Ram Subhag Singh

Ram Subhag Singh
Ram Subhag Singh in 1967
Minister of State for Food and Agriculture
In office 08 May 1962 - 8 June 1964
Prime Minister	Jawahar Lal Nehru
Constituency	Bikramganj
Minister of State for Railways
In office 14 June 1964 - 12 March 1967
Prime Minister	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Constituency	Bikramganj
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office 09 June 1964 - 13 June 1964
Prime Minister	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Preceded by	Nityanand Kanungo
Succeeded by	H.C. Dasappa
Constituency	Bikramganj
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 13 March 1967 - 14 February 1969
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Satya Narayan Sinha
Succeeded by	Kotha Raghuramaiah
Constituency	Buxar
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
In office 13 March 1967 - 14 February 1969
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Satya Narayan Sinha
Succeeded by	Satya Narayan Sinha
Constituency	Buxar
Minister of Railways
In office 14 February 1969 - 4 November 1969
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	C. M. Poonacha
Succeeded by	Panampilli Govinda Menon
Constituency	Buxar
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
In office 17 December 1969 - 27 December 1970
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	Vacant
Constituency	Buxar
Personal details
Born	Ram Subhag Singh (1917-07-07)7 July 1917 Khajuria, Dhamar Post, Bhojpur district, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (present-day Bihar, India)
Died	16 December 1980(1980-12-16) (aged 63) New Delhi, Delhi, India
Cause of death	Heart Attack
Resting place	Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress (Organisation) (from 1969)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Education	Town School, Arrah, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith and Varanasi
Alma mater	University of Missouri
Occupation	Freedom Fighter, Politician

Ram Subhag Singh (7 July 1917 – 16 December 1980)^[1] was an Indian politician who was a member of the Indian National Congress. 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. 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.

Early life

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.

Activism and politics

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. 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.

Positions held

• Member of the Central Legislature for over 22 years consecutively.
• Member of Parliament, 1948–1952.
• Provisional Parliament, 1950–1952.
• Member of Parliament, 1952–1957.
• Agriculturist and Journalist; President, Shahabad District Canal (Nahar) Kisan Congress, 1952–1955.
• Member of Parliament, 1957–1962.
• Secretary, Congress party in Parliament, 1955–1962.
• Union Minister of State for Food and Agriculture, 1962–1964.
• Union Minister of Social Security & Cottage Industries, 9 June 1964 – 13 June 1964.
• Union Minister of State for Railways, 1964–1967.
• Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, 1967–1969.
• Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, 1967–1969.
• Union Minister of Railways, 14 February 1969 – 4 November 1969.
• He was the Leader of India's first Opposition in the Lok Sabha, 1969–1970.

References

Lok Sabha

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Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)

Department
of
Commerce

Divisions	Administrative & General Division Finance Division Economic Division Trade Policy Division Foreign Trade Territorial Division Plantation Division Supply Division State Trading & Infrastructure Division
Attached & Subordinate Offices	Directorate General of Foreign Trade Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD) Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, Kolkata Special Economic Zones Pay & Account Office (Supply, Commerce & Textiles)
Autonomous Bodies	Commodity Boards Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Export Inspection Council Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Indian Institute of Packaging Marine Products Export Development Authority National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA) Network for Fish Quality Management & Sustainable Fishing (NETFISH)
PSUs	State Trading Corporation (STC) PEC Limited MMTC Ltd Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India India Trade Promotion Organisation Pay & Account Office (Supply, Commerce & Textiles)
Advisory Bodies	Board of Trade (BOT) Inter State Trade Council Council for Trade Development & Promotion
Export Promotion Councils	Engineering Exports Promotion Council Project Export Promotion Council of India (PEPC) Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (Chemexcil) Chemicals & Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL) Council for Leather Exports Sports Goods Export Promotion Council Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council Shellac Export Promotion Council Cashew Export Promotion Council of India Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council The Plastics Export Promotion Council Indian Oil Seeds & Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC) Services Export Promotion Council
Other Organisations	Federation of Indian Export Organisations Indian Diamond Institute Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) National Centre for Trade Information India Brand Equity Foundation Price Stabilization Fund Trust

DPIIT

Statutory Bodies	Intellectual Property Appellate Board Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation Copyright Office Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry
Autonomous Institutions	National Council for Cement & Building Materials (NCCBM) Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA) National Institute of Design National Productivity Council (NPC) Quality Council of India Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute (CPPRI)
Attached & Subordinate offices	Grievance Offices Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks Office of Chief Controller of Accounts (Disclosure of Central Government Accounting Data) Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM) Principal Account Office Office of Technical Adviser (Boilers) Tariff Commission Office of the Salt Commissioner Office of the Economic Adviser National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council Office of Chief Controller of Accounts

Secretaries

• Guruprasad Mohapatra(incumbent)

Ministers

Industry

Syama Prasad Mukherjee Harekrushna Mahtab Nityanand Kanungo Ram Subhag Singh H. C. Dasappa Tribhuvan Narain Singh Damodaram Sanjivayya F. A. Ahmed(Industrial Development) Dinesh Singh (Industrial Development & Internal Trade) Moinul Hoque Choudhury(Industrial Development) C Subramaniam(Industrial Development) T. A. Pai(Industry) Brij Lal Verma George Fernandes Kasu Brahmananda Reddy T. A. Pai N. D. Tiwari Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Veerendra Patil N. D. Tiwari J. Vengala Rao K. Karunakaran Suresh Prabhu Murasoli Maran Sikandar Bakht

Commerce

I. I. Chundrigar Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha (Commerce) Kshitish Chandra Neogy (Commerce) Jawaharlal Nehru(Commerce & Industry) Sri Prakasa (Commerce) Harekrushna Mahtab (Commerce & Industry) T T Krishnamachari (Commerce & Industry) Swaran Singh Morarji Desai (Commerce & Industry) Lal Bahadur Shastri(Commerce & Industry) KC Reddy (Commerce & Industry) Manubhai Shah (As MoS till 24 January 1966)(Commerce)' Dinesh Singh(Commerce) Bali Ram Bhagat(Foreign Trade & Supply) Dinesh Singh(Commerce) Lalit Narayan Mishra(MoS) D. P. Chattopadhyay(Commerce)(as MoS till 23 December 1976)' Morarji Desai(Commerce) Mohan Dharia(Commerce) Charan Singh(Commerce) Hitendra Desai(Commerce) Indira Gandhi Pranab Mukherjee(Commerce) Pranab Mukherjee(Commerce) Rajiv Gandhi Arjun Singh P Shiv Shankar (Commerce) N. D. Tiwari (Commerce) Dinesh Singh(Commerce & Industry) Chandra Shekhar (Commerce) Subramanian Swamy (Commerce) P Chidambaram(MoS, IC) (Commerce) P. V. Narasimha Rao P Chidambaram (MoS, IC) (Commerce) P. V. Narasimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee Devendra Prasad Yadav(Commerce) Bolla Bulli Ramaiah(Commerce) Ramakrishna Hegde(Commerce) Murasoli Maran(Commerce & Industry) Anand Sharma(Commerce & Industry) Nirmala Sitharaman(Commerce & Industry)'(MoS, IC)' Suresh Prabhu(Commerce & Industry) Piyush Goyal(Commerce and Industry)(incumbent)

MOS

• Hardeep Singh Puri(incumbent)