Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav (3 March 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the

10th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, (20 June 1991 – 10 May 1996) elected during 1991 Indian general election held during May–June 1991. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India, four sitting memb ...

, lower house of the

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from the

Arrah Arrah (also transliterated as Ara) is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur district (formerly known as Shahabad district) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarters of Bhojpur district, located near ...

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

in 1991 as a member of the

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but joined the

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in controversial circumstances which helped save Narasimha Rao Government in the 28 July 1993 no confidence vote. He was later made Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers in the Narasimha Rao Government. He was earlier Member of the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

and a state minister. He first became a Cabinet Minister in 1963 in K.B. Sahay ministry. He was accorded the third place in the ministry after Sahey and his deputy Satendra Narain Singh. A veteran

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, Shri Yadav was a key figure from Bihar in India's freedom struggle. His younger grandson Jai Vardhan Yadav was elected Member of Legislative Assembly from

Paliganj Paliganj is a city in Patna district, Bihar, India. It is one of the 6 sub-division (Tehsil) of Patna District in Patna district. At the census of 2011, Paliganj had a population of 254,904; the city is approximately from Patna. Administr ...

as a member of

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

in between 2015 and 2020.

Political journey

Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav was a Member of the Tenth

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

from 1991 to 1996, representing Arrah Parliamentary Constituency of Bihar. Shri Yadav was a Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers from 1994 to 1996. Earlier, Shri Yadav was a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1991. He was the chairman, Nivedan Samiti, Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1989. He was also the Cabinet Minister, Public Works Department, Public Health Engineering and Home Guards, Land Revenue, Land Reforms, Rehabilitation and Relief in the State Government. During the 1990s, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav was the undisputed leader of Yadavs in Bihar. He is until date regarded as one of the tallest Yadav leaders of all times in Bihar and an icon.

Contributions as a philanthropist and educationist

An agriculturist by profession, Yadav was an active social worker. He served as the chairman, Bihar Art Theatre from 1981 to 1985 and as the chairman and Secretary of various cultural organisations in Patna. He was the founder of more than 100 educational institutions and cultural centres in Bihar. He contributed to organising students, labour unions, backward classes, freedom fighters and Kisan Sabha. In an interview to India Today, he is quoted to have said, "For me the farmer comes first. And I am willing to sacrifice anything for him. For the farmer, whatever I have to do, I will do."

Attributed State-run Institutions and Monuments

* RLSY College, Paliganj * RLSY College Anisabad,

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

RLSY College Aurangabad RLSY College Aurangabad also known as Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College Aurangabad is a degree college in Aurangabad district of Bihar, India. It is Constituent College of Magadh University Magadh University is a public state university and ins ...

* RLSY College, Bakhtiyarpur,

Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College established in 1972, is one of the oldest general degree college in Ranchi, Jharkhand state of India. It provides undergraduate education in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Ranchi University. De ...

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

* RLSY College, Nalanda –

Bihar Sharif Bihar Sharif is the headquarters of Nalanda district and the fifth-largest sub-metropolitan area in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Its name is a combination of two words: ''Bihar'', derived from '' vihara'' (meaning monastery), also the nam ...

Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav Inter College, KodermaRam Lakhan Singh Yadav College (RLSY), BettiahRam Lakhan Singh Yadav College - Kharkhura, GayaRLSY College, Nawada

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