Ram Chandra Maurya Explained

Term Start:1997
Term End:2002
Birth Date:16 January 1950
Birth Place:Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality:Indian
Profession:Politician

Ram Chandra Maurya was an Indian politician and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Majhawan Assembly constituency. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to 13th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly via 1996 Assembly elections. Maurya was a resident of Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. His daughter-in-law Suchismita Maurya also represented the Majhawan Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[1] [2] [3]

Political career

Ram Chandra Maurya was born on 16 January 1950 to Sarju Prasad in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh in an Other Backward Class Hindu family. He completed his post graduate degree and married Vidyawati Devi in 1967. He had one son and three daughters with her. Maurya's daughter-in-law Suchismita Maurya contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on the ticket of Bharatiya Janata Party and was victorious. Maurya was also an industrialist besides being an active politician. In September-October 1996 elections, he was elected from Majhawan Assembly constituency, for the first time, as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. In this election, he got 54,472 votes and defeated Bhagwat Pal of Bahujan Samaj Party.[4]

In 2013, he was shot in leg and looted by unknown assailants outside a mall, where he was waiting in his BMW car.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Candidates contesting in last phase of Uttar Pradesh elections are crorepatis. The Hindu. 11 March 2017 . 22 September 2023. 22 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230922191625/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-2017/25-of-candidates-contesting-in-last-phase-of-up-polls-are-crorepatis/article17446531.ece. live . Radhakrishnan . Sruthi .
  2. Web site: Former BJP MLA from UP shot at, robbed in front of Gurgaon hotel. India TV. 16 August 2013 . 22 September 2023. 14 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414203454/http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/former-bjp-mla-from-up-shot-at-robbed-in-front-of-gurgaon-hotel-26458.html. live.
  3. Web site: सुचिस्मिता को मिला साथ,पहली बार में ही विजय. Dainik Jagran. 22 September 2023. 22 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230922191623/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur-15671370.html. live.
  4. Web site: 13th Vidhan Sabha members. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. 20 September 2023. 16 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190816063628/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/pdfs/13th_vs_sadashya_parichay.pdf#page=269. live.
  5. Web site: Former UP MLA shot and robbed. Indian express. 17 August 2013 . 22 September 2023. 20 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230920101231/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/former-up-mla-shot-at-robbed-in-gurgaon/. live.