Raghunandan Mandal (4 February 1952 – 3 January 2016) was an Indian politician who was a Member of Legislative Assembly from 17

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District in

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from BJP(

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). Mandal overcame his

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(RJD) rival Sanjay Prasad Yadav by 34,486 votes. He was also elected a
The Assembly committee member on environment and pollution control of jharkhand

Education and background

He graduated in 1971 with a BSc from Marwari College, Bhagalpur University. He was a businessman by profession and an agriculturalist. He was the director of Sumrit Mandal Company PVT LTD before entering politics.

Personal life

He was born to Sumrit Mandal and Phulwati Devi. His father was also a Member of Legislative assembly from 17

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representing JMM (

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) during the period (1985–1995). He studied at Ranchi Vikas Vidyalaya. Mandal has been married to Sulochana Mandal since 30 January 1979. They have three children, two sons Amit and Sumit and a daughter named Puja. He died while being taken to a hospital in Jharkhand in 2016 after complaining of chest pains.

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Storm aid for Godda villagers

Jan Prathinidhi

The Member of Assembly committee on environment and pollution control
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