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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Ram Ratan Ram.jpg|
| name = Ram Ratan Ram
| caption = Ram speaking at the Kremlin, Russia at 70th anniversary celebrations of the October Revolution in 1987
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|3|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ranchi]], [[Bihar]], [[British India]] (now [[Jharkhand]], India)
| residence =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|8|20|1921|3|24|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]], [[Bihar]]
| salary1 =
| term_start1 = 1984
| term_end1 = 1989
| predecessor1 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| successor1 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =
| spouse = Bina Devi
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| source = http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3129.htm
}}

'''Ram Ratan Ram''' (1921–2002) was an [[India]]n politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] and former [[General Secretary]], [[Indian National Congress]]. He served as social worker and advocate, under the mentorship of Bose. He was elected to the Bihar Vidhan Sabha in 1952 and won every consecutive election till his move to the centre in 1984. Ram was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] in [[Bihar]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Kumar2004">{{cite book|author=Narender Kumar|title=Dalit Policies, Politics And Parliament|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SG3aAAAAMAAJ|access-date=29 March 2019|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Shipra Publications|isbn=978-81-7541-152-4|page=110}}</ref><ref name="PaswanJaideva2002">{{cite book|author1=Sanjay Paswan|author2=Pramanshi Jaideva|title=Encyclopaedia of Dalits in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aHO-_dm6E0YC&pg=PA291|access-date=29 March 2019|year=2002|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7835-066-0|pages=291–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://affidavitarchive.nic.in/Affidavit/archive/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s04/partycomp08.htm | title=Hajipur Parliamentary Constituency | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>

He was a prominent member of the [[Indian National Congress]] post independence. Mr. Ram Ratan Ram also served as the Chairman of the SC/ST Commission of India and was also one of the pioneers in the formation of the state of [[Jharkhand]].

At a state level politician in Bihar, he held several portfolios during the years before his Lok Sabha term, most notably as Minister for Animal and Fish Resources Department in the Government of [[Bihar]].

== Early and personal life ==
Sri Ram was B.A., LL.B., affiliated with [Congress (I)—Bihar, Hajipur (Res. Sch. Castes), 1984] s. of late Shri Laxman Ram; b. at Ranchi, March 24, 1921; early education at Nibaran Ashram started by Mahatma Gandhi, B. K. High School, Ranchi College, Doranda College, Chotanagpur Law College, Ranchi University, Bihar;

Married to Smt. Bina Debi, April 29, 1942; they had 8 sons and daughter.

He spent most of his time between [[New Delhi]], [[Ranchi]] and [[Patna]]. On 16 August 2002 he was admitted to Escorts Heart Institute under Dr. [[Naresh Trehan]] due to a heart attack and passed away on the 20th August 2002.

== Political career ==
In his early years, he was a part of the freedom movement as he went on to complete his education in law subsequently working as an advocate, political and social worker, participated in '''1942 Movement.'''<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3129.htm|access-date=2020-09-14|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref>

<gallery>
Letter_to_Mr._Gandhi.jpg| General Secretary Mr. Ram Ratan Ram's letter to the Prime Minister on the issue of Jharkhand
</gallery>

He was Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar, 1974–77; Member, (i) All India Congress Committee and (ii) Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee; President, Ranchi District Congress Committee; Secretary, (i) Backward Classes Federation, 1952–64, (ii) Depressed Classes League, Bihar, 1952–72; and (iii) Ranchi Nagar Charmodyog Sahakari Samiti Limited, 1955–80; chairman, (i) Jagannath Mandir Trust, 1975–85, (ii) Bihar State Leather Industries Development Corporation, 1984–85, (iii) Scheduled Castes Parishad, Bihar and (iv) East Bengal Refugees Association; present chairman, Shaheed Smarak Samiti, Ranchi; General Secretary, D.C.L., Bihar; Member, (i) Railway Consultative Committee, South, Eastern Railway, 1953–62, (ii) Transport Authority, Ranchi, 1953–62, (iii) Bihar State Scheduled Castes Advisory Board, 1952–85 and (iv) Forest Advisory Board, Bihar, 1952–62 and had been member of several Development Committees of State Government in Ranchi District; Member, (i) Bihar Vidhan Sabha, 1952–62, 1972–77, 1980–84 and (ii) Bihar Vidhan Parishad, 1964–70.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shri Ram Ratan Ram MP biodata Hajipur-SC {{!}} ENTRANCEINDIA|url=https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/shri-ram-ratan-ram-member-of-parliament-mp-from-hajipur-sc-bihar-biodata/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3129.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]]
[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]

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