Jorawar Ram | |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1943 |
Birth Place: | Daltonganj, Palamu, Bihar, British India |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency: | Palamu |
Term: | 1989-1991 |
Predecessor: | Kamla Kumari |
Successor: | Ram Deo Ram |
Party: | Janata Dal |
Otherparty: | Janata Dal (U) |
Spouse: | Saraswati Devi |
Jorawar Ram (25 March 1943 – 4 May 2021) was an Indian politician.
Jorawar Ram born to Ram Gobind Ram at Palamu, Bihar in a Dusadh family.
He studied at Ganesh Lal Agarwal College, Palamu, Bihar (now Jharkhand).[1]
His elder son, Rakesh Paswan is central member of JMM and younger son, Rajesh Roshan is Palamu District Vice-President of RJD Youth.
He served as the District Secretary of Socialist Party - Bihar unit in 1967—77 and District President of Lok Dal - Bihar in 1980—88.[2]
He was a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (now Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Assembly) from Chhatarpur constituency and also served as a Minister during his term in office.[3]
Ram was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Palamu as a member of the Janata Dal.[4] [5] He also fought in 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate but lost to Vishnu Dayal Ram.[6]
Ram died from COVID-19 in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[7]