according to the [[CNN]]-[[IBN]] and [[Hindustan Times|HT]] State of the Nation Poll 2007.

==Positions Held==
{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
! Period
! Positions
! Note
|-
|1985-89
|Member, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|First term in [[Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|1986-87
|Member, Committee on Petitions, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|
|-
|1987-88
|President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar.
|
|-
|1987-89
|Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|
|-
|1989
|Secretary-General, [[Janata Dal]], [[Bihar]].
|
|-
|1989
|Elected to [[9th Lok Sabha]].
|First term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1989-16/7/1990
|Member, House Committee.
|Resigned
|-
|4/1990-11/1990
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Minister of State, Agriculture]] and Co-operation.
|
|-
|1991
|Re-elected to [[10th Lok Sabha]].
|2nd term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1991-93
|General-Secretary, Janata Dal. Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament.
|
|-
|17/12/91-10/5/96
|Member, Railway Convention Committee.
|
|-
|8/4/93-10/5/96
|Chairman, Committee on Agriculture.
|
|-
|1996
|Re-elected to [[11th Lok Sabha]]. Member, Committee on Estimates. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996).
|3rd term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1996-98
|Member, Committee on Defence.
|
|-
|1998
|Re-elected to [[12th Lok Sabha]].
|4th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|19/3/98-5/8/99
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Railways]].
|
|-
|14/4/98-5/8/99
|Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (additional charge).
|
|-
|1999
|Re-elected to [[13th Lok Sabha]].
|5th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|13/10/99-22/11/99
|Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport.
|
|-
|22/11/99-3/3/00
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]].
|
|-
|3/3/00-10/3/00
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 29th [[Chief Minister of Bihar]], only for 7 days
|-
|27/5/00-20/3/01
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]].
|
|-
|20/3/01-21/7/01
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]] with additional charge of [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railways]].
|
|-
|22/7/01-21/5/04
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Railways]]
|
|-
|2004
|Re-elected to [[14th Lok Sabha]]. Member, Committee on Coal & Steel. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Committee of Privileges. Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.
|6th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|From 24/11/2005
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 31st [[Chief Minister of Bihar]],
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://jaibihar.com/index.php?s=Nitish+Kumar Latest news on Nitish Kumar]
* [http://gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/NitishKumar.htm Biography on Bihar Govt. web site]
* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=277 Biography on website of Lok Sabha]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=20500 Vice-President CONDOLES THE DEATH OF SATYENDRA NARAYAN SINHA]
*[http://news.oneindia.in/2006/09/04/pm-leads-nation-in-mourning-death-of-former-bihar-cm-sinha-1157526154.html Prime Minister & Bihar Chief Minister leads nation in mourning death of S. N. Sinha]
*[http://www.patnadaily.com/news2009/june/061809/anugrah_babu_remembered.html Bihar CM paid homage to Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nitish, Kumar}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Chief Ministers of Bihar]]
[[Category:Chief ministers of Indian states]]
[[Category:Janata Dal (United)]]
[[Category:People from Bihar]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs]]
[[Category:Finance Ministers of Bihar]]
[[Category:Railway Ministers of India]]
[[hi:नितिश कुमार]]
[[ta:நிதிஷ் குமார்]]
[[ur:نیتیش کمار]]

Nitish Kumar

2009-06-21T18:45:06Z

Logicwiki: Quick-adding category Railway Ministers of India (using HotCat)

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| residence = [[1 Anne Marg]], [[Patna]]
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| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency =
|occupation = Politica & Social Worker
|profession = [[Engineer]] & [[Agriculturist]]
|nationality = [[India]]n
| party =[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| spouse = Late Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha
| children = Nishant Kumar (son)
| signature =
| Awards =
| website = http://cm.bih.nic.in
| footnotes =
| date = 18 June |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=277 Government of India


| order1= 29th and 31st [[Chief Ministers of Bihar]]
| term_start1 = 24 November 2005
| predecessor1 = [[President's rule]]
| term_start2 = 3 march 2000
| term_end2 = 10 March 2000
| predecessor2 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| successor2 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
| term_start3 = 20 March 2001
| term_end3 = 21 May 2004
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| term_start4 = 19 March 1998
| term_end4 = 5 August 1999
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| office5 = [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Minister of Agriculture]]
| term_start5 = 27 May 2000
| term_end5 = 21 July 2001
| predecessor5 =
| successor5 =
| term_start6 = 22 November 1999
| term_end6 = 3 March 2000
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 =
| office7 = [[Ministry of Surface Transport (India)|Minister of Surface Transport]]
| term_start7 = 13 Oct 1999
| term_end7 = 22 November 1999
| predecessor7 =
| successor7 =
| term_start8 = 14 April 1998
| term_end8 = 5 August 1999
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| successor8 =
}}
'''Nitish Kumār''' ({{lang-hi|नितीश कुमार}}) or '''Nitīś Kumār''', (born [[1 March]] [[1951]]), is the [[Chief Minister]] of Bihar - an eastern state of [[India]]. He is an [[India]]n [[politician]] who leads his party, [[Janata Dal (United)]]. As the Chief Minister he has gained popularity by building long-delayed bridges, re-laying roads that had ceased to exist, appointing over 100,000 school teachers, ensuring that doctors worked in primary health centers, and keeping crime in check.<ref name="sify1">{{cite news
|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfbn4Ebeibj&title=Nitish_Kumar_s_development_agenda_makes_waves_in_Bihar&?vsv=TopHP3
|title=Nitish Kumar's development agenda makes waves in Bihar
|date=2009-05-01|work=Lok Sabha Elections 2009
|publisher=Sify News
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Nitish Kumār was born in [[Bakhtiarpur]], Bihar to Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh and Parmeshwari Devi. His father was a freedom fighter and was close to the great [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhian]] ''Bihar Bibhuti'' [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], one of the founders of modern [[Bihar]]. His nickname is 'Munna'.<ref name="rediff1">"Thousands of people had gathered on the streets since early morning as the news came that 'Munnaji' was coming home." {{cite news
|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/nov/25bpoll3.htm
|title=The town where Nitish is 'Munna'
|date=2005-11-25|work=India News
|publisher=Rediff News
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He is a [[teetotaler]], doesn’t smoke, and is a frugal eater. <ref name="tehelka1">{{cite news|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main15.asp?filename=Ne120305Constant_Gardener.asp
|title=Constant Gardener’s turn in the sun
|last=Simha
|first=Vijay|date=2005-12-03|work=News|publisher=[[Tehelka]]
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref> He has a degree in [[Electrical Engineering]] from the [[Bihar College of Engineering]], now [[NIT Patna]].<ref>http://www.moneycontrol.com/biography/Nitish_Kumar/1061 Nitish's brief biography </ref>

== Political career ==

===Early career===
Nitish Kumar took part in [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]'s movement between 1974 and 1977, and was close, among others, to [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]], a prominent leader of the time. He was first elected to the Bihar [[Legislative Assembly]] in 1985. In 1987, he became the President of the Yuva [[Lok Dal]]. In 1989, he became the [[Secretary-General]] of the [[Janata Dal]] in Bihar. He was also elected to the 9th [[Lok Sabha]] the same year.

===Union Minister in Center===
In 1989, Nitish Kumar was appointed as the Union [[Minister of State]] for Agriculture in the Cabinet of Prime Minister [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]. In 1991, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha and became General Secretary of the Janata Dal at the national level and the Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in the Parliament. He represented Barh parliamentary constituency (Bihar) in the Lok Sabha between 1989 and 2004.

He briefly served as the Union Cabinet as Minister for Railways and Minister for Surface Transport and then as the Minister for Agriculture in 1998-99. In August 1999, he resigned following the railway accident at [[Gaisal]] in North East India.

Later that year, he rejoined the Union Cabinet as Minister for Agriculture. From 2001 to May 2004, he served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Railways in the [[NDA]] Government of [[Atal Behari Vajpayee]]. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, he contested elections from two constituencies, [[Barh]] and [[Nalanda]]. He was elected from Nalanda but lost from his traditional constituency, Barh. He was the leader of the [[Janata Dal (United)]] Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha.

===Chief Minister of Bihar===
In 2000, Nitish Kumar was appointed the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] but had to resign 7 days later ([[March 3]], [[2000]] – [[March 10]], [[2000]]). In November 2005, he led the [[National Democratic Alliance]] to victory in the 2005 [[Bihar]] [[assembly elections]] bringing an end to the 15-year rule of the [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]-led [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]. He was sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] on [[24 November]] [[2005]].

==Personal life==
On [[February 22]], [[1973]], Nitish Kumar married Manju Kumari Sinha, a teacher by profession. They have a son, Nishant, now a student of engineering at [[Birla Institute of Technology|BIT]], [[Bit mesra|Mesra]].<ref name="tehelka1" /> His wife passed away in 2007 at the age of 53.<ref name="toi1">{{cite news
|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Nitishs_wife_passes_away/articleshow/2046217.cms
|title=Nitish's wife passes away|date=2007-05-15
|work=Cities: Patna
|publisher=[[The Times of India]]
|accessdate=2009-05-26}}</ref>

==Awards and Recognition==
* [[Indian of the year]] - [[Politics]], [[2008]]<ref>http://www.indianoftheyear.com/politics.php</ref><ref>http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ioty-politics-winner-nitish-kumar/83685-3.html Indian Of The Year-politics winner nitish kumar</ref>

* The Best [[Chief Minister]]. <ref>http://ibnlive.in.com/features/rday/stateofthenation/cm.php</ref>, according to the [[CNN]]-[[IBN]] and [[Hindustan Times|HT]] State of the Nation Poll 2007.

==Positions Held==
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|-
! Period
! Positions
! Note
|-
|1985-89
|Member, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|First term in [[Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|1986-87
|Member, Committee on Petitions, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|
|-
|1987-88
|President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar.
|
|-
|1987-89
|Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].
|
|-
|1989
|Secretary-General, [[Janata Dal]], [[Bihar]].
|
|-
|1989
|Elected to [[9th Lok Sabha]].
|First term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1989-16/7/1990
|Member, House Committee.
|Resigned
|-
|4/1990-11/1990
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Minister of State, Agriculture]] and Co-operation.
|
|-
|1991
|Re-elected to [[10th Lok Sabha]].
|2nd term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1991-93
|General-Secretary, Janata Dal. Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament.
|
|-
|17/12/91-10/5/96
|Member, Railway Convention Committee.
|
|-
|8/4/93-10/5/96
|Chairman, Committee on Agriculture.
|
|-
|1996
|Re-elected to [[11th Lok Sabha]]. Member, Committee on Estimates. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996).
|3rd term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|1996-98
|Member, Committee on Defence.
|
|-
|1998
|Re-elected to [[12th Lok Sabha]].
|4th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|19/3/98-5/8/99
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Railways]].
|
|-
|14/4/98-5/8/99
|Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (additional charge).
|
|-
|1999
|Re-elected to [[13th Lok Sabha]].
|5th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|13/10/99-22/11/99
|Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport.
|
|-
|22/11/99-3/3/00
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]].
|
|-
|3/3/00-10/3/00
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 29th [[Chief Minister of Bihar]], only for 7 days
|-
|27/5/00-20/3/01
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]].
|
|-
|20/3/01-21/7/01
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture]] with additional charge of [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railways]].
|
|-
|22/7/01-21/5/04
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Cabinet Minister, Railways]]
|
|-
|2004
|Re-elected to [[14th Lok Sabha]]. Member, Committee on Coal & Steel. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Committee of Privileges. Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.
|6th term in [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|From 24/11/2005
|[[Chief Minister, Bihar]].
| as 31st [[Chief Minister of Bihar]],
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://jaibihar.com/index.php?s=Nitish+Kumar Latest news on Nitish Kumar]
* [http://gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/NitishKumar.htm Biography on Bihar Govt. web site]
* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=277 Biography on website of Lok Sabha]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=20500 Vice-President CONDOLES THE DEATH OF SATYENDRA NARAYAN SINHA]
*[http://news.oneindia.in/2006/09/04/pm-leads-nation-in-mourning-death-of-former-bihar-cm-sinha-1157526154.html Prime Minister & Bihar Chief Minister leads nation in mourning death of S. N. Sinha]
*[http://www.patnadaily.com/news2009/june/061809/anugrah_babu_remembered.html Bihar CM paid homage to Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha]

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Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon

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'''Indarjit Singh''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born 1932, [[Rawalpindi]], [[British India]]), sometimes called '''Inderjit Singh''', is a British [[journalist]] and [[Presenter|broadcaster]], editor of the [[Sikh Messenger]] and widely known as a frequent presenter of the ''[[Thought for the Day]]'' segment on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s [[Today Programme]], and [[BBC Radio 2]]'s ''Pause for Thought''. He is also a contributor to British and overseas newspapers and journals including [[The Times]], [[The Guardian]] and [[The Independent]].

Born in Rawalpindi in 1932, Singh came to England in 1933. He studied [[engineering]] at [[Birmingham University]]. Between 1955 and 1975 he worked in [[mining]] and [[civil engineering]] for the [[National Coal Board]], for [[Costain]] as a mine manager in India, and in local government in London. Since 1993 he has worked for the Sikh community, promoting interfaith understanding. He has been an adviser to, or member of, official bodies including the [[Commission for Racial Equality]] and the [[Home Secretary]]’s Advisory Council on Race Relations. He is patron of the World Congress of Faiths.

Singh is probably the best-known British representative of the [[Sikh]] community. As well as editing the Sikh Messenger he is also Director of the Network of Sikh Organisations (UK) and regularly represents the Sikh community at civic occasions such as the [[Commonwealth Service]] and the [[Remembrance Day Service]] at the [[Cenotaph]]. He has been consulted by [[Prince Charles]], [[Anglican]] bishops and the [[Metropolitan police]]. He is prominent in the national and international inter faith movement, a Patron of the World Congress of Faiths and an Executive Committee member of the Inter Faith Network UK.

== Awards and honours ==
In 1991 he received the Inter faith Medallion for services to religious broadcasting. He was awarded the OBE in June 1996. In 2004 he joined [[Benjamin Zephaniah]] and [[Peter Donohoe]] in being awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] ([[Doctor of Laws]]) from the [[University of Leicester]]. He came second to [[Bob Geldof]] in the BBC Radio 4 "People's Lord" poll of 2004/2004<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/thought/documents/t20050105.shtml People's Lord] on Thought for the Day</ref>

Already an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE), Singh was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.<ref>{{LondonGazette |issue=58929 |date=[[31 December]] [[2008]] |startpage=8 |supp=yes |notarchive=yes}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/31_01_08_honours.pdf Honours List]</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==EXternal links==
* [http://www.faithandmedia.com/Biogs/IndarjitSingh.htm Profile]
* [http://www.le.ac.uk/press/press/poetpianistand.html Honorary doctorate]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/wtwtgod/3472595.stm "What God thinks of the world"] (BBC News website)
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