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Manoj Sinha Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 5, 2026 • 3 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth1 July 1959

Age65 Years (as of 2024)

BirthplaceMohanpura, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

ProfessionPolitician, Civil Engineer, Agriculturist

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseNeelam Sinha

FamilySon and daughter

Manoj Sinha Biography

Manoj Sinha is an Indian politician, civil engineer and agriculturist from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. A three-time Member of Parliament from Ghazipur and a 2

Early life and background
Manoj Sinha was born on 1 July 1959 in Mohanpura, a village in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. He grew up in a Bhumihar Brahmin family and later made Ghazipur his home. Sinha completed an M.Tech. in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, where he was active in student politics and served as president of the Banaras Hindu University Students’ Union in 1982.

Career
Sinha began his formal political journey after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party and becoming a member of its National Council in 1989. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from the Ghazipur constituency in 1996 and retained that seat in 1999. After a gap, he returned to Parliament with a third term from Ghazipur in 2014.

During his parliamentary career he served in ministerial roles at the central government. In May 2014 he was appointed Minister of State for Railways, where he worked on improving rail connectivity for several cities in eastern Uttar Pradesh. In July 2016 he was elevated to Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications; his tenure there included efforts to address pervasive mobile call-drop problems.

Outside ministerial duties, Sinha held memberships on parliamentary committees including the Committee on Energy and the Committee on Government Assurances. He was noted for high attendance in Parliament and for effectively using allocated development funds for constituency works, including full utilization of MPLAD funds.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha election he lost the Ghazipur seat to Afzal Ansari. In August 2020 he was appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, becoming the second person to hold that office after the reorganization of the territory.

Public profile
Sinha combines a background in engineering with an interest in agriculture; he is often described as an agriculturist by inclination. He has cultivated a relatively low-profile public persona and is associated with a simple sartorial style that includes traditional attire such as dhoti and long kurta. His constituency work and focus on developing backward villages in Uttar Pradesh earned him the informal tag "Vikas Purush" in media coverage.

Observers and some publications have praised his parliamentary work and his integrity, listing him among the better-performing and more honest MPs. He has also been recognized for travel across India and for active engagement with local development projects.

Personal life
Sinha married Neelam Sinha on 8 May 1977. The couple have two children, a son and a daughter. His father was Virendra Kumar Singh; his mother’s name is not recorded in the available material. He follows Hinduism and his caste is listed as Bhumihar Brahmin. His stated hobbies include traveling, farming and philanthropy.

Style and other details
Physically, Sinha is described as approximately 175 cm (about 5'9") in height, with dark brown eyes and grey hair. He has been noted to keep personal possessions such as a Hyundai Verna among his vehicles and holds a range of movable and immovable assets declared in public records. He has been described as a habitual gutkha chewer in some profiles.

Latest updates
As of August 2020, Manoj Sinha assumed the office of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Prior to that appointment he had served multiple terms as a Member of Parliament and held ministerial responsibilities in the Railways and Communications ministries.

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Recent Work

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

Appointed as the 2nd Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, assumed office in August 2020.

2020
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Communications

Served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications; worked on reducing mobile call-drop issues.

2016
Minister of State for Railways

Appointed Minister of State for Railways in May 2014; involved in connecting several cities in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

2014
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Career Highlights

  1. Three-time Member of Parliament from Ghazipur (1996, 1999, 2014)
  2. Served as Minister of State for Railways (2014)
  3. Served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications (2016)
  4. Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (2020)
  5. Former president of the Banaras Hindu University Students’ Union (1982)
Reviewed by F4U Editorial Desk

F4U profile pages are prepared from public career information, checked for readability, and updated when reliable correction sources are shared with the editorial team.

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