Ram Padarnath Mahto also known as Ram Padarath Mahto was an Indian politician, who served as Minister for Official Language in Government of Bihar. He was the brother of another politician and former Minister

Ram Lakhan Mahato Ram Lakhan Mahato (27 July 1947 – 31 January 2020) was an Indian politician from Bihar belonging to Janata Dal (United). He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was a minister of the Government of Bihar too. Biography Mahato was ...

. Mahto was a leader 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 ...

, on the symbol of which he contested 2000 Bihar Assembly elections from Dalsinghsarai Assembly constituency. He was an educationist in his early life, before joining active politics. Mahto formerly worked as principal of Sakara College. He started his political career with parties like Swatantra Party and also worked with

Karpoori Thakur Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was an Indian politician from the Bihar state. He was popularly known as Jan Nayak (Hindi for people's hero). He served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from December 1970 to June 1971 (Socia ...

. Mahto died in April 2020 at the age of 91, in his ancestral village, Rampur Jalal.

Biography

Mahto completed his matriculation from Chhatradhari School in 1946. He was eldest among his six brothers. Mahto later moved to Banaras Hindu University, from where he completed his master's degree and also completed his another degree of law. After completing his education in 1955, he joined active politics from 1957. He contested elections of 1962 as a candidate of Swatantra Party, and elections of 1977 and 1982 as a candidate of the political party of

. However, in these elections, he faced consecutive defeats. His first electoral victory came in 2000, when he contested the Assembly elections on the symbol of

. After this victory, he was made Minister for Official Language in Government of Bihar. Besides politics, Mahto had also worked as educationist. He previously worked as professor in R.B College

Dalsinghsarai Dalsinghsarai or Dalsing Sarai is a city in the Samastipur District of Bihar, which is situated on the bank of the river Balan. Dalsinghsarai city was a tobacco and indigo production center during the British time. There is a myth about the city ...

, Amnour College Saran and Sakra College.

References

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