Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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6th Chief Justice of India
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About Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
- Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha of Shahabad (now Bhojpur), Bihar (1 February 1899 – 12 November 1986) was the 6th Chief Justice of India (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964).
- He also served as the president of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from April 1965 to February 1967.
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- Sinha was born and brought up in a prominent upper cast hindu family of Rajput viz Kshatriya family of Village Gajiyapur, Sinha Arrah (present Bhojpur) District.
- His grandson B.
- P.
- Singh is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Sinha was awarded B.A.
- (Hons) M.A., B.L.
- and served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 1 October 1959 to 31 January 1964.
- He was educated at the Arrah Zilla School, Patna College and Patna Law College; topped the list of successful candidates at the B.A.
- (Hons.) and M.A.
- Examinations of the Patna University in 1919 and 1921 respectively.
- He was Srimati Radhika Sinha Gold Medalist for standing first in History. A deeply religious man, following his retirement, Sinha led a quiet life mostly devoted to spiritual pursuits, though he did accept a number of private arbitration cases.
- Becoming blind in his later years, he died in 1986.
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