17 Facts About Mukul Sinha

Mukul Sinha was an Indian human rights activist and a lawyer at the Gujarat High Court in Ahemdabad.

Mukul Sinha was an active trade union leader and a trained physicist.

Mukul Sinha legally represented the families of the individuals who were killed in Gujarat following the 2002 riots and in Manipur, in which he secured convictions of the politicians and police officers involved.

Mukul Sinha was a vocal critic of erstwhile Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Mukul Sinha was born in Kolkata on 10 February 1951.

Mukul Sinha joined the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad in 1973 for doctoral research.

Mukul Sinha became involved with social activism after the expulsion of workers at PRL in 1978.

Mukul Sinha organized the workers to fight for their rights, founding the Federation of Employees of Autonomous Research and Development, Education and Technical Institutes, although this cost him his job in 1979.

Subsequently, Mukul Sinha obtained a degree in law in 1988 and joined the Gujarat High Court as an advocate in 1989.

Mukul Sinha co-founded Jan Sangharsh Manch in 1990 under the aegis of the New Socialist Movement and organized a group of lawyers and individuals from different professions to work pro-bono on various issues of the general public ranging from trade-unions, housing, environment, natural calamities, and civil rights.

Mukul Sinha's recommendations made after the 2001 Bhuj earthquake, titled "Kutch Quake Profile", resulted in an injunction from the court to incorporate earthquake-resistant structures in the state of Gujarat.

Mukul Sinha contested elections for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2007 as a candidate from his own political party, the New Socialist Movement, and in 2012 as an independent candidate.

Mukul Sinha contested the 2007 elections from Shahpur, a constituency where Muslims formed the majority of the population, and the 2012 elections from Sabarmati in Ahmedabad.

Mukul Sinha lost both elections, securing only a few votes.

Mukul Sinha is survived by his wife Nirjhari Sinha and their son Pratik Sinha, who runs the fact-checking portal AltNews.

Journalist Rana Ayyub wrote an obituary for Mukul Sinha, remembering her personal loss and his legacy.

Mukul Sinha was posthumously awarded the second Bhagirath Human Rights Award by the Bhagirath Memorial Fund Committee set up at the Centre for Social Studies, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat.