Rameshwar Prasad Sinha

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| death_date = 1965

| death_place = Patna

| office =Member of Constituent Assembly

| term_start =9 December 1946

| term_end =26 January 1950

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| constituency = Vaishali

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| children = Kishori Sinha

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Rameshwar Prasad Sinha (also transliterated as Rameshwar Prasad Singh) was an Indian statesman and a participant in the Indian independence movement. He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India which was elected to write the Constitution of India, and served as its first Parliament as an independent nation. He was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar.{{Cite web|title=Rameshwar Prasad Sinha News and Updates from The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Rameshwar-Prasad-Sinha/news/5?from=desktop|access-date=2020-08-17|website=The Economic Times}} 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's non-co-operation movement. He was imprisoned twice during the freedom struggle.{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s31bb91f73e9d31ea2830a5e73ce3ed328/uploads/2020/08/2020080444.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128202628/https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s31bb91f73e9d31ea2830a5e73ce3ed328/uploads/2020/08/2020080444.pdf | archive-date=2022-01-28}}

His only daughter Kishori Sinha was also a Two-term Member of Parliament from the Vaishali constituency and is married to Satyendra Narayan Sinha a former Chief Minister of Bihar. He died in 1965.Babu Saheb Rameshwar Prasad Singh was the leader of Bihar: The father of leader of modern Bihar Kishori Sinha and father-in-law of Rajput Stalwart Satyendra Narayan Sinha.

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Bibliography

  • [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/members.htm#BIHAR Members of Constituent Assembly from Bihar]
  • [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060907/edit.htm#8 A gentleman among politicians]
  • [http://www.india-seminar.com/2001/506/506%20extract.htm A plea for the reconstruction of Indian polity]

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