Binodanand Jha

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}}

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| image =Binodanand Jha portrait.gif

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|4|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Deoghar, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Jharkhand, India)

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| death_date = 1971 (aged 70-71)

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| order = 3rd

| office = Chief Minister of Bihar

| term_start = 18 February 1961

| term_end = 2 October 1963

| predecessor =Deep Narayan Singh

| successor = K. B. Sahay

| office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| constituency1 = Darbhanga, Bihar

| term1 = 1971-1972

| predecessor1 = Satya Narayan Sinha

| successor1 = Lalit Narayan Mishra

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| party = Indian National Congress

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| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2111.htm

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Binodanand Jha (17 April 1900 – 1971), also known as Pandit Binodanand Jha was an Indian politician originally from the district of Deoghar, Bihar (Baidyanathdham Deoghar), now in Jharkhand. He was educated at the Central Calcutta College, (now Maulana Azad College) under the University of Calcutta. He was the Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963. He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Darbhanga constituency of Bihar in 1971. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India in 1948 from Bihar.{{cite book|author=Dr. R. K. Thukral|title=Jharkhand District Factbook : Deoghar District: Key Socio Economic Data of Deoghar District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2NkqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA6|accessdate=10 April 2018|date=1 January 2017|publisher=Datanet India Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-93-86683-84-7|pages=6–}}{{cite book|author=S. P. Sinha|title=Conflict and Tension in Tribal Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SsZUsqlIFDEC&pg=PA298|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=1993|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-493-8|pages=298–}}{{cite web | url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Bihar | title=States of India since 1947 | publisher=World Statesman | accessdate=10 April 2018}}{{cite book|title=India Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbBJAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=1972|publisher=INFA Publications.|page=216}}{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/First-Bihar-assembly-Down-memory-lane/articleshow/19118657.cms | title=First Bihar assembly: Down memory lane | work=The Times of India | author =Law Kumar Mishra | date=22 March 2013 | accessdate=10 April 2018}}{{cite book|title=Bihar Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ac7kAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=1962|publisher=Director, Public Relations|page=33}}