Shivanandan Prasad Mandal was a

freedom fighter A freedom fighter is a person engaged in a struggle to achieve political freedom, particularly against an established government. The term is typically reserved for those who are actively involved in armed or otherwise violent rebellion. Termi ...

and politician. He was the first law minister of

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 ...

. He played a role in the Bang Bhang movement, the

non-cooperation movement Non-cooperation movement may refer to: * Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922), during the Indian independence movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi against British rule * Non-cooperation movement (1971), a movement in East Pakistan * Non-cooperatio ...

and the salt movement. Sivanandan Prasad Mandal was born to a Ahir Zamindar family of Ranipatti village in the erstwhile

Saharsa district Saharsa is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. Saharsa city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Saharsa district is a part of the Kosi Division and it became a district on 1 April 1954 and has subsequently become ...

(now in Madhepura).

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Bihari politicians People from Saharsa district Bihar MLAs 1952–1957 Bihar MLAs 1957–1962 1891 births Year of death missing Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar {{Bihar-INC-politician-stub