Rajaram Shastri

Raja Ram Shastri (also Rajaram Shastri) (1904 - 21 August 1991) was an Indian educationist who was elected in the Indian general election, 1971 as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Varanasi during the 5th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. He was a professor and subsequently Vice-Chancellor of the Kashi Vidyapeeth from 1964 - 1971.

He served as a member of first National Commission on Labour [1] and received Padma Vibhushan in 1991,[2] the second highest civilian honor of India.

He died in New Delhi on 21 August 1991, aged 87.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iasindia.org/
  2. ↑ "Padma Vibhushan Awardees". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  3. ↑ Obituary


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