After India’s independence, Bihar emerged as a Congress stronghold under the leadership of Gandhian nationalists like Shri Krishna Sinha, the state’s first Chief Minister, and Anugrah Narayan Sinha, the first Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister. From the late 1940s until the mid-1960s, Congress ruled Bihar with a strong majority, enjoying an era of political dominance under Chief Ministers Shri Krishna Sinha, Deep Narayan Singh, Binodanand Jha, and Krishna Ballabh Sahay.

K. B. Sahay, born near Fatuha in Patna and raised in Hazaribagh, was a freedom fighter and a member of the Constituent Assembly. While serving as Revenue Minister in Shri Krishna Sinha’s cabinet, he played a pivotal role in drafting and implementing the landmark Zamindari Abolition Act, which helped in reshaping Bi

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