Guru Sahay Lal

Guru Sahay Lal (; 10 August 1890 – 1949) was an Indian independence activist, politician, educationist and peasant leader from Bihar. He served as the Revenue and Land Reform Minister in the provincial government of Bihar in 1937. He was Chairman of the Patna District Board for several years. He died in 1949.

Early life and education He was born on 10 August 1890 in Badi village in present-day Nalanda district of Bihar, then part of Patna district in British India. He passed his matriculation in 1908 and intermediate exams in 1910. After graduating from the University of Calcutta, he took a teaching job at Patna Collegiate School. He soon left teaching to earn a law degree from the same university, and began practicing law in 1914.

As minister, Sahay Lal facilitated the approval and construction of multiple schools across Bihar. He helped establish Tek Narayan High School in Badi and middle schools in Kurmichak, Samyagarh, Kumhrar, Sarmera, Islampur, and Kundwapar in Nalanda district. He also directed the establishment of similar educational facilities across several other districts.