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Ram Kripal Sinha

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Prime Minister
  
Morarji Desai

Name
  
Ram Sinha


Role
  
Politician

Party
  
Bharatiya Janata Party


President
  
Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Jab maine ankhe kholi to Gandhi Sahitya maine dekhi : Dr Ram Kripal Sinha


Dr. Ram Kripal Sinha is a politician from the Indian state of Bihar. He is a former minister of state in the Government of India and a cabinet minister in the Government of Bihar. He is the office secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Party Executive Committee.

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Early life and education

Sinha was born in the year April 1934 in the family of Suryadeo Sinha. He obtained a Master of Arts degree in English and a Doctorate in Prakrit.

Career

Sinha started his career as a college lecturer based in Muzaffarpur town, Bihar. Shortly afterwards, he received his doctorate, he settled at Motihari in the remote and under-developed East Champaran district of Bihar. In 1968, he was elected as a member to the Bihar Legislative Council which he served till 1974. In 1971, he was appointed as cabinet minister in the Socialist Party (India) government of Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur. On 3 April 1974, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament of India and served as a parliamentarian till 1980. During this term, he was appointed as the Union Minister of State for Labour and Parliamentary Affairs in the Janata Party government of Prime Minister Morarji Desai and served to this post till the dissolution of Government in 1979.

Personal life

Sinha is married to Mridula Sinha who is the Governor of Indian state Goa and a renowned writer in Hindi Literature and politician.

References

Ram Kripal Sinha Wikipedia