Ram Narayan Sharma /Ram Narain Sharma (31 August 1915 – 11 April 1985) was a freedom fighter from Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. His father’s name was Lt. Chandramauli Sharma and his wife's name was Bhagmati Devi. He was born in

Bhumihar Bhumihar, also locally called Bhuinhar and Babhan, a Hindu Indian caste system, caste mainly found in Bihar (including the Mithila (region), Mithila region), the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, the Bundelkhand region of Madhya ...

family of Sarain-bux village, post office Garkha, district Saran, Bihar. He was born on 31 August 1915. After the death of his first wife, he married Sundar Pati Devi. He came to Dhanbad in 1938. He has sons namely Narendra Kumar Sharma, Ravindra Kumar Sharma, Devendra Sharma, and Jitendra Sharma, and daughters namely, Lt. Sushila Thakur, Urmila Sharma, and Lilawati Singh. He was MLA for five terms. He also worked for a trade union. He had participated in the 1942 Quit India Movement and due to this he was arrested and sent to jail for three years. He was released from jail on 30 August 1945. From 1941-to 45 he participated in individual satyagraha, satyagraha, and other mass movements and for these activities, he was in jail for three and half years. He was General Secretary, Dhanbad District Congress. He was a member of Bihar P.C.C., President of INTUC Working Committee, Bokaro Steel Workers’ Union, and Vice President. He attended the ILO Coal Committee meeting at Pitsburg in 1949, represented Indian Miners at International Miners Federation’s Annual Conference held in Stockholm in 1960, and also participated in Trade Union Seminar in Denmark in 1965. In 1971 he was elected as Lok Sabha Member. He was also involved in social activities such as being a member of the District Development Committee, Dhanbad and Governing Council of Sindri College, President of Gram Dan Pragati Samiti, Dhanbad, and was associated with the cooperative movement in the Dhanbad district. He was interested in volleyball, tennis, and swimming. He died on 11 April 1985. He was an Indian National Congress politician and served as a member of the

5th Lok Sabha The 5th Lok Sabha (15 March 1971 — 18 January 1977) was elected during February–March 1971.The term of the House was extended two times by one year at a time. However, the House was dissolved after having been in existence for a period of ...

, representing

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur and a major financial hub of Jharkhand. In terms of economy, Dhanbad has the largest economy in the state of Jharkhand and it is often referred to as th ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

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, between 1971 and 1977. He also represented various constituencies of Dhanbad district in the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is ...

: *1952 and 1957 he was returned for Tundi cum Nirsa; *1957 to 1962, he represented Nirsa; *1962 to 1967, he was elected for Jorapokhar *1967 to 1968 saw him representing Nirsa once more

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List of Indian delegates and advisers to International Labour Conference, (1919-2011)
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