Baron Sinha is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for Sir Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, who was the first Indian to be elevated to the Peerage. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ...
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st BaronSinha of Raipur (24 March 1863 – 5 March 1928) was a prominent lawyer and statesman in British India.
Sinha was born in Raipur, Calcutta, Bengal, India into a wealthy family of the Hindu Kayastha caste.
In the same year, was elevated to the Peerage, created BaronSinha of Raipur in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, becoming the first Indian member of the British House of Lords, taking his seat in February 1919.
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