Ram Kishore Vyas

Hari Shankar Bhabhra
Lt Governor of Pondicherry
In office
1980 - 1981
Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
1972 - 1977
Preceded by Niranjan Nath Acharya
Succeeded by Laxman Singh
Personal details
Nationality Indian
Political party Indian National Congress

Pandit Ram Kishore Vyas was a freedom fighter and senior Indian National Congress leader from the state of Rajasthan.[1][2] Born to Pandit Laduram on 23 May 1908 in Jaipur. He held various offices including Lt Governor of Pondicherry in 1980, Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1972-1977,[3] Home Minister of Rajasthan, President of Rajasthan Pradesh Indian National Congress thrice.

He represented the Hawamahal and Chomu Rajasthan assembly constituencies twice each. He died of a heart attack on 16 April 1981 in Jaipur and was cremated with full state honours. Buta Singh, the Home Minister of India paid a floral tribute on behalf of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. His son Ramakant Vyas held various posts in RPCC including Vice President in 2008 and General secretary in 1998. His grandson Rupesh Kant Vyas is working as General Secretary of Rajasthan State Congress since February 2016.

References

  1. Sisson, Richard (1971). The Congress Party in Rajasthan: Political Integration and Institution-building in an Indian State. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520018082.
  2. "Democratic Governments of Earlier Rajasthan Interim Governments". rajassembly.nic.in.
  3. "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.