Nikhil Kumar
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| Born | 15 July 1941 Vaishali, Bihar |
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| Residence | Patna | |
| Office | MP | |
| Constituency | Aurangabad | |
| Successor | Incumbent | |
| Political party | INC | |
| Spouse | Shyama Singh | |
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Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July 1941) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He is serving his first term in the Lok Sabha representing the Aurangabad constituency in Bihar and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He serves as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology.
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[edit] Family Roots
He is a former IPS official and son of the former Chief Minister of Bihar and prominent Congressman Satyendra Narayan Sinha (affectionately called "Chhote Saheb" ), who was a seven-term MP, also from the constituency of Aurangabad. [1]His mother Kishori Sinha is a former MP from Vaishali and his wife Shyama Singh also represented Aurangabad in the Lok Sabha. [2]His grandfather Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha, known as "Bihar Bibhuti" was the first Finance Minister of that state and a prominent Gandhian; his father "chhote saheb" was personally close in his later years to Jayaprakash Narayan and was one of the leaders of the anti-Emergency movement in Bihar and the president of the janata party in 1977, in which capacity he was a patron of young leaders like Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, current C.M. Nitish Kumar, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, State Cabinet Minister Nagendra Singh and others.
[edit] Civil Service
He did his early schooling in the reputed St. Xavier's School, Patna and was later educated at Allahabad University, where he earned an M.A. in Modern History. He entered the civil service in 1963 and was an I.P.S. Officer assigned to the erstwhile Union Territory of Delhi. [3]He held many assignments and posts of national importance, in particular Commissioner of Police of Delhi during 1995-97. In 1997-99 he became Special Secretary with charge of Internal Security at the Home Ministry. He also served as the Director-General of the National Security Guard.
[edit] Other Interest
He has a very keen interest in matters relating to internal security, rural development, English literature, history, sports (specially cricket) and films.
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