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| name = R. R. Diwakar<br />
| image = R.R DIVAKAR.jpg<br />
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| office = [[Governor of Bihar]]<br />
| term_start = 15 June 1952<br />
| term_end = 5 July 1957<br />
| predecessor = [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]]<br />
| successor = [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]]<br />
| office1 = [[Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)|2nd Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1 April 1949<br />
| term_end1 = 15 April 1952<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]<br />
| successor1 = [[B. V. Keskar]]<br />
| prime_minister1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[List of nominated members of Rajya Sabha|Nominated]]<br />
| term_start2 = 3 April 1962<br />
| term_end2 = 2 April 1968<br />
| birth_name = Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|9|30|df=yes}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1990|1|15|1894|9|30}}<br />
| occupation = Politician, writer<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] <br />
}}<br />
'''Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar''' (30 September 1894 – 15 January 1990)<ref>{{cite journal |date=8 July 1992 |title=Obituary References - Second Session of the Ninth Lok Sabha |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/419/1/lsd_09_II_12_03_1990.pdf |journal=Lok Sabha Debates |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=19 |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Sarkar|editor1-first=C.|title=Vidura|date=1990|publisher=C. Sarkar|page=38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JZZAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=28 February 2018}}</ref> was an Indian writer and politician who served as 2nd [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] from 1950 to 1952.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
[[File:Godwin Moikusita Lewanika with R.R. Diwakar April 1950.jpg|thumb|left|Diwakar (''right'') with Godwin Mbikusita Lewanika (''left''), 1950]]<br />
R. R. Diwakar was born on 30 September 1894. From the very beginning, he was interested in writing. He made many efforts to unify the [[Kannada]] linguistic regions.<br />
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He joined the [[Indian National Congress]] during the independence movement. Later he became a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]] and Provisional Parliament of India from [[Bombay State]]. He served as the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] in the [[First Nehru ministry|Nehru cabinet]] (from 1 April 1949 to 15 April 1952).<br />
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He was elected as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from Bombay State on 3 April 1952, but resigned on 13 June 1952. Within two days he was appointed the [[Governor of Bihar]] (15 June 1952 to 5 July 1957). He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1962 from [[Karnataka]] where he served till 1968.<br />
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After 1968, he distanced himself from politics and wrote several books in English, Kannada and [[Hindi]].<br />
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He died on 15 January 1990.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf Brief Biodata]<br />
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