Ravindra Singh was an Indian politician from

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who served as a Member of the

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in 1977. He had also been the student union president at

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and the

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Political career

Ravindra Singh was from a village in Gorakhpur. He served as General Secretary of the student union at St. Andrew's College, Gorakhpur and later became its President. In 1967, while pursuing his MA at

, he was elected President of the Students Union. He continued his studies at

and became the student union President there in 1972. In 1977, he was elected MLA from the Kauriram constituency of Gorakhpur district on a

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ticket. Despite being an MLA from the ruling party, he criticised the government. He considered student unions, labour organisations and employee organisations as essential training grounds for politics.

Murder

On 27 August 1979, he was shot at

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while traveling to Lucknow for an assembly session. He died from his injuries three days later, at the age of 35.

References

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