Binodanand Jha (17 April 1900 – 1971), also known as Pandit Binodanand Jha was an Indian politician originally from the district of Deoghar,

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

(Baidyanathdham Deoghar), now in

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. He was educated at the Central Calcutta College, (now Maulana Azad College) under the

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. He was the

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from February 1961 to October 1963. He was elected to the

5th Lok Sabha The 5th Lok Sabha (15 March 1971 — 18 January 1977) was elected during February–March 1971.The term of the House was extended two times by one year at a time. However, the House was dissolved after having been in existence for a period of ...

, lower house of the

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from the Darbhanga constituency of

in 1971. He was a member of the

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in 1948 from Bihar.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jha, Binodanand Chief ministers of Bihar India MPs 1971–1977 1900 births Year of death missing Maulana Azad College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Lok Sabha members from Bihar Members of the Constituent Assembly of India People from Deoghar district People from Darbhanga district Chief ministers from Indian National Congress Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar