Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha) (1905-1988 Born In Bihta, Patna, Bengal Presidency) was a member of the

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, the

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of the

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, for three terms (1956–62 and 1962-68 from

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, and then a nominated member in 1968-1974). He was prominent in the

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party and a co-founder of the

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. He was close to

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

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's first President. He shared a house in

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with his close friend and nationalist

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Life

Gangasharan Sinha, commonly called Ganga Babu, had acquaintance with many Hindi writers but never wrote himself. A good orator, he worked to promote

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as a national language. He was among the founding members of the Board of trustees of

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. The Kendriya Hindi Sansthan,

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has instituted an award in his honour. The

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has instituted ''Ganga Sharan Singh Awards'' under ''Hindi Sevi Samman Awards''. The government of

has instituted an award for literature in his name. Ganga Sharan Singh was also a member of the Press Council of India between 16 November 1966, and 31 December 1969.

Death

He died in 1988 of a heart attack.

Ganga Sharan Sinha Committee Report

The

had accepted the recommendations of the ''Ganga Sharan Sinha Committee Report'' on child education in 1969 and decided to integrate all services for the 0- to 6-year-olds, planning proceeded cautiously, piloted at first, with the ICDS conceptual model.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Ganga Sharan 1905 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Indian educational theorists Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha Indian independence activists from Bihar Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar Indian socialists Politicians from Patna 20th-century Indian politicians