Raja Ram Shastri (also Rajaram Shastri) (4 June 1904 - 21 August 1991) was an Indian

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who was elected in the

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as a

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(MP) from

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during the

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, the lower house of the

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. He was a professor and subsequently Vice-Chancellor of the Kashi Vidyapeeth from 1964 - 1971. He was the grand son of Rai Bahadur Thakur Jaiswal. He served as a member of first

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and received

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in 1991, the second highest civilian honor of

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. He died in New Delhi on 21 August 1991, aged 87.

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Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in literature & education 20th-century Indian educational theorists 1904 births 1991 deaths India MPs 1971–1977 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Politicians from Varanasi India MPs 1952–1957 Politicians from Kanpur Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub