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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Ram Krishna Sinha
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| constituency = [[Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faizabad]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament#India|Member of Parliament]], [[4th & 5th Lok Sabha]] From 1967 to 1977
| term_start = 1967
| term_end = Jan 1977
| predecessor = Ram Krishna Sinha
| successor = [[Anantram Jaiswal]]
| constituency2 = [[Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faizabad]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament#India|Member of Parliament]], [[4th & 5th Lok Sabha]]
| term2 = Mar 1967 – Dec 1977
| predecessor2 = [[Brij Basi Lal]]
| successor2 = Ram Krishna Sinha
| constituency3 =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1920|9|1}}
| birth_place = [[Faizabad]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|8|24|1920|9|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = Faizabad
| birthname =
| parents = Rajeshwari Prasad (Father)
| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| otherparty = [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]<br />[[Congress Socialist Party]]<br />(till 1951)
| spouse = Lokmudi Sinha
| partner = 
| relations =
| children = Rashi Krishna Sinha
| residence = "Ram Krishna Sinha Kuteer", 646 Babu Ram Krishna Sinha Marg,Sahabganj,Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) & A-15-D, D.D.A. Flats
Munirka New Delhi-110067
| alma_mater = [[University of Lucknow|Lucknow University]]
| occupation =
| profession = Advocate, politician
| cabinet =
| committees = 1 chairman i. Estimates Committee of the Parliament (1974–75 & 1975–76) ii. Railway Convention Committee (1971–73) iii. 1st Pay
Committee of Parliament (1974) 2. Member of several committees
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''' Ram Krishna Sinha ''' (1 September 1920 – 24 August 1984) was an [[List of Indian independence activists|Indian freedom fighter]], politician and Member of [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] of India. He was a member of the [[4th Lok Sabha|4th]] and the [[5th Lok Sabha]]s of India. Sinha represented the [[Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faizabad]] constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and was a member of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] political party.<ref name=" Member Profile ">{{cite news|title= Member Profile|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] website|accessdate=1 January 2014|url= http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1986.htm}}</ref><ref name=" Election results 1967 ">{{cite news|title= Election results 1967|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=1 January 2014|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf}}</ref><ref name=" Election results 1971 ">{{cite news|title= Election results 1971|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=1 January 2014|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sinha was born in [[Faizabad]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He attended [[University of Lucknow|Lucknow University]] where he attained [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]] followed by [[Master of Science|MSc]] degrees. Sinha worked as an advocate prior to joining [[Indian independence movement]] and politics. Sinha got married in 1949.<ref name=" Member Profile"/>

==Political career==

===Pre-independence===
Sinha participated in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He got involved with the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1930s and was imprisoned twice between 1938 and 1942. After his release and between 1942 and 1944, Sinha was detained in [[Faizabad]] and [[Lucknow]] jails. After getting released from detention, he had to remain ''underground'' till 1945. In 1945, Sinha assumed the post of President, [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]] Student's [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and entered active politics.

===Post independence===
Sinha entered active politics in early 1930s. He joined [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party but soon moved to [[Socialist Party (India)]] followed by [[Congress Socialist Party]]. By 1951, Sinha was back with [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party. He held several key party and parliamentary positions in the coming years. Sinha was [[Member of Parliament#India|Member of Parliament]], twice from the same constituency.

Sinha convened several conferences; viz "Northern India Freedom Fighters Conference", "National Conference on Freedom Fighters", "Socialism", "Democracy", "Non-alignment and National Integration" etc.<ref name=" Member Profile"/><ref name=" Earlier Lok Sabha ">{{cite news|title=Earlier Lok Sabha|publisher=Lok Sabha website|accessdate=1 January 2014|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokprev.aspx|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116233330/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokprev.aspx|archivedate=16 January 2014}}</ref>

==Posts held==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !! From !! To !! Position
|-
| 01 || 1967 || 1970 || Member, [[4th Lok Sabha|04th Lok Sabha]]
|-
| 02 || 1969 || 1969 || Represented [[India]] in UN
|-
| 03 || 1970 || 1970 || [[Parliamentary group leader]] to [[East Germany|GDR]] & [[Yugoslavia]]
|-
| 04 || 1971 || 1971 || Member, [[5th Lok Sabha|05th Lok Sabha]]
|-
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
*[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]] & [[5th Lok Sabha]]
*[[Lok Sabha]]
*[[Politics of India]]
*[[Parliament of India]]
*[[Government of India]]
*[[Indian National Congress]]
*[[Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
*[[List of Indian independence activists]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:5th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Faizabad]]
[[Category:People from Faizabad district]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh]]

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