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==Early and personal life== | ==Early and personal life== | ||
Lalu Prasad, second of his parents' six sons, was born in [[Phulwaria]] in [[Bihar]] to Kundan Ray and Marachhiya Devi, and attended a local middle school before moving to Patna with his elder brother.<ref name="teh">{{cite news|title=The Promise And Betrayal Of Lalu Prasad Yadav|url=http://www.tehelka.com/the-promise-and-betrayal-of-lalu-prasad-yadav/|access-date=4 October 2013|newspaper=Tehlka.com|date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013071638/http://www.tehelka.com/the-promise-and-betrayal-of-lalu-prasad-yadav/|archive-date=13 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> After completing [[Bachelor of Laws]] and a Ph.D. in [[Political science|Political Science]] from B. N. College of [[Patna University]], he worked as clerk in [[Bihar Veterinary College]] at [[Patna]] where his elder brother was also a peon.<ref name= | Lalu Prasad, second of his parents' six sons, was born in [[Phulwaria]] in [[Bihar]] to Kundan Ray and Marachhiya Devi, and attended a local middle school before moving to Patna with his elder brother.<ref name="teh">{{cite news|title=The Promise And Betrayal Of Lalu Prasad Yadav|url=http://www.tehelka.com/the-promise-and-betrayal-of-lalu-prasad-yadav/|access-date=4 October 2013|newspaper=Tehlka.com|date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013071638/http://www.tehelka.com/the-promise-and-betrayal-of-lalu-prasad-yadav/|archive-date=13 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> After completing [[Bachelor of Laws]] and a Ph.D. in [[Political science|Political Science]] from B. N. College of [[Patna University]], he worked as clerk in [[Bihar Veterinary College]] at [[Patna]] where his elder brother was also a peon. | ||
Yadav married [[Rabri Devi]] on 1 June 1973, in an [[arranged marriage]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lalu-paid-off-a-debt-to-his-wife-handsomely-1093659|title=Rabri vividly recalls how she had boarded a steamer at Pahleja Ghat in Sonepur (Chapra) to reach the Patna residence soon after her marriage on March 18, 1974 when curfew had been imposed all over the district|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224215207/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lalu-paid-off-a-debt-to-his-wife-handsomely-1093659|archive-date=24 December 2017}}</ref> and they went on to have two sons and seven daughters.<ref name=FamilyUnplanning>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/05/08/stories/2004050800031000.htm | title=The durability of Laloo Prasad Yadav | work=[[Business Line]] | date=8 May 2004 | access-date=24 February 2012 | author=Thakurta, Paranjoy Guha | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008033632/http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2004/05/08/stories/2004050800031000.htm | archive-date=8 October 2012}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||