Raja Ram Shastri (also Rajaram Shastri) (4 June 1904 - 21 August 1991) was an Indian educationist who was elected in the 1971 Indian general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Varanasi during the 5th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. He was a professor and subsequently Vice-Chancellor of the Kashi Vidyapeeth from 1964 - 1971. He was a member of Jamalpur's royal family as the grandson of Rai Bahadur Thakur Jaiswal. [1] [2]
Rajaram Shastri | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1971–1977 | |
Constituency | Varanasi |
Vice-Chancellor of Kashi Vidyapeeth | |
In office 1964–1971 | |
He served as a member of first National Commission on Labour [3] and received Padma Vibhushan in 1991, [4] the second highest civilian honor of India.
He died in New Delhi on 21 August 1991,aged 87. [5]