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{{Infobox journalist
| name = Ram Bahadur Rai
| image = Rambahadur Rai.jpg
| caption = Ram Bahadur Rai in his office
| birth_date = 1 July 1946
| birth_place = Sonari, [[Ghazipur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| occupation = [[Journalist]], [[editor]]
| alma mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]]
| years_active = 1971-present
| credits =
| awards =
| known_for =
}}

'''Ram Bahadur Rai''' is a senior Hindi [[journalist]]. He is Former news editor of Hindi daily ''[[Jansatta]]''. He has authored and edited several books. He is known for some impressive biographies, written in Hindi, namely ''Shashwat Vidrohi Rajneta'' based on life and acts of Gandhian socialist Acharya [[J. B. Kripalani]], ''Rahvari ke Sawal'' on [[Chandra Shekhar|Chandrashekhar]] and ''Manjil se Jyada Safar''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-cake-is-cut-for-vps-birthday-knives-are-out-for-mulayam/7299/0|title=A cake is cut for VP's birthday, knives are out for Mulayam|last=Chowdhury|first=Neerja|date=26 June 2006|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref> on [[V P Singh]]. He was a close associate of the [[Indian freedom fighter]] and political leader [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] and was also part of a Steering Committee of [[JP Movement]].<ref name="IGNCA"/>

==Early life==
He was born on 1 July 1946 in [[Bhumihar]] family of Sofonari village in [[Ghazipur]].<ref name="राम बहादुर राय की संवाद शैली">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindisamay.com/content/11291/1/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80.cspx|publisher=hindisamay.com|title=राम बहादुर राय की संवाद शैली|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.internationalnewsandviews.com/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%89-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7/|publisher=internationalnewsandviews.com|title=डॉ रमण सिंह करेंगे दो वरिष्ठ पत्रकारों को सम्मानित}}</ref> He got his early education at his native place and nearby [[Machhti]] Inter College. For higher education he moved to [[Varanasi]] and completed his graduation from [[Banaras Hindu University]]. He got his postgraduate degree in economics from BHU.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journalistcafe.com/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2/|title=राम बहादुर राय:ईमानदार कलम|publisher=journalistcafe.com}}</ref> He obtained PG diploma in mass communication from Rajasthan University.

In the year 1965 on the behest of central government academic council of BHU proposed to drop 'Hindu' word from the name of the university. Ram Bahadur Rai led a student movement to oppose this move which was shelved after rising protest. However Ram Bahadur Rai was expelled from the university for leading the protest. To continue as a regular student an apology was asked by the university administration but Rai refused. As a result, he couldn't complete his Ph.D. in economics.<ref name="राम बहादुर राय की संवाद शैली"/>

Being the organising secretary of [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] Ram Bahadur Rai led the student movement during JP movement.

==Career==
Ram Bahadur Rai started his career as journalist with [[Hindustan Samachar]]. He wrote eyewitness account of [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] for Hindi Daily ''Aaj'', published from [[Varanasi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/ignca-board-reconstituted-journalist-ram-bahadur-rai-replaces-chinmaya-gharekhan/86000/|publisher=jansatta.com|title=पत्रकार रामबहादुर राय बने इंदिरा गांधी राष्ट्रीय कला केंद्र के अध्यक्ष}}</ref> Later on he moved to Delhi and started working journalist with Hindi daily ''Jansatta''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journalistcafe.com/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2/|title=राम बहादुर राय:ईमानदार कलम|publisher=journalistcafe.com|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> At Jansatta he worked as Bureau Chief and News Editor. For a short span of time he worked as special correspondent for [[Navbharat Times]] also. At present he is working as group editor of Hindusthan Samachar.

In the year 2015 Government of India appointed Ram Bahadur Rai as the president of [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA) executive committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/modi-goverment-appoints-new-ignca-board-ram-bahadur-rai-head-317969-2016-04-14|publisher=indiatoday.in|title=Who is Ram Bahadur Rai?}}</ref>

===First person to be jailed during emergency===
Rai was the first person to be jailed, in 1974, under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act,(MISA). This act was passed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1973, giving dictatorial powers to law enforcement agencies, and repealed by the subsequent Janata Party Government in 1977. He was again jailed for eighteen months.

===Organiser of JP movement===
Ram Bahadur Rai served as one of the key member of the steering committee of JP movement. Rai played an important role during student movement of 1974. It was ARPAN KUMAR RAI under whose leadership students' leaders of many organisations met JP and requested him to lead the movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/laloo-he-even-misappropriated-funds-from-the-jp-movement/220919|title=The leader of the opposition in Bihar Assembly joins issue|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>

==Position held and awards==
* He was awarded [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.<ref name=pdma>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards 2015|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952|publisher=Press Information Bureau|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-date=26 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Patron, Integrated Talent Development Mission (ITDM)
* President of the 20 member board of [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA).<ref name="IGNCA">{{cite news |title=Who is Ram Bahadur Rai? Why did the Modi government dissolve the IGNCA board? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/modi-goverment-appoints-new-ignca-board-ram-bahadur-rai-head-317969-2016-04-14 |access-date=7 November 2018 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* Madhavrao Sapre National Journalism Award
* Manikchandra Vajpayi National Journalism Award
* Bhagwandas Journalism Award
* Satyagrahi Samman
* Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Award

==See also==
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]

==References==
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{{Indian Emergency}}
{{Padma Shri Awards}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}

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