Jump to content

Tarkeshwari Sinha: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Scorpions13256 (talk | contribs)
200,940 edits
Removing from Category:20th-century Indian politicians has subcat using Cat-a-lot
 
(27 intermediate revisions by 17 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Indian politician and independence activist}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tarkeshwari Sinha
| name = Tarkeshwari Sinha
| image =
| image = File:Tarkeshwari Sinha portrait.gif
| caption =
| caption =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|26|df=y}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|26|df=y}}
|birth_place = Tulsigarh, [[Nalanda District]], [[Bihar]]
|birth_place = Tulsigarh, [[Nalanda District]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2007|08|14|1926|12|26|df=y}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2007|08|14|1926|12|26|df=y}}
|death_place = [[New Delhi]]
|death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]

| constituency = [[Barh]] ([[Bihar]])
| office = [[Member of Parliament]]
| office = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Union Deputy Minister for Finance]]
| term_start = 10 May 1958
| predecessor =
| term_end = 9 June 1964
⚫
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| primeminister = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br>[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br>[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]

| office1 = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Union Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs]]
| term_start1 = 2 April 1958
| term_end1 = 10 April 1958
| primeminister1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]

| constituency2 = [[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna East]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| predecessor2 = ''Constituency created''
| successor2 = ''Constituency abolished''
| term2 = 1952{{ndash}}1957
| constituency3 = [[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]
| predecessor3 = ''constituency created''
| successor3 = [[Dharam Bir Sinha]]
| term3 = 1957-1971
⚫
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| nationality = [[India]]n
| alma_mater= [[London School of Economics]]
| alma_mater= [[London School of Economics]]
| spouse= Nidhidev singh

}}
}}


'''Tarkeshwari Sinha''' (26 December 1926 – 14 August 2007) was an Indian politician and [[Indian independence movement|independence activist]] from [[Bihar]]. Among the first female politicians of the country, she took active role in the [[Quit India Movement]]. At the age of 26, she was elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from Patna East constituency in 1952. Subsequently, she was re-elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1957, 1962 and 1967 from [[Barh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barh]] constituency. She was the first female Deputy Finance Minister in the union cabinet led by prime minister. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] from 1958-64.<ref name="SPS"/><ref name="ABP"/><ref name="Qureshi 2004 920"/> She had also led a delegation to the [[U.N.]] and [[Tokyo]].<ref name="Qureshi 2004 920"/> [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]’s critically acclaimed movie, [[Aandhi]] was partly inspired by Tarkeshwari Sinha, apart from [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="WVG"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?211174 |title=Mrs. G's String of Beaus |author=Sanjay Suri}}</ref>
'''Tarkeshwari Sinha''' (26 December 1926 – 14 August 2007) was an Indian politician and [[Indian independence movement|independence activist]] from [[Bihar]]. Among the first female politicians of the country, she took active role in the [[Quit India Movement]]. At the age of 26, she was elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from [[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna East]] constituency in 1952. Subsequently, she was re-elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1957, 1962 and 1967 from [[Barh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barh]] constituency. She was the first female Deputy Finance Minister in the union cabinet led by prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] from 1958 to 1964.<ref name="SPS"/><ref name="ABP"/><ref name="Qureshi 2004 920"/> She had also led a delegation to the [[U.N.]] and [[Tokyo]].<ref name="Qureshi 2004 920"/> [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]’s critically acclaimed movie, [[Aandhi]] was partly inspired by Tarkeshwari Sinha, apart from [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="WVG"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?211174 |title=Mrs. G's String of Beaus |author=Sanjay Suri}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
She was born in Tulsigarh village near [[Chandi, Bihar|Chandi]] under [[Nalanda District]] in a Bhumihar Family .
She was born in Tulsigarh village near [[Chandi, Bihar|Chandi]] under [[Nalanda District]] in a [[Bhumihar Brahmin]] Family. She was a student of Bankipore Girls College, now known as [[Magadh Mahila College]], in Patna. She was the President of the Bihar Students Congress, which had broken away from the [[All India Students Federation]]. She did her M.Sc. in economics from the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name="ABP" />
She was a student of Bankipore Girls College, now known as [[Magadh Mahila College]], in Patna. She was the President of the Bihar Students Congress, which had broken away from the [[All India Students Federation]]. She did her M.Sc in economics from the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name="ABP" />


She actively participated in the [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.veethi.com/india-people/tarkeshwari_sinha-profile-9504-19.htm|title=Tarkeshwari Sinha|website=veethi.com|access-date=2017-08-19}}</ref>
She actively participated in the [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.veethi.com/india-people/tarkeshwari_sinha-profile-9504-19.htm|title=Tarkeshwari Sinha|website=veethi.com|access-date=2017-08-19}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
She contested elections from the Barh constituency in Bihar. After Indian Independence, she won the first general assembly elections from the Patna East Constituency in 1952, after getting a ticket from the Indian National Congress. Through Congress party, she got re-elected in 1957, 1962 and 1967.<ref name=":0" />
She contested elections from the Barh constituency in Bihar. After Indian Independence, she won the first general assembly elections from the Patna East Constituency in 1952, after getting a ticket from the [[Indian National Congress]]. Through the INC, she got re-elected in 1957, 1962 and 1967.<ref name=":0" />


Sinha appeared on the game show [[To Tell the Truth]] on 19 November 1957, fooling two of the four members on the panel.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAod169FADM YouTube]</ref>
Sinha appeared on the game show [[To Tell the Truth]] on 19 November 1957, fooling two of the four members on the panel.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAod169FADM YouTube]</ref>


She was considered close to [[Morarji Desai]] and was on his side in the battle of succession between Desai and [[Indira Gandhi]] to replace [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] as Prime Minister. When Desai and other leaders resigned from Congress to form a splinter group, she too joined it. In the Indira wave during [[1971 Indian general election|1971 Lok Sabha elections]], she lost from [[Barh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barh]] as Congress(O) candidate to the Congress nominee Dharamvir Sinha, her first taste of electoral defeat. She lost the assembly election next year as well, and returned to Indira Gandhi's party. In 1977, she fought Lok Sabha election from [[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]] as Congress candidate and lost in the Janata wave as Congress was completely routed in Bihar. After this defeat, she fought a by-election to Lok Sabha in November 1978 from [[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Samastipur]] as Congress candidate but lost again.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
She was considered close to [[Morarji Desai]] and was on his side in the battle of succession between Desai and [[Indira Gandhi]] to replace [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] as Prime Minister. When Desai and other leaders resigned from Congress to form a splinter group, she, too, joined it. In the Indira wave during [[1971 Indian general election|1971 Lok Sabha elections]], she lost from [[Barh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barh]] as Congress(O) candidate to the Congress nominee Dharamvir Sinha, her first taste of electoral defeat. She lost the assembly election next year as well, and returned to Indira Gandhi's party. In 1977, she fought Lok Sabha election from [[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]] as a Congressional candidate and lost in the Janata wave as Congress was completely routed in Bihar. After this defeat, she fought a by-election to Lok Sabha in November 1978 from [[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Samastipur]] as Congressional candidate but lost again.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}


Eventually, she retired from politics and took up social work.<ref name="ABP" />
Eventually, she retired from politics and began social work.<ref name="ABP" />


== Social Work ==
== Social Work ==
Tarkeshwari Sinha, had set up a hospital, in Tulsigarh,in the memory of her brother Capt Girish Nandan Singh, pilot with Air India who died in an air crash in New Delhi. She had raised nearly Rs 25 lakh, a big sum in those days, for the construct of the two floored hospital where treatment was almost free. She also took the initiative to construct a road to link the village with Chandi and Harnaut in Nalanda.<ref name="ABP" />
Tarkeshwari Sinha had set up a hospital, in Tulsigarh, in the memory of her brother Capt Girish Nandan Singh, pilot with Air India who died in an air crash in New Delhi. She had raised nearly Rs 25 lakh (a large amount at the time) for the construction of the two-floored hospital where treatment was almost free. She also took the initiative to construct a road to link the village with Chandi and Harnaut in Nalanda.<ref name="ABP" />


==References==
==References==
Line 43: Line 60:
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
<ref name="Qureshi 2004 920">{{cite book|first = Muniruddin|last = Qureshi|title = Social Status of Indian Women: emancipation | publisher = Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. | year = 2004|isbn = 978-81-261-1360-6|page = 920}}</ref>
<ref name="Qureshi 2004 920">{{cite book|first = Muniruddin|last = Qureshi|title = Social Status of Indian Women: emancipation | publisher = Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. | year = 2004|isbn = 978-81-261-1360-6|page = 920}}</ref>
<ref name="SPS">{{cite news|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=53769302-2ce3-495f-93e6-8eea0cbe6749&MatchID1=4679&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1179&MatchID2=4674&TeamID3=4&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1177&PrimaryID=4679&Headline=Beauty+%26amp%3b+brains | title = Beauty and Brains | author = R. Vatsyayan | publisher = [[The Hindustan Times]] | date = 2008-04-04 | accessdate = 2008-04-04}}</ref>
<ref name="SPS">{{cite news|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=53769302-2ce3-495f-93e6-8eea0cbe6749&MatchID1=4679&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1179&MatchID2=4674&TeamID3=4&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1177&PrimaryID=4679&Headline=Beauty+%26amp%3b+brains |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080930164954/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=53769302-2ce3-495f-93e6-8eea0cbe6749&MatchID1=4679&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1179&MatchID2=4674&TeamID3=4&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1177&PrimaryID=4679&Headline=Beauty+%26amp%3B+brains |url-status = dead |archive-date = 30 September 2008 | title = Beauty and Brains | author = R. Vatsyayan | publisher = [[The Hindustan Times]] | date = 2008-04-04 | accessdate = 2008-04-04}}</ref>
<ref name="WVG">{{cite news | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/07/20/stories/09200221.htm | title = Where is reality? | author = V. Gangadhar | publisher = [[The Hindu]] | date = 2008-04-04 |accessdate = 2008-04-04}}</ref>
<ref name="WVG">{{cite news | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/07/20/stories/09200221.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20011217234852/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/07/20/stories/09200221.htm | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 17 December 2001 | title = Where is reality? | author = V. Gangadhar | work = [[The Hindu]] | date = 2008-04-04 |accessdate = 2008-04-04}}</ref>
}}
}}


Line 51: Line 68:
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]]
[[Category:1st Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:India MPs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:2nd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:India MPs 1962–1967]]
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:India MPs 1967–1970]]
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Bihar]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Bihar]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar]]
Line 64: Line 80:
[[Category:Women Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:Women Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:Women union ministers of India]]
[[Category:Women union ministers of India]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress (Organisation) politicians]]

Latest revision as of 10:56, 23 November 2024

Tarkeshwari Sinha
Union Deputy Minister for Finance
In office
10 May 1958 – 9 June 1964
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Union Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs
In office
2 April 1958 – 10 April 1958
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1952–1957
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyPatna East
In office
1957-1971
Preceded byconstituency created
Succeeded byDharam Bir Sinha
ConstituencyBarh
Personal details
Born(1926-12-26)26 December 1926
Tulsigarh, Nalanda District, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
Died14 August 2007(2007-08-14) (aged 80)
New Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseNidhidev singh
Alma materLondon School of Economics

Tarkeshwari Sinha (26 December 1926 – 14 August 2007) was an Indian politician and independence activist from Bihar. Among the first female politicians of the country, she took active role in the Quit India Movement. At the age of 26, she was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha from Patna East constituency in 1952. Subsequently, she was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1957, 1962 and 1967 from Barh constituency. She was the first female Deputy Finance Minister in the union cabinet led by prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru from 1958 to 1964.[1][2][3] She had also led a delegation to the U.N. and Tokyo.[3] Gulzar’s critically acclaimed movie, Aandhi was partly inspired by Tarkeshwari Sinha, apart from Indira Gandhi.[4][5]

Early life

[edit]

She was born in Tulsigarh village near Chandi under Nalanda District in a Bhumihar Brahmin Family. She was a student of Bankipore Girls College, now known as Magadh Mahila College, in Patna. She was the President of the Bihar Students Congress, which had broken away from the All India Students Federation. She did her M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics.[2]

She actively participated in the Quit India Movement.[6]

Career

[edit]

She contested elections from the Barh constituency in Bihar. After Indian Independence, she won the first general assembly elections from the Patna East Constituency in 1952, after getting a ticket from the Indian National Congress. Through the INC, she got re-elected in 1957, 1962 and 1967.[6]

Sinha appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth on 19 November 1957, fooling two of the four members on the panel.[7]

She was considered close to Morarji Desai and was on his side in the battle of succession between Desai and Indira Gandhi to replace Lal Bahadur Shastri as Prime Minister. When Desai and other leaders resigned from Congress to form a splinter group, she, too, joined it. In the Indira wave during 1971 Lok Sabha elections, she lost from Barh as Congress(O) candidate to the Congress nominee Dharamvir Sinha, her first taste of electoral defeat. She lost the assembly election next year as well, and returned to Indira Gandhi's party. In 1977, she fought Lok Sabha election from Begusarai as a Congressional candidate and lost in the Janata wave as Congress was completely routed in Bihar. After this defeat, she fought a by-election to Lok Sabha in November 1978 from Samastipur as Congressional candidate but lost again.[citation needed]

Eventually, she retired from politics and began social work.[2]

Social Work

[edit]

Tarkeshwari Sinha had set up a hospital, in Tulsigarh, in the memory of her brother Capt Girish Nandan Singh, pilot with Air India who died in an air crash in New Delhi. She had raised nearly Rs 25 lakh (a large amount at the time) for the construction of the two-floored hospital where treatment was almost free. She also took the initiative to construct a road to link the village with Chandi and Harnaut in Nalanda.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ R. Vatsyayan (4 April 2008). "Beauty and Brains". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d A.J.Philip (4 April 2008). "A Beautiful Politician". The Tribune. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
  3. ^ a b Qureshi, Muniruddin (2004). Social Status of Indian Women: emancipation. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. p. 920. ISBN 978-81-261-1360-6.
  4. ^ V. Gangadhar (4 April 2008). "Where is reality?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 December 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
  5. ^ Sanjay Suri. "Mrs. G's String of Beaus".
  6. ^ a b "Tarkeshwari Sinha". veethi.com. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  7. ^ YouTube
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Tarkeshwari_Sinha&oldid=1259102829"