Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 15 July 1946) is an Indian actor and politician. He was a member of Lok Sabha (2009–2014, 2014–2019) from Patna Sahib and Rajya Sabha (1996–2002, 2002–2008).He was a Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was a member of standing committee on transport, tourism and culture and member of consultative committee in ministry of external affairs and overseas indian affairs from 2014 to 2019. In 2016, his biography, Anything but Khamosh, was released.Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar, to Bhubaneswari Prasad Sinha and Shyama Devi Sinha. He is the youngest of four brothers – Ram, Lakshman, Bharat and himself. He graduated from Patna Science College with a Bachelor of Science. He had a Diploma in Acting from the Film and Television Institute of India Pune. Currently there's a scholarship being awarded in his name in the institute to Diploma students.
