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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Baleshwar Ram
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|3|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Samartha, [[Darbhanga]] district, [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|5|3|1928|3|7|df=y}}
| death_place = Samartha, [[Samastipur district|Samastipur]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| constituency =[[Rosera (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rosera]], [[Bihar]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term = 1980-1984
| predecessor = [[Ram Sewak Hazari]]
| successor = [[Ram Bhagat Paswan]]
| constituency1 = [[Hasanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hasanpur]]
| office1 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 1952
| term_end1 = 1957
| constituency2 = [[Dalsinghsarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dalsinghsarai]]
| office2 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor2 = Devaki Nandan Jha
| successor2 = Y. K. Chaudhary
| term_start2 = 1957
| term_end2 = 1967
| constituency3 = [[Hayaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hayaghat]]
| office3 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor3 = Constituency established
| successor3 = Nagendra Jha
| term_start3 = 1967
| term_end3 = 1977
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Chinta Devi
| children = 4 including, [[Ashok Kumar (Indian politician)|Dr. Ashok Kumar]]
| website =
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}}

'''Baleshwar Ram''' (1928-2015) was an [[India]]n politician, seven-times MLA and former Union Minister of State from [[Bihar]].

==Early life==
Baleshwar Ram was born to Batahu Ram into a [[Dalit]] family at Samartha vill., Darbhanga district, Bihar and Odisha Province, British India (now Samastipur distt. Bihar).

He was married to Chinta Devi and they have four children. His son, [[Ashok Kumar (Indian politician)|Dr. Ashok Kumar]] (Ashok Ram) is a doctor, six-times elected MLA and president of [[Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee|BPPC]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Smt. Sonia Gandhi has expressed sadness at the passing away of Shri Baleshwar Ram|url=https://www.inc.in/en/media/press-releases/smt-sonia-gandhi-has-expressed-sadness-at-the-passing-away-of-shri-baleshwar-ram|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Indian National Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Bihar poll: Mixed bag of luck for sons, relatives|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bihar-poll-mixed-bag-of-luck-for-sons-relatives/articleshow/49725133.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-10-26}}</ref>

==Political career==
Ram joined INC and fought his first in 1952 from [[Hasanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hasanpur]] constituency. He again got elected in 1957 from [[Dalsinghsarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dalsinghsarai]] and in 1962 from [[Dalsinghsarai West (Vidhan Sabha constutuency)|Dalsinghsarai West]] constituency. In 1963 he became Minister of Tourism.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgceAQAAIAAJ&q=baleshwar+ram+bihar&pg=PA277|title=Year of Freedom|date=1963|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dalsingh Sarai West 1962 Assembly MLA Election Bihar |url=https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/dalsingh-sarai-west-constituency-bihar-assembly-election-1962-results-mla-voters-political-parties-data/|access-date=2020-10-26|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1967 Bihar elections he fought successfully from [[Hayaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hayaghat]] constituency and was re-elected from same seat in 1969 and 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hayaghat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/hayaghat.html|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Elections in India}}</ref> He became Minister of Information and Broadcasting in Harihar Singh govt.

In 1980, he became member of [[Parliament of India]] from [[Rosera (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rosera]] constituency in [[Bihar]].<ref name="Verma2">{{cite book|author=Manish Verma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sak-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT173|title=Current Affairs Manual 2016|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-5083-016-1|pages=173–|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="Reed19842">{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|publisher=Bennett, Coleman.|year=1984|page=846|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> He was given the portfolio of Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Sunday appointed 11 new ministers,...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/10/19/Prime-Minister-Indira-Gandhi-Sunday-appointed-11-new-ministers/5508340776000/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 4, 2015|title=Ex-Union minister Baleshwar Ram dead|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Ex-Union-minister-Baleshwar-Ram-dead/articleshow/47142307.cms|access-date=2020-10-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

Ram became Parliamentary Secretary in Bihar govt. He also served as Chairman, Board of Trustees of Ravidas Ashram, General Secretary of State Committee of Dalit Varg Sangh, I.P.S.O. of Bihar and Vice President Indo-Soviet Cultural Society (Bihar).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2678.htm|access-date=2020-10-26|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2678.htm Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website]

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[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]]
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]

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