Ram Subhag Singh

Ram Subhag Singh (7 July 1917 – 16 December 1980) was an Indian politician who was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Singh was born in July 1917 in Bhojpur district of the Bihar State in India.

He undertook his primary education at the Government Town School, Ara Bihar, and his secondary education at Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Singh went to the University of Missouri for completing his Ph.D. degree in journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism.

He participated in 1942 Quit India Movement along with Mahatma Gandhi.

He was close aid of Jawahar Lal Nehru and he fought Parliamentary Election in 1952 from Sasaram Constituency of Bihar State and elected as Member of Parliament in First Loksabha.

In 1957 he again got elected to Parliament from same constituency.

He served as a member of the 3rd and 4th Lok Sabha for Bikramganj and Buxar in the Bihar state of India in 1962 and 1967, respectively.

In 1962 he won parliamentary seat of Bikramganj constituency in Bihar.

In 1967 he fought the general election for the buxar constituency and was elected to parliament for a 4th time.

Lok Sabha

After the split in the Congress party in 1969, he stayed with the Indian National Congress (Organisation).

He was first leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha in 1969.

He participated in the Indian independence movement.

He was a cabinet minister in the Union Government led by the Congress party.