Raj Kishore Mahato

Raj Kishore Mahato

Raj Kishore Mahato
Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office 2014–2019
Constituency	Tundi
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office 1991–1996
Constituency	Giridih
Personal details
Born	23 September 1946
Died	2 December 2020 (aged 74) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	All Jharkhand Students Union
Parent(s)	Binod Bihari Mahato (father), Fulmani Devi (mother)
Profession	politician

Raj Kishore Mahato was an Indian politician and member of the All Jharkhand Students Union. Mahato was a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2019 from the Tundi constituency in Dhanbad district.[1][2][3]

Early life

Raj Kishore Mahato was born on 23 September 1946 to Binod Bihari Mahato and Fulmani Devi. He did his engineering degree from Indian School of Mining, Dhanbad.[4]

Career

Raj Kishore Mahato was government advocate in Patna High court from 1990 to 1991. Due to untimely death of his father, he became member of parliament from Giridih after winning election. He was president of Jharkhand ciliary sramik union from 1993. He was general secretary of Samta Party from 1998. He was president of Akhil Bharatiya Rail Yatri Sammiti. He was elected to state legislative assembly from Tundi in 2014 in the ticket of Ajsu.[5]

He died on the 3 December 2020 from COVID-19, at the age of 75.[6]

References

1. The Modi spell on Coal Belt
2. "My Neta". Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
3. "Jharkhand MLA Raj Kishore Mahato". Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
4. Mehato, Raj Kishore (16 June 2017). झारखण्‍ड आंदोलन के मसीहा बिनोद बिहारी मेहतो : Jharkhand Andolan Ke Masiha Binod Bihari Mahato. ISBN 9789352780822. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
5. The Modi spell on Coal Belt
6. https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/leaders-local-residents-pay-tributes-to-tundi-mla/cid/1799425