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{{Infobox Indian politician
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|1|9|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|1|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gangajal, [[Saran district]], [[Bihar]],[[British Raj|British India]]
| birth_place = Gangajal, [[Saran district]], [[Bihar]], [[British Raj|British India]]
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|nationality = [[India]]n
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party =[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| party =[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|otherparty =[[Janata Dal]] , [[Janata Party]]
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| spouse = Savita Devi
| spouse = Savita Devi
| children = 2 Sons and 1 daughter
| children = 2 Sons and 1 daughter
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| successor = [[Jagannath Mishra]]
| successor = [[Jagannath Mishra]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency4 = [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] ,[[Bihar]]
| constituency4 = [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]], [[Bihar]]
| predecessor3 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| predecessor3 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| successor3 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
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राम सुंदर दास| source = http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3489
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'''Ram Sundar Das''' ({{lang-hi|राम सुन्दर दास}}; 9 January 1921 – 6 March 2015) was an [[India]]n politician and a former [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] state. He was a leader of the [[Janata Dal (United)]] political party. He was the Chief Minister of Bihar from 21 April 1979 to 17 February 1980. In 1991, he was elected to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur constituency]] in [[Bihar]].
'''Ram Sundar Das''' ({{lang-hi|राम सुन्दर दास}}; 9 January 1921 – 6 March 2015) was an Indian politician and former [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] constituency.


==Other websites==
He died on 6 March 2015 at the age of 94.<ref name="death">{{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-bihar-chief-minister-ram-sundar-das-passes-away/articleshow/46474574.cms | title=Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das passes away | publisher=The Economics Times | date=6 March 2015 | access-date=6 March 2015}}</ref>
*[http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/bihar/4_4_5764172.html Chhote Saheb was a leader of the masses-former Bihar CM Ram Sundar Das] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404180345/http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/bihar/4_4_5764172.html |date=2012-04-04 }}


==Early life and family==
Das was born on 9 January 1921 into [[Chamar]] caste in Gangajal near [[Sonpur, Bihar|Sonpur]], [[Saran District]] in Bihar.<ref name="Ram Sundar reference1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Farz|first=Ahmed|date=15 May 1996|title=Elections 1996: Ram Vilas Paswan may find the going tough this time|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960515-elections-1996-ram-vilas-paswan-may-find-the-going-tough-this-time-833180-1996-05-15|access-date=2020-06-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> He matriculated from a school in Sonpur and attended [[Vidyasagar College]] in Calcutta. He dropped out of college to join the Indian freedom movement. He was married to Savita Devi in 1956 and had three children, two sons and one daughter.<ref name="Ram Sundar reference1">{{cite news |title=Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das passes away at 95 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/former-bihar-chief-minister-dies-243272-2015-03-07 |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=India Today |publisher=India Today |date=7 March 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Parl">{{cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3489&lastls=15| title=Members Bioprofile|publisher=[[Parliament of India]]|access-date= 8 April 2020}}</ref>


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==Political career==
He played an active role in 1942 Quit India Movement.<ref name="Ram Sundar reference1" /> Das served as a functionary in [[Congress Socialist Party]] in his native place Sonpur. The Congress Socialist Party, through a series of mergers became a part of the [[Praja Socialist Party]] (PSP). Das served as member of PSP's Bihar Provincial Executive Council. In 1957 Lok Sabha elections, he was Socialists' losing candidate from Hajipur. Later he would win the seat twice. In 1968, he was elected as a Member of Bihar's legislative council and continued in this role until 1977.<ref name="Parl"/>
 
In the [[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], that led to a decisive defeat of the ruling Indian National Congress at the hands of [[Janata party]], Das was elected as the MLA for [[Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonpur]]. Janata Party was a recent amalgam of disparate groups including [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Indian National Congress (O)]], [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]], Socialists and [[Jana Sangh]].<ref name="Parl"/><ref name="sk">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVxODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT48|title=Post-Mandal Politics in Bihar: Changing Electoral Patterns
|author=Sanjay Kumar|year=2018|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn= 9789352805860}}</ref>
 
In fight in the party broke over the question of Chief Minister, [[Karpoori Thakur]]'s decision to implement the Mungeri Lal Commission report, that recommended the institution of reservations for Backward Castes in government jobs. Upper caste members of Janata Party tried to water down the reservation policy by unseating Thakur as Chief Minister. To wean away Dalit MLAs, Das, a Dalit himself, was nominated as the candidate. Though Das and Thakur were both Socialist, Das was considered more moderate and accommodative than the Chief Minister. Thakur resigned and Das became the [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] on 21 April 1979.<ref name="Ram Sundar reference1" /> The reservation law was weakened by allowing upper castes to obtain a greater percentage of government jobs. The internal tensions in Janata Party caused it to split into multiple factions which led to Congress returning to power in 1980.<ref name="sk"/><ref name="dt">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/state-mourns-death-of-ex-cm-on-festival-day/cid/1474245|title=State mourns death of ex-CM on festival day|date=7 March 2015|publisher=Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
 
In the late 1980s, some of the remnants of Janata Party had come together to form [[Janata Dal]], which formed a coalition government at the national level following the [[1989 Indian general election]]. In [[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Janata Dal won the largest number of seats and sought to form government with the outside support of BJP and Communists. Das was a contender for Chief Ministership pitted against [[Raghunath Jha]] and [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]. Yadav was supported by [[Devi Lal]] and [[Nitish Kumar]], Jha by [[Chandra Shekhar]] and Das by Prime Minister, [[VP Singh]].
 
Lalu Yadav had campaigned vastly in favour for implementing Mandal Commission, which sought to reserve government jobs for backward castes in Central government jobs. Das was less keen on this. VP Singh's support of Das was interpreted as a lack of enthusiasm for this form of social engineering. Nitish Kumar rallied backward caste MLAs towards Yadav. In the election, Yadav won narrowly over Das by a vote of 59 to 56. Jha won 12, mostly upper caste MLAs.<ref name="sk" />
 
Ironically he joined Chandra Shekhar's Samajwadi Janata Party around 1995 though Chandra Shekhar had opposed his candidature for CM's post. Ram Sundar Das remained with that party until 2008, and in another twist joined Janata Dal (United) that time, though those people had also opposed his candidature for CM's post back in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|last=30 Dec|first=Faizan Ahmad / TNN /|last2=2008|last3=Ist|first3=01:21|title=Ram Sundar Das, supporters join JD(U) {{!}} Patna News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/ram-sundar-das-supporters-join-jdu/articleshow/3910301.cms|access-date=2021-09-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
 
===Electoral record===
* 1957 : lost from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[1957 Indian general election]], as [[Socialist Party (India)]] candidate
* 1968-1977 : Member of [[Bihar Legislative Council]].<ref name="Ram Sundar reference1" />
* 1977 : Lost Lok Sabha election from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] as an independent, coming fourth and getting just 3,449 votes <ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-05-22|title=A victory after 32 years of trying|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/a-victory-after-32-years-of-trying/story-IBOx9U3izIWOJ52a04R77J.html|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
* 1977 : Elected to [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from [[Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] (सोनपुर)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
** Served as [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] in 1979<ref name="Ram Sundar reference1" />
* 1980 : Came third as [[Janata Party]] candidate in Sonpur, losing to [[Lalu Yadav]] of [[Janata Party (Secular)]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sonepur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/sonepur-bihar-assembly-constituency|access-date=2021-09-25|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>
* 1984 : Lost Lok Sabha election from [[Palamu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palamu]] seat as [[Janata Party]] candidate, then in [[Bihar]] and now in [[Jharkhand]].
* 1985 : Lost Bihar Vidhan Sabha election from [[Garkha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Garkha]] (SC) seat, as [[Janata Party]]'s candidate
* 1990 : Elected to [[Bihar Vidhan Sabha]] from [[Patepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patepur]]. Vacated the seat next year when elected to [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/2019-election-results.html/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
* 1991 : Elected to [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]], as [[Janata Dal]] candidate  <ref>{{Cite web|title=1991 India General (10th Lok Sabha) Elections Results|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1991-election-results.html|access-date=2021-09-25|website=www.elections.in}}</ref><ref name="Ram Sundar reference1" />
* 1996 : Lost [[1996 Indian general election|Lok Sabha election]] from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] as [[Samata Party]] candidate, but he could be a different person with the same name. Das was probably never a part of Samata Party. 
* 1998 : Lost from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] as member of [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
* 1999 : Lost from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] as member of [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]. Came third with just 5,027 votes. 
* 2004 : One Ram Sundar Das lost Lok Sabha election from Hajipur as member of Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya), but he might be another person with the same name because his age was just 67 as per the data. But the age could be a typo.
* 2009 : Elected to [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]], as [[Janata Dal (United)]] candidate. Defeated [[Ram Vilas Paswan]].
* 2014 : Lost [[2014 Indian general election|Lok Sabha Election]] from [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]] (came third), as candidate for [[Nitish Kumar]]'s [[Janata Dal (United)]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hajipur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/hajipur-lok-sabha|access-date=2021-09-25|website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3489&lastls=15 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
*[http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/bihar/4_4_5764172.html Chhote Saheb was a leader of the masses-former Bihar CM Ram Sundar Das]
 
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Ram Sundar Das (Hindi: राम सुन्दर दास; 9 January 1921 – 6 March 2015) was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency.

Ram Sundar Das
File:Ram Sundar Das.jpg
15th Chief Minister of Bihar
In office
21 April 1979 – 17 February 1980
Preceded byKarpuri Thakur
Succeeded byJagannath Mishra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byRam Vilas Paswan
Succeeded byRam Vilas Paswan
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byRam Vilas Paswan
Succeeded byRam Vilas Paswan
ConstituencyHajipur, Bihar
Personal details
Born(1921-01-09)9 January 1921
Gangajal, Saran district, Bihar, British India
Died6 March 2015(2015-03-06) (aged 94)
Patna, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
Other political
affiliations		Janata Dal, Janata Party
Spouse(s)Savita Devi
Children2 Sons and 1 daughter
OccupationPolitician
As of 6 March, 2015
Source: [1]

He died on 6 March 2015 at the age of 94.[1]

Early life and familyEdit

Das was born on 9 January 1921 into Chamar caste in Gangajal near Sonpur, Saran District in Bihar.[2][3] He matriculated from a school in Sonpur and attended Vidyasagar College in Calcutta. He dropped out of college to join the Indian freedom movement. He was married to Savita Devi in 1956 and had three children, two sons and one daughter.[2][4]

Political careerEdit

He played an active role in 1942 Quit India Movement.[2] Das served as a functionary in Congress Socialist Party in his native place Sonpur. The Congress Socialist Party, through a series of mergers became a part of the Praja Socialist Party (PSP). Das served as member of PSP's Bihar Provincial Executive Council. In 1957 Lok Sabha elections, he was Socialists' losing candidate from Hajipur. Later he would win the seat twice. In 1968, he was elected as a Member of Bihar's legislative council and continued in this role until 1977.[4]

In the 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, that led to a decisive defeat of the ruling Indian National Congress at the hands of Janata party, Das was elected as the MLA for Sonpur. Janata Party was a recent amalgam of disparate groups including Indian National Congress (O), Bharatiya Lok Dal, Socialists and Jana Sangh.[4][5]

In fight in the party broke over the question of Chief Minister, Karpoori Thakur's decision to implement the Mungeri Lal Commission report, that recommended the institution of reservations for Backward Castes in government jobs. Upper caste members of Janata Party tried to water down the reservation policy by unseating Thakur as Chief Minister. To wean away Dalit MLAs, Das, a Dalit himself, was nominated as the candidate. Though Das and Thakur were both Socialist, Das was considered more moderate and accommodative than the Chief Minister. Thakur resigned and Das became the Chief Minister of Bihar on 21 April 1979.[2] The reservation law was weakened by allowing upper castes to obtain a greater percentage of government jobs. The internal tensions in Janata Party caused it to split into multiple factions which led to Congress returning to power in 1980.[5][6]

In the late 1980s, some of the remnants of Janata Party had come together to form Janata Dal, which formed a coalition government at the national level following the 1989 Indian general election. In 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Janata Dal won the largest number of seats and sought to form government with the outside support of BJP and Communists. Das was a contender for Chief Ministership pitted against Raghunath Jha and Lalu Prasad Yadav. Yadav was supported by Devi Lal and Nitish Kumar, Jha by Chandra Shekhar and Das by Prime Minister, VP Singh.

Lalu Yadav had campaigned vastly in favour for implementing Mandal Commission, which sought to reserve government jobs for backward castes in Central government jobs. Das was less keen on this. VP Singh's support of Das was interpreted as a lack of enthusiasm for this form of social engineering. Nitish Kumar rallied backward caste MLAs towards Yadav. In the election, Yadav won narrowly over Das by a vote of 59 to 56. Jha won 12, mostly upper caste MLAs.[5]

Ironically he joined Chandra Shekhar's Samajwadi Janata Party around 1995 though Chandra Shekhar had opposed his candidature for CM's post. Ram Sundar Das remained with that party until 2008, and in another twist joined Janata Dal (United) that time, though those people had also opposed his candidature for CM's post back in 1990.[7]

Electoral recordEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das passes away". The Economics Times. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das passes away at 95". India Today. India Today. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Farz, Ahmed (15 May 1996). "Elections 1996: Ram Vilas Paswan may find the going tough this time". India Today. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Members Bioprofile". Parliament of India. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sanjay Kumar (2018). Post-Mandal Politics in Bihar: Changing Electoral Patterns. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9789352805860.
  6. ↑ "State mourns death of ex-CM on festival day". Daily Telegraph. 7 March 2015.
  7. ↑ 30 Dec, Faizan Ahmad / TNN /; 2008; Ist, 01:21. "Ram Sundar Das, supporters join JD(U) | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "A victory after 32 years of trying". Hindustan Times. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Sonepur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "1991 India General (10th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "Hajipur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

External linksEdit

Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Ram Vilas Paswan 		Member of Parliament
for Hajipur
1991–1996 		Succeeded by
Ram Vilas Paswan
Preceded by
Ram Vilas Paswan 		Member of Parliament
for Hajipur
2009–2014 		Succeeded by
Ram Vilas Paswan
Party political offices
Preceded by
 Leader of the Janata Dal (United) Party in the 16th Lok Sabha
2009-2014 		Succeeded by
Kaushalendra Kumar
Political offices
Preceded by
Karpoori Thakur 		Chief Minister of Bihar
21 April 1979 – 17 February 1980 		Succeeded by
President's rule
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