Jorawar Ram (25 March 1943 – 4 May 2021) was an Indian politician.

Early life

Jorawar Ram born to Ram Gobind Ram at Palamu, Bihar in a

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family. He studied at Ganesh Lal Agarwal College, Palamu, Bihar (now Jharkhand). His elder son, Rakesh Paswan is central member of JMM and younger son, Rajesh Roshan is Palamu District Vice-President of

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Youth.

Political career

He served as the District Secretary of Socialist Party - Bihar unit in 1967—77 and District President of

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- Bihar in 1980—88. He was a Member of the

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(now Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Assembly) from

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constituency and also served as a Minister during his term in office. Ram was elected to the

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, lower house of the

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from

Palamu Palamu district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was formed in 1892. The administrative headquarter of the district is Medininagar (formerly DaltonGanj), situated on the Koel River. History The Palamu district ha ...

as a member of the

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. He also fought in 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate but lost to Vishnu Dayal Ram. Ram died from COVID-19 in 2021 during the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ram, Jorawar 1943 births 2021 deaths Janata Dal politicians Lok Sabha members from Bihar India MPs 1989–1991 Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India People from Palamu district