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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ram Dulari Sinha<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|12|8}}<br />
| birth_place = (Village-Manikpur), <br />
[[Gopalganj, Bihar]]<br />
| residence = [[Patna]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|8|31|1922|12|8}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]]<br />
| office = <br />
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| successor = <br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] <br />
| spouse = [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]] <br />
| children = Dr. Madhurendra Kumar Singh<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| date = <br />
| year = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Ram Dulari Sinha''' (8 December 1922 – 31 August 1994) was a nationalist, freedom fighter [[Indian National Congress]], [[Lok Sabha|Indian parliamentarian]] and a [[Union Minister]]. She was married to [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]] popularly known as the father of Cooperative Movement in India and an [[Indian Parliamentarian]], he was Member of first Lok Sabha. As a Parliamentarian she is amongst few of those Parliamentarian's who got the opportunity to work with the first three Prime Ministers of India [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Indira Gandhi]]. She was Union Minister in Government's headed by [[Indira Gandhi]] and [[Rajiv Gandhi]] respectively. She was elected Vice Chairman of the [[International Labour Organization]], was the first woman in [[Bihar]] to attain a master's degrees and also the first woman from Bihar to be appointed as Governor. She became [[Governors of Kerala|Governor of Kerala]] on 23 February 1988 to 12 February 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/25010417.html?dids=25010417:25010417&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=May+17%2C+1985&author=Chicago+Tribune+wires&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=INDIA+PROBES+DEATH+PLOT%2C+BOMBING+TIES&pqatl=google|title=INDIA PROBES DEATH PLOT, BOMBING TIES|date=17 May 1985|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=2009-08-24}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
[[File:Ram Dulari Sinha with the leaders of kerala.jpg|thumb|Ram Dulari Sinha with the leaders of Kerala]]<br />
* 1952,[[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member of first Bihar Assembly]]<br />
* 1962, [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] from [[Patna (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna Lok Sabha Constituency]]<br />
* 1969, Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* 1971-1977, State Cabinet Minister, [[Government of Bihar]] (held the portfolios of Labour and Employment, Tourism, Sugar Cane, Social Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs)<br />
* 1980, Member of Parliament from [[Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<br />
* 1980-1984, Union [[Minister of State]] (held the portfolios of [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]], [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Labour]] and Rehabilitation, Industry, [[Ministry of Steel (India)|Steel]] and [[Ministry of Mines (India)|Mines]], [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Commerce]] and Home Affairs)<br />
* 1984, Member of Parliament from Sheohar constituency<br />
* 1984-1988, Union Minister for Home Affairs<br />
* 1988-1990, [[Governor of Kerala]]<br />
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==Election results==<br />
'''Assembly Election results'''<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Constituency !! Votes Polled !! Vote % !! Winner<br />
|-<br />
| 1951 || 98. Majorganj || 11520 || 51.73% || Yes<br />
|-<br />
| 1969 || 22. Gopalganj || 15197 || 36.09% || Yes<br />
|-<br />
| 1972 || 22. Gopalganj || 19749 || 42.36% || Yes<br />
|}<br />
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'''Lok Sabha Election results'''<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year !! Constituency !! Votes Polled !! Vote % !! Winner<br />
|-<br />
| 1962 || 35. Patna || 101687 || 44.89% || Yes<br />
|-<br />
| 1980 || 12. Sheohar || 174188 || 41.95% || Yes<br />
|-<br />
| 1984 || 12. Sheohar || 254881 || 52.45% || Yes<br />
|}<br />
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==Political Successor==<br />
The legacy is being carried forward by her son Dr. (Prof.) Madhurendra Kumar Singh, Member All India Congress Committee who has contested Lok Sabha election from [[Sheohar (Lok Sabha Constituency)]] in 1989. <br />
Madhurendra was Vice President of Bihar unit of [[National Students Union of India]] and [[Bihar Pradesh Youth Congress]] and has also served as President of District Congress Committee, Sitamarhi and is currently Member, Working Committee of [[Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee]] for past 16 years. His participation in the Cooperative Movement is also exemplary, he was elected and served as Director of Central Warehousing Corporation and Director at Bihar State Cooperative Bank Ltd. Nonetheless he was the elected Chairman of Bihar State Canegrowers Association.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Governors of Kerala]]<br />
*[[Gopalganj district, India]]<br />
*[[Sheohar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category|Ram Dulari Sinha}}<br />
*[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1660.htm LssNew/biodata]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf Eci.nic.in]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_BIHAR.pdf Eci.nic.in]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatisticalReport%201969%20Bihar.pdf Eci.nic.in]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_Bh_72.pdf Eci.nic.in]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf Eci.nic.in]<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf Eci.nic.in]<br />
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