Chaudhary Sadhu Ram (January 1909 – August 1975) was an Indian politician and five-time Member of Parliament.

Early life

Chaudhary Sadhu Ram was born to Jawahar Mal at Domeli, Kapurthala, Punjab. He had studied at Khalsa High School, Domeli and invested in leather trade from Jalandhar. He became one of the first and richest person from

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Movement

In late 1920s he joined Ad-Dharm movement founded by

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. He became an active member of the movement but due to rifts among the leaders he led a separate faction, "All Indian Ad Dharm Mandal", headquartering at

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. He became a close aid of

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and joined

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and became its president of state unit in 1942.

Politics

In 1946, he joined

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and in 1954 became convenor of Depressed Classes League for PEPSU state. In 1952, he fought his first election from

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constituency of

PEPSU Legislative Assembly The Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly was the unicameral state-level legislative body of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union in India.''Economic and Political Weekly''. Punjab—PEPSU Merger' Two elections to the asse ...

and became Deputy Minister for Home Affairs. In 1957 India general elections he won Jullundar Lok Sabha constituency and in

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, 4th and

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elections from

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constituency of

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ram, Chaudhary Sadhu 1909 births 1975 deaths Indian National Congress politicians Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 People from Kapurthala district People from Jalandhar district