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Nitish Kumar
File:Shri Nitish Kumar.jpg
29th and 31st Chief Ministers of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 November 2005
Preceded byPresident's rule
In office
3 march 2000 – 10 March 2000
Preceded byRabri Devi
Succeeded byRabri Devi
Minister of Railways
In office
20 March 2001 – 21 May 2004
Succeeded byLalu Prasad Yadav
In office
19 March 1998 – 5 August 1999
Minister of Agriculture
In office
27 May 2000 – 21 July 2001
In office
22 November 1999 – 3 March 2000
Minister of Surface Transport
In office
13 Oct 1999 – 22 November 1999
In office
14 April 1998 – 5 August 1999
Personal details
Bornname-Nitish Kumar
नितीश कुमार
(1951-03-01) 1 March 1951 (age 73)
Bakhtiarpur, Patna
Diedname-Nitish Kumar
नितीश कुमार
Resting placename-Nitish Kumar
नितीश कुमार
NationalityIndian
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
SpouseLate Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha
ChildrenNishant Kumar (son)
Parent
  • name-Nitish Kumar
    नितीश कुमार
Residence(s)1 Anne Marg, Patna
Alma materNIT, Patna
formally BCE
OccupationPolitica & Social Worker
ProfessionEngineer & Agriculturist
Websitehttp://cm.bih.nic.in
As of 18 June, 2006
Source: Government of India

Nitish Kumār (Hindi: नितीश कुमार) or Nitīś Kumār, (born 1 March 1951), is the Chief Minister of Bihar - an eastern state of India. He is an Indian 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.[1]

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 Gandhian Bihar Vibhuti Anugrah Narayan Sinha, one of the founders of modern Bihar. His nickname is 'Munna'.[2] He is a teetotaler, doesn’t smoke, and is a frugal eater.[3] He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bihar College of Engineering, now NIT Patna.[4]

Political career

Early career

Nitish Kumar participated 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 as 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.

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 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 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 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 e-shakti, through which the ruralpeople can get information through telephone on the jobs available at their location under NREGS.

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 BIT, Mesra.[5] His wife died in 2007 at the age of 53.

Awards and recognition

  • Economics Times "Reformer of the Year 2009".
  • 'Polio Eradication Championship Award' 2009, by Rotary Internationals. 3rd Indian to get this award.

Positions Held

Period Positions Note
1977 Contested first assmbly 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 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 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 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 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture.
20/3/01-21/7/01 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of Railways.
22/7/01-21/5/04 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

  1. ^ "Nitish Kumar's development agenda makes waves in Bihar". Lok Sabha Elections 2009. Sify News. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  2. ^ "Thousands of people had gathered on the streets since early morning as the news came that 'Munnaji' was coming home." "The town where Nitish is 'Munna'". India News. Rediff News. 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  3. ^ Simha, Vijay (2005-12-03). "Constant Gardener's turn in the sun". News. Tehelka. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  4. ^ http://www.moneycontrol.com/biography/Nitish_Kumar/1061 Nitish's brief biography
  5. ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-bihar-son-rise-on-a-different-horizon/442546/
  6. ^ http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1204670
  7. ^ http://www.indianoftheyear.com/politics.php
  8. ^ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ioty-politics-winner-nitish-kumar/83685-3.html Indian Of The Year-politics winner nitish kumar
  9. ^ http://ibnlive.in.com/features/rday/stateofthenation/cm.php
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