Peetam Ram | |
Constituency: | Puranpur |
Office: | Member of 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly |
Term Start: | 2012 |
Term End: | 2017 |
Successor: | Babu Ram Paswan |
Birth Date: | 1951 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Death Place: | Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Parents: | Jhajhan Lal (father) |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Samajwadi Party |
Spouse: | Sahodra Devi |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Pilibhit District |
Profession: | Politician and farmer |
Peetam Ram (26 January 1951 – 4 February 2022) was an Indian politician. He represented the Puranpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Samajwadi Party.[1] [2]
Ram was born in Pilibhit District on 26 January 1951, to Jhajhan Lal.[3] He attended Primary school and was literate. Ram belonged to the Scheduled caste community (Dhobi).[4]
He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (MLA) from 1996 to 2007 and again from 2012 till 2017.[3] [4]
Ram was married to Sahodra Devi with whom he had a son and two daughters. He died from complications of COVID-19 at a hospital in Bareilly on 4 February 2022, aged 71.[5] [6]