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| name = Chandreswar Prasad Sinha<br />
| office = [[Governor of Assam]]<br />
| status = [[Acting (law)|Acting]]<br />
| image =<br />
| term_end = 14 October 1959<br />
| term_start = 23 August 1959<br />
| predecessor = [[Saiyid Fazal Ali]]<br />
| successor = [[Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh]]<br />
| office1 = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Gauhati High Court|4th Chief Justice]] of [[Gauhati High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 21 February 1959<br />
| term_end1 = 31 January 1961<br />
| appointer1 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| predecessor1 = Sarjoo Prasad<br />
| successor1 = Holiram Deka<br />
| office2 = Judge of [[Patna High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 16 June 1950<br />
| term_end2 = 20 February 1959<br />
| appointer2 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| occupation = Jurist<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|2|1|df=y}} <br />
}}<br />
'''Chandreswar Prasad Sinha''' (born 1 February 1901 - death date unknown) was an Indian jurist who served as 4th the chief justice of [[Gauhati High Court]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Hon'ble Chief Justices of Gauhati High Court |url=https://ghconline.gov.in/index.php/former-honourable-chief-justices-of-gauhati-high-court/ |website=National Informatics Centre, Assam State Center, Guwahati}}</ref> He also served as the [[Governor of Assam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Governors |url=https://www.rajbhavanassam.gov.in/past_governor1.php |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.rajbhavanassam.gov.in}}</ref> from 23 August 1959 to 14 October 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GOVERNORS OF ASSAM LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY — SINCE 1937 |url=https://assambidhansabha.org/governorsince |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Assam Legislative Assembly |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Life and career ==<br />
Justice Sinha was born on 1 February 1901 and completed his [[Master of Arts|M. A.]] in 1923 and [[LL.B]] in 1925. He started practising in [[Patna High Court]] in April 1925 and was appointed as the judge of the said high court on 16 June 1950.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointment of C. P. Sinha as Chief Justice of Assam High Court |url=https://indianculture.gov.in/archives/appointment-shri-justice-kl-bapna-justice-rajasthan-high-court-perform-duties-chief}}</ref> He served in that capacity till his appointment as chief justice of Gauhati High Court (then known as Assam High Court) on 21 February 1959.<br />
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During his tenure as chief justice of Assam high court the then governor of Assam Justice [[Saiyid Fazl Ali]] died in office, thus to fulfil this vacancy justice C. P. Sinha stepped into the shoes of governor of Assam in acting capacity form 23 August 1959<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon'ble Governors, Hon'ble Chief Ministers and Chief Secretaries of Assam {{!}} General Administration {{!}} Government of Assam, India |url=https://gad.assam.gov.in/information-and-services/honble-governors-honble-chief-ministers-and-chief-secretaries-assam |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=gad.assam.gov.in}}</ref> and served as such till 14 October 1959<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASSAM GOVERNOR LIST |url=https://www.oneindia.com/assam-governors-list/ |website=Oneindia}}</ref> when [[S. M. Shrinagesh]] was appointed as new permanent governor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=List of Governors of Assam (1947–2022) |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-governors-of-assam-1642478471-1 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Governors of Assam}}<br />
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[[Category:Governors of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:1901 births]]<br />
[[Category:Year of death missing]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]</div>KraigYee56