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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Ramakant Goswami
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| constituency_AM = [[Rajendra Nagar, Delhi|Rajendra Nagar]]
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| term_start = December 2008
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| birth_date = 29 October 1944
| birth_place = Lahore, British India
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| nationality = Indian
| spouse =Chander Kanta Goswami
| party = [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
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| children =One Daughter and One Son
| residence =25/30, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110008
| alma_mater = [[Kurukshetra University]]<br />[[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]
| occupation =Journalist, lecturer
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'''Ramakant Goswami''' (born 29 October 1944) was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi]] from [[Rajendra Nagar, Delhi|Rajendra Nagar]] constituency. He was the Minister of Industry, Labour, Election, Law & Justice and Parliament Affairs, [[Delhi Government|Govt. of NCT, Delhi]]. He was also a member of the Business Advisory Committee of Delhi Government since 2002.<ref name="delhiassembly1">{{cite web | url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/BAC.htm | title=BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE | accessdate=2011-02-13}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born to Dr Girdhari Lal Goswami and Dev Rani Goswami in British India. After the [[partition of India]], he and his family migrated to India. He did his [[post-graduation]] in Hindi from [[Kurukshetra University]] and followed this with a diploma in journalism from [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]. He was an active journalist for thirty years and worked as lecturer at S.D. College in [[Ambala]]. He was an active sportsman during his college days.<ref name="hindustantimes ">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ramakant-Goswami-64-Congress-Patel-Nagar/Article1-352791.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629215906/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ramakant-Goswami-64-Congress-Patel-Nagar/Article1-352791.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 June 2011 | title=Ramakant Goswami | accessdate=2011-02-13}}</ref>

==Political career==
He entered in active politics in 1998 for the Delhi State Assembly Elections and contested for [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] for the seat of MLA from [[Patel Nagar]] constituency, he won and repeated his success again in the year 2003. In the [[2008 Delhi state assembly elections|2008 elections]], he was nominated from Rajendra Nagar constituency. He won the seat from the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] candidate Asha Yogi by 5000 votes.<ref name="newswebnindia ">{{cite web | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20081215/1128607.html | title=Congs Ramakant Goswami wins Rajendra Nagar assy seat | accessdate=2011-02-13}}</ref>

==Positions held==
He has served on several major positions of many organisations and within Congress, some of them are:<ref name="delhiassembly2">{{cite web | url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspFile/whos_who/ramakant_goswami.htm | title=Profile | accessdate=2011-02-13}}</ref>-
* General Secretary — Delhi [[Pradesh Congress Committee]]
* General Secretary — All India Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sammelan
* General Secretary — All India Sanskrit Sahitya Sammelan
* Parliamentary Secretary to [[Chief Minister of Delhi|Chief Minister]]
* [[Whip (politics)|Chief Whip]] of Congress Legislative Party

==See also==
*[[Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]
*[[2008 Delhi state assembly elections]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Delhi]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:Kurukshetra University alumni]]
[[Category:Politicians from Lahore]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Delhi]]
[[Category:Delhi MLAs 2008–2013]]

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