Rameshwar Prasad Sinha (also transliterated as Rameshwar Prasad Singh) was an Indian statesman and a participant in the

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. He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India which was elected to write the

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, and served as its first

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as an independent nation. He was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar. He was known for his oratorical skills and his speeches to the masses, both in English and Hindi. He started practising law in 1915, but gave it up in 1921 to take part in

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

's non-co-operation movement. He was imprisoned twice during the freedom struggle. His only daughter Kishori Sinha was also a Two-term Member of Parliament from the Vaishali constituency and is married to

Satyendra Narayan Sinha Satyendra Narayan Sinha (12 July 1917 – 4 September 2006) was an Indian politician and statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘ ''complete revolution''’ movement during the E ...

a former

Chief Minister of Bihar The chief minister of Bihar serves as the head of the Government of Bihar, overseeing its administration and governance within the constitutional framework of India. While the Governor of Bihar holds the ceremonial role of the constitutional h ...

. He died in 1965.Babu Saheb Rameshwar Prasad Singh was the leader of Bihar: The father of leader of modern

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''Kishori Sinha'' and father-in-law of

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Stalwart ''Satyendra Narayan Sinha.''

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Members of Constituent Assembly from Bihar

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