Jorawar Ram

Jorawar Ram (25 March 1943 – 4 May 2021) was an Indian politician.

Jorawar Ram
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1989-1991
Preceded by	Kamla Kumari
Succeeded by	Ram Deo Ram
Constituency	Palamu
Personal details
Born	(1943-03-25)25 March 1943 Daltonganj, Palamu, Bihar, British India
Died	4 May 2021(2021-05-04) (aged 78)
Political party	Janata Dal
Other political affiliations	Janata Dal (U)
Spouse	Saraswati Devi

Early life

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.

Political career

He served as the District Secretary of Socialist Party - Bihar unit in 1967–1977 and District President of Lok Dal - Bihar in 1980–1988.^[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]