All you need to know about Nitish Kumar, the man who turned down Modi wave in Bihar

He also participated in the Jayprakash Narayan's famous movement in 1974 and 1977

Written by: Zeeshan Shaikh

Published: November 8, 2015, 5:24 PM IST

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Patna, November 8: Nitish Kumar is a senior politician of Bihar who is serving the state since last 10 years and on Sunday under his leadership in Mahagathbandhan, Nitish defeated BJP in 2015 Bihar Election with 179 seats.

Here are few things you need to know about Nitish Kumar who is also known as the ‘Vikas Purush’ of India.

Nitish, 64, was born in a small village in Bihar on 1st March 1951. His father Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh was a freedom fighter and was close to Anuragh Narayan Sinha, one of the founders of modern Bihar. His father left Indian National Congress and joined Janata Party in 1957.

Nitish Kumar holds a degree of Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology in Patna. After completing his studies, Nitish joined Bihar’s State Electricity Department but move switched his carreer to politics where he was interested genetically.

Jayprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, S N Sinha, Karpuri Thakur, V P Singh are some of the mentors of Nitish Kumar, from whom he learned politics.

He also participated in the Jayprakash Narayan’s famous movement in 1974 and 1977.

From 2001 to 2004, he served as a Union Cabinet Minister for Indian railways in the NDA government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The infamous train burning incident of Godhra happened during his tenure, which was followed by 2002 Gujarat riots.

Nitish Kumar, is an architect behind the bicycle and meal programs for school going children especially girls who stayed away from school. The move saw a huge number of girls joining the school in Bihar and witnessed a low drop out of school girls. He created several bridges, roads and is well known for curbing crime in Bihar. He has appointed more than 1 lakh school teachers during his tenure as a Chief Minister of Bihar.

In 2010 Nitish Kumar’s party swept back to power with Bhartiya Janata Party and took oath as a chief minister of Bihar.

Nitish is married to a teacher Manju Kumar Sinha, who died at the age of 53. The couple have a son Nishant Kumar, who is a graduate of BIT, Mesra.

Nitish has been recognised by several awards in the country.