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About Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha
Sir Satyendra P. Sinha, was born in Raipur Calcutta Bengal, India in March 1863. He was Hindu and married to Gobinda Mohini Mitter in the same religion on 15 May 1880 at Mahata, in the district of Burdwan, Bengal.
He came to England in 1881 to study law and stayed as a student until 1886. Returning to Calcutta in 1886, he found himself treated as an outcast by his family.
In 1886, he adhered to the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj together with his wife, and thereafter professed the tenets of Brahmoism and took a leading part in the activities of the sect.
He was a barrister, and he died 5 March 1928 (his certified copy of the page of the registrar of deaths of the municipality of Berhampor is in National Archives reference (PRO) TS16/150).
His eldest son was born Aroon Kumar Sinha on 22 August in 1887, second son Sirsir Kumar Sinha was born on 22 September 1890, third son Sushil Kumar Sinha was born 9 June 1894. Fourth was Tarun Kumar Sinha who was born 9 February 1899 as well as three other daughters.
He was the first Indian to become the Advocate-General of Bengal (1905) and also the first Indian to enter the Governor General's Executive Council (1909). Although an active member of the Indian National Congress from 1896 to 1919, Satyendra joined a rebellion of moderates who abandoned the organisation.
A strong advocate of the rule of law, he proposed before the Calcutta session of the Congress in 1896 that no ruler of any Indian State should be deposed without an open judicial trial. Elected to preside over the Bombay session of the Congress in 1915, he found himself four years later raised to the peerage as Baron Sinha of Raipur. He was then put in charge of navigating the Government of India Bill (1919) through the House of Lords. Lavished with many honours, Satyendra Prasanna received a knighthood in 1914.
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Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha's Timeline
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March 24, 1863
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Raipur, Bānkurā, West Bengal, India
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August 22, 1887
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1890
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1894
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| 1928 |
March 4, 1928
Age 64
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Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
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