Ram Dulari Sinha

Ram Dulari Sinha
Ram Dulari Sinha
Personal details
Born	(1922-12-08)8 December 1922 (Village-Manikpur), Gopalganj, Bihar
Died	31 August 1994(1994-08-31) (aged 71) New Delhi
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
Children	Dr. Madhurendra Kumar Singh
Residence	Patna

Ram Dulari Sinha (8 December 1922 – 31 August 1994) was a nationalist, freedom fighter Indian National Congress, Indian parliamentarian and a Union Minister.She was married with Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha popularly known as the father of Cooperative Movement in India. She was elected Vice Chairman of the International Labour Organization, was the first woman in Bihar to gain a master's degrees and also the first woman from Bihar to be appointed as Governor when she became Governor of Kerala from 23 February 1988 to 12 February 1990.

Political career

Ram Dulari Sinha with the leaders of Kerala

• 1952,Member of first Bihar Assembly
• 1962, Member of Parliament from Patna Lok Sabha Constituency
• 1969, Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
• 1971-1977, State Cabinet Minister, Government of Bihar (held the portfolios of Labour and Employment, Tourism, Sugar Cane, Social Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs)
• 1980, Member of Parliament from Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)
• 1980-1984, Union Minister of State (held the portfolios of Information and Broadcasting, Labour and Rehabilitation, Industry, Steel and Mines, Commerce and Home Affairs)
• 1984, Member of Parliament from Sheohar constituency
• 1984-1988, Union Minister for Home Affairs
• 1988-1990, Governor of Kerala

Election results

Assembly Election results

Year	Constituency	Votes Polled	Vote %	Winner
1951	98. Majorganj	11520	51.73%	Yes
1969	22. Gopalganj	15197	36.09%	Yes
1972	22. Gopalganj	19749	42.36%	Yes

Lok Sabha Election results

Year	Constituency	Votes Polled	Vote %	Winner
1962	35. Patna	101687	44.89%	Yes
1980	12. Sheohar	174188	41.95%	Yes
1984	12. Sheohar	254881	52.45%	Yes

Political Successor

The legacy is being carried forward by her son Dr. (Prof.) Madhurendra Kumar Singh, Member All India Congress Committee who has contested Lok Sabha election from Sheohar (Lok Sabha Constituency) in 1989. Madhurendra was Vice President of Bihar unit of National Students Union of India and Bihar Pradesh Youth Congress and has also served as President of District Congress Committee, Sitamarhi and is currently Member, Working Committee of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee for past 16 years. His participation in the Cooperative Movement is also exemplary, he was elected and served as Director of Central Warehousing Corporation and Director at Bihar State Cooperative Bank Ltd. Nonetheless he was the elected Chairman of Bihar State Canegrowers Association.

See also

• List of Governors of Kerala
• Gopalganj district, India
• Sheohar

External links

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