Ram Kripal Sinha

Ram Kripal Sinha
Union Minister of State for Labour and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
1977–1979
PresidentBasappa Danappa Jatti (Acting)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Prime MinisterMorarji Desai
Personal details
BornApril 1934
Died15 January 2023(2023-01-15) (aged 88)
SpouseMridula Sinha

Ram Kripal Sinha (April 1934 – 15 January 2023) was an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He was a minister of state in the Government of India and a cabinet minister in the Government of Bihar.[1] He is the office secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Party Executive Committee.[2]

Early life and education

Sinha was born in April 1934 in a Bhumihar Brahmin family of Suryadeo Sinha in the Matihani village of Bihar.[citation needed] He obtained two Master of Arts degree in English and a Doctorate in Prakrit.[1]

Career

Sinha started his career as a college lecturer based in Muzaffarpur town, Bihar. Shortly afterwards, he received his doctorate, he settled in Muzaffarpur of Bihar.[3] In 1968, he was elected as a member to the Bihar Legislative Council which he served until 1974.[citation needed] 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 until 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 in this post until the dissolution of Government in 1979.[1][4][5]

Personal life and death

Sinha was married to Mridula Sinha who was the Governor of Indian state Goa[6] and a writer in Hindi Literature and politician.[7][8]

Sinha died from congestive heart failure on 15 January 2023, at the age of 88.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Short Bio - Former Rajya Sabha Members (Alphabet 'S')" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ "BJP Parliamentary Party Executive Committee". BJP. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Mridula Sinha". Nth Wall. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. ^ "BJP CHIEF CHOOSES TEAM TO SUIT STATES GOING TO POLLS". Jal Khambata. 11 July 2002. Archived from the original on 25 September 2003. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Rajya Sabha (1976-78)". rajivgandhi.in. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  6. ^ "PRESS COMMUNIQUE". Press Information Bureau. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Sheila Dik**** resigns; Kalyan Singh is new Governor of Rajasthan". Indian Express. PTI. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Mridula Sinha appointed Goa Governor". Goa News. Goa News Desk. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Ram Kripal Sinha is no more". Kamal Sandesh. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2024.


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