Party Name : Congress (I)
Constituency : Sheohar
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 8
More Information :
SINHA, SHRIMATI RAMDULARI, M.A., (Hindi & History) [Congress (I)—Bihar, Sheohar, 1984] d. of late Shri Mahendra Singh; b. at Manikpur Village & Post Office, Gopalganj District, December 8, 1922; ed. at Banaras Hindu University and Patna University; m. Thakur Yugal Kishore Sinha, February, 1938; 2 s. and 2 d.; Agriculturist and Social and Political Worker; Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Bihar, 1971—77; was incharge of the portfolios of Labour and Employment, Tourism, Sugar Cane, Social Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs; Union Minister of State for (i) Information and Broadcasting, June—October, 1980, (ii) Labour and Rehabilitation, October, 1980—January, 1982, (iii) Industry, Steel and Mines, January, 1982—February 1983, (iv) Commerce, February, 1983— February, 1984, (v) Home Affairs, February, 1984—December, 1984 and again from December 31, 1984; General Secretary, Bihar State Youth Congress, 1947-48; Organising Secretary Bihar Manila Congress, 1946-48; Member, (i) All India Congress Committee since 1946 and (ii) Bihar Pradesh Election Committee since 1978; Observer, Congress Organisation of Eastern States, 1975-79; President, (i) Bihar State Students Congress, 1944-45, (ii) Eastern Zone insurance Employees' Association, 1953-69, (iii) Bihar State Transport Workers' Union, (v) Bihar State P.W.D. Workers' Union, (v) Post and Telegraph and Dead Letter Office Workers' Union, (vi) Bihar Sugar Mills Workers Union and (vii) Eastern Railway Employees Congress; General Secretary, (i) Bihar State Bharat Yuvak Samaj, 1958-62 and (ii) Bihar Pradesh Gandhi Memorial Committee, 1948-50; Vice-President, All India Insurance Employees Association, 1953-60; Member, (i) Labour Advisory Board, Bihar, 1946-67, (ii) Bihar State Employment Committee and (iii) Several Minimum Wage Committees; Member, (i) Bihar Legislative Assembly, 1952-57 and 1969-77, (ii) Third Lok Sabha, 1962-67, (iii) Seventh Lok Sabha, 1980-84 and (iv) Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions, 1980; Member of the Goodwill Mission to Philippines, May 1965; Deputy Leader, Indian Delegation to I.L.O. Conference held in Geneva, 1973. Social activities: Women's emancipation; anti-purdah, anti-dowry and abolition of untouchability campaigns; education for women and children; participation in trade union activities in industrial and agricultural sectors and upliftment of down-trodden. Favourite pastime and recreation: Poems and songs; reading of books and newspapers. Special interests: Trade Unions; interested in Hindi literature and poems; also learnt classical music upto Matriculation. Publications: Several articles and speeches published in Hindi and English Journals. Sports and clubs: Badminton, Volley-ball and Basket-ball. Travels abroad: Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, U.S.S.R., Vietnam, Yugoslavia, North Korea, Mauritius. Permanent address: Boring Road, Patna, Bihar.
