Ram Bahadur Singh (10 March 1934 – 22 February 2006) was a leader of

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(SJP). He came from the state of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

in India and served as member of the

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, the lower house of the

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. Singh was born on 10 March 1934 in

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Saran district Saran district is one of the 38 Districts of Bihar, districts of Indian States and territories of India, state of Bihar. The district, part of Saran Division, is also known as Chhapra district after the headquarters of the district, Chhapra. It is ...

, Bihar in a Zamindar family .He was married to Rajkumari Devi and had both a son Sanjay Kumar Singh and a daughter Rama Singh . He attended Rajendra College in

Chhapra Chhapra (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Chaparā'') is a city and headquarters of the Saran District in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River. Chhapra grew in importance as a river-based mar ...

and had a BA degree. In 1949, Singh joined the

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and between 1967 and 1972 he was secretary of the

Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party (; SSP), was a political party in India from 1964 to 1974. SSP was formed through a split in the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) in 1964. In 1965, Ram Manohar Lohia merged his Socialist Party (Lohia) with SSP and conteste ...

in his home district. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar for the periods 1967–1968 and 1972–1974. Singh was elected to the

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from the Chapra constituency and to the 9th and

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s from the Maharajganj constituency. He served briefly as a minister of state in the Department of Rural Development during the government led by

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. He was a member of the

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party around this time. Singh was general secretary of the SJP in 1983–1984 and principal general secretary from 1996. He spent three months in prison in 1964 for his participation in the Bhoomi Andolan and was detained under the provisions of the

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(MISA) for a further three months in 1974 after he had been involved with an andolan led by

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. He was also detained for around 15 months during the

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of 1975–76, again under the provisions of the MISA. Singh died in hospital on 23 February 2006, soon after

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. His wife had predeceased him.

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