Bihar boasts of one of the most fascinating political histories in India. As it heads to Assembly polls next month, The Indian Express brings a series of articles that tell the history of Bihar politics through the tenure of its 23 chief ministers. You can click here to read the previous edition on K B Sahay, the CM under whom Congress lost its first majority. This article tells the story of Mahamaya Prasad Sinha, Bihar’s fifth CM.

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Like in most of India, Bihar’s politics in the decades immediately after Independence was dominated by the Congress, but by the 1960s, the party’s hold was loosening.

In the February 1967 Assembly elections, the Congress remained the single largest party, winning 128 of the 318 seats, but lost the majority for the first time. Chief Minister KB Sah

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