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	Jagjivan Ram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Jagjivan Ram was born in Bihar in 1908 into a family which could not claim the privileges of the upper caste families.
		When a measure of popular rule was introduced under the 1935 Act and the scheduled castes were given representation in the legislatures, Jagjivan Ram found himself nominated to the Bihar Council.
		Jagjivan Ram had arrived on the political scene as the representative of the scheduled castes and the Congress leadership looked to him as an able spokesman of the depressed classes.
	www.congresssandesh.com /AICC/history/presidents/jagjivan_ram.htm (563 words)

	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
		Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav was born five years before the massacre of Yadavs in the Lakhochak in 1925 and died just two months after the formal eclipse of the so called Yadav rule in Bihar.
		The high pedestal which Jagjivam Ram enjoyed was because of his total cooption by the then ruling traditional elites, but Ram Lakhan Babu created his own brand to elicit respect.
		Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav was essentially the organic leader of this upwardly mobile Yadavs of the Patna hinterland.
	www.bihartimes.com /articles/shaibal/ramlakhan.html (640 words)

	lokpriya! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Jagjivan Ram was born into a low class Hindu family at Chandwa near Arrah.
		Jagjivan Ram was the youngest minister in the Nehru provisional government.
		From 1974-77 Ram was minister for agriculture and irrigation.
	www.dalitstan.org /vishnu/jagjivan.html (292 words)

	Jagjivan Ram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 - 6 July 1986), known popularly as Babuji was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the backward classes of Bihar in India.
		Importantly, he was the Defence Minister during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
		While loyal to Prime MInister Indira Gandhi for most of the Indian Emergency, Ram left her Congress Party to form the Congress for Democracy party, within the Janata coalition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jagjivan_Ram (204 words)

	Ram, Jagjivan -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Ram was born into an untouchable family and was among the first of his caste to receive a higher education.
		The Ram Raiyas are descendants of Ram Rai, the eldest son of Guru Har Rai (1630–61), who was sent by his father as an emissary to the Mughal capital at Delhi.
		The 1945 rookie of the year for the Cleveland Rams, U.S. football coach and quarterback Bob Waterfield was born in Elmira, N.Y., on July 26, 1920.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062555?tocId=9062555 (781 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: How President Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy tackled the first constitutional crisis in 1979
		Later on Jagjivan Ram began to lay claim for the prime ministership but, in the meantime, this traumatic drama which assumed the proportions of the theatre of the absurd, brought down the image of India in the comity of nations.
		After enquiring from them which group was supporting them and Jagjivan Ram stating that he wanted to prove his majority on the floor of the House, he was convinced about their inability to form a government and took the painful decision to dissolve the Lok Sabha.
		One was amazed at the hints thrown by Jagjivan Ram before the dissolution of the Lok Sabha to the effect that he had no compunctions even to meet Indira Gandhi in soliciting her party's support in staking his claims for the premiership.
	inhome.rediff.com /news/apr/12cong7b.htm (627 words)

	Jagjivan Ram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Jagjivan Ram, popularly known as Babuji was born on 5 April 1908, in Chandwa.
		His father, Shobhi Ram, was by caste an asprisya or untouchable.
		As a Union Minister, Jagjivan Ram had been holding different portfolios from 1946 to 1963.
	rrtd.nic.in /jagjivanram.html (281 words)

	Who was Surat's MP for 20 years? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Many Brahmins bristled at his name, but for millions of so-called Scheduled Castes, long before they had heard of Kanshi Ram or Mayawati, there was Jagjivan Ram, a member of Indian Cabinets from Jawaharlal Nehru's to Morarji Desai's.
		Jagjivan Ram held Sasaram from 1957 to his last win in 1984.
		Which is probably why Jagjivan Ram's daughter Meera Kumar was defeated twice, in 1989 and 1991.
	us.rediff.com /election/2004/apr/12equiz.htm (1475 words)

	lokpriya!
		Jagjivan Ram was born into a low class Hindu family at Chandwa near Arrah.
		Jagjivan Ram was the youngest minister in the Nehru provisional government.
		From 1974-77 Ram was minister for agriculture and irrigation.
	www.lokpriya.com /personalities/political/past/jagjivan.html (290 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / News Analysis : Speculation over the shape of things to come
		One, the case of Sanjiva Reddy in 1979 when he, in the wake of a split in the ruling Janata Party, invited Charan Singh, the leader of the faction, separating from the parent organisation, and not the rival claimant, Jagjivan Ram.
		Sanjiva Reddy's action in denying Jagjivan Ram the opportunity to try his hand at government-formation was seen linked to the developments at the time of the Congress split in 1969.
		Jagjivan Ram was then in the forefront in the campaign against Sanjiva Reddy (and for V.V. Giri) in the contest for the Presidential election.
	www.thehindu.com /2004/04/25/stories/2004042502591000.htm (759 words)

	PD News - Jagjivan Ram’s Grand-Daughter To Campaign for BJP
		The granddaughter of the former Deputy Prime Minister of India Jagjivan Ram, Medhavi Kirti, on Saturday, announced her support for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) saying she would be extensively campaigning for Munilal, the BJP candidate from Sasaram who had been winning the seat since 1996.
		She further accused her aunt of putting obstructions in the path of building a memorial at Jagjivan Ram’s official residence in New Delhi.
		Medhavi appealed to the people to vote for the NDA candidates, including Munilal, who also happens to be a relative of Jagjivan Ram, for the splendid work they have done in last five years.
	www.patnadaily.com /news2004/041804/bjp_ropes_in_jagjivan_rams_granddaughter.html (220 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka News : Jagjivan Ram's birth anniversary a low-key affair
		The programme held at the Banquet Hall of the Vidhana Soudha was brief as the Government is observing a three-day State mourning as a mark of respect to the dead Pope.
		Jagjivan Ram, who was born on April 5, 1908 at Chadwa village of Bojpur district of Bihar, fought for the uplift of Dalits and minorities.
		Becoming a Minister at the Centre in the interim government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, Jagjivan Ram was a Minister in most of the Ministries till 1980 holding portfolios such as Defence, irrigation, agriculture and social welfare.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2005/04/06/stories/2005040602800400.htm (381 words)

	Hindustantimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lurid pics of Jagjivan Ram's son copulating with a DU student made it to the magazine Surya.
		The sex scandal was a political vendetta against Jagjivan Ram and spelt his doom.
		Suresh Ram, as sources close to his family claim was having an unhappy married life and found in Sushma, an easy emotional anchor.
	www.hindustantimes.in /news/specials/proj_tabloid/head.shtml (582 words)

	Ram Dhan — a personal memoir
		Ram Dhan, arrested as one among the first of Indira Gandhi’s ill-famous mid-night knock victims on June 25-26, 1975, was lodged at Rohtak ever since then throughout the Emergency.
		Ram Dhan was “unpolite” because he spoke the typical unsophisticated Eastern U.P Hindi, compared to the “sophisticated” Sanskritized Hindi of the urban and Brahminically-oriented politicians of Hindi belt.
		Ram Dhan was a man of strong character and a leader of firm convictions.” The lone leader within today’s Young Turk camp, Chandra Shekhar, said : “I lost a life-long associate.
	www.ambedkar.org /News/RamDhan.htm (2198 words)

	The Hindu : People told to follow Jagjivan Ram's ideals
		The District in-charge Minister, Vasanth V. Salian, has said that it was important to follow the ideals of the dalit leader, Babu Jagjivan Ram.
		He was speaking after inaugurating the 96th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Babu Jagjivan Ram organised by the district administration, the zilla panchayat, and the Department of Social Welfare here on Saturday.
		Salian said Babu Jagjivan Ram was the first Deputy Prime Minister of the country and had worked for the upliftment of the dalits.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2003/04/06/stories/2003040602110300.htm (327 words)

	Who was Surat's MP for 20 years?
		Many Brahmins bristled at his name, but for millions of so-called Scheduled Castes, long before they had heard of Kanshi Ram or Mayawati, there was Jagjivan Ram, a member of Indian Cabinets from Jawaharlal Nehru's to Morarji Desai's.
		Jagjivan Ram held Sasaram from 1957 to his last win in 1984.
		Which is probably why Jagjivan Ram's daughter Meera Kumar was defeated twice, in 1989 and 1991.
	www.rediff.com /election/2004/apr/12equiz.htm (1475 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka / Gulbarga News : Tributes paid to Jagjivan Ram
		GULBARGA: Tributes were paid to former Deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram on his 99th birth anniversary, which was celebrated by Dalit groups here on Wednesday.
		Shivaram Moga, Dalit leader, said Jagjivan Ram had to face difficulties after he lost his father at an early age.
		Jagjivan Ram could overcome his economic drawbacks and rise in life only because of education.
	www.hindu.com /2006/04/06/stories/2006040603780300.htm (496 words)

	Targeting women
		Indeed so one-sided has been the State government's approach and its defence of the poli ce, in spite of prima facie evidence of brutalities, that the conclusion is inescapable that the police were in fact acting on the instructions of the State government.
		According to the statements of the women, who were at the head of the procession, they reached the Jagjivan Ram statue where they found the entire road blocked with police.
		At the Jagjivan Ram statue spot, it was the women who were in front.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1719/17191050.htm (1221 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		Jagjivan was set free on a personal bond at the instance of the Supreme Court in February this year after The Telegraph published a report on him on January 23.
		Jagjivan’s ordeal had come to light in July 2005 when he was produced in court 37 years after his first appearance before a judge on December 7, 1968.
		At the time of his arrest, Jagjivan had allegedly confessed to having bludgeoned a neighbour’s wife to death with a hammer.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060421/asp/nation/story_6126344.asp (624 words)

	Central Chronicle--Column
		India through a dalit paradigm-II Babu Jagjivan Ram and Dr BR Ambedkar evolved a highly imaginative and pragmatic agenda for awakening the consciousness of a mass of 250 million outcasts comprising of untouchables and the tribals who are till today grappling with history and survival at the turn of the millennium.
		Babu Jagjivan Ram, being an outstanding student of science, I ensured it that the Babu Jagjivan Ram inaugural lecture must be delivered by an outstanding scientist of the world who had enriched mankind with his major discovery.
		I proposed a resolution for establishing Babu Jagjivan Ram national birth centenary celebrations committee which was seconded by Bhishma Narain Singh and Justice Rangnath Mishra and the resolution was passed with a voice vote.
	www.centralchronicle.com /20060408/0804302.htm (668 words)

	p13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Affectionately called by the entire nation as "Babuji", Jagjivan Ram dedicated his life in the service of the nation and worked tirelessly for building a casteless and classless society and for the uplift of the downtrodden.
		The statue, sculpted by Ram Sutar, was unveiled by the then President of India, Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma on 25 August 1995.
		The statue was donated by the Babu Jagjivan Ram Ashram Trust.
	www.rajyasabha.nic.in /photo/princets/p13.html (147 words)

	Printer Friendly Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A part of the secular-than-thou V.P. Singh government that adopted the Mandal Commission report, he was till recently a minister in the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre.
		Jagjivan Ram worked for constitutional rights of Scheduled Castes and reservations started under him, but he was also known as a leader of the Ravidas community...They say I’m a leader of the Paswans...This is not right for the Dalit leadership.
		One is Laloo Yadav and the second is Ram Vilas Paswan.
	www.indianexpress.com /print.php?content_id=11176 (678 words)

	The Hindu : Opposition demands memorial for Jagjivan Ram
		The Opposition today demanded in the Lok Sabha that the Government convert the Krishna Menon Marg residence of Jagjivan Ram into a memorial for the leader.
		The issue was raised by the former Union Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, and supported by members from the Left parties, the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
		The Opposition MPs ccused the Government of slighting the memory of Jagjivan Ram and staged a walkout.
	www.hindu.com /2002/11/30/stories/2002113005591300.htm (333 words)

	The Hindu : Curfew imposed in Jagjivan Ram Nagar
		The Hindu : Curfew imposed in Jagjivan Ram Nagar
		Curfew was imposed in Jagjivan Ram Nagar Police Station limits again on Wednesday after tension prevailed in the area following the death of a 60-year-old man, who was stabbed on Saturday.
		Police said that Nagaraj, a retired BEML employee and a social worker, was stabbed in the neck and hit on the head with a sewing machine at his house in 7th Main of Padarayanapura on Saturday morning.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2002/03/21/stories/2002032105650300.htm (420 words)

	Freeindiamedia.com, Express your impartial, radical, grassroot views on current issues. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Desai and Jagjivan Ram (through their activities) had sought to project themselves as Nehru's successors and it weighed with the Prime Minister in his decision on their resignations (this point became clear later).
		By way of cover-up, various other reasons were adduced - that Morarji's taxation proposals and the gold control policies (he was the Finance Minister) had cost the party heavily in the crucial by-elections in U.P. and Gujarat, that Jagjivan Ram had been in the Government far too long - since 1946.
		The ouster of Morarji and Patil (right-wing and pro-West) according to some was meant to offset the imbalance caused by the earlier exit of Krishna Menon and K.D. Malaviya (Leftists).
	www.freeindiamedia.com /politics/8_july_politics.htm (779 words)

	Kanshi Ram was no Ambedkar, Jagjivan Ram: Paswan - Printer Friendly Page - Politics - Telugu Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Paswan's observation came in response to a question by reporters on his recommendation to the government to accord Bharat Ratna to Jagjivan Ram and late Bollywood singer Mohammed Rafi.
		Himself a prominent Dalit leader, Paswan said: "The likes of Kanshi Ram cannot be compared with Babu Jagjivan Ram or Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
		Flush with confidence after organising a successful two-day international conference on Dalit and minority unity, Paswan said Kanshi Ram and other BSP leaders had resorted to the policy of rank casteism and sought to spread hatred against upper caste people to ensure their growth as politicians.
	www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=26720 (282 words)

	Daily Excelsior....News Page
		Describing the resolution as irrelevant, Gupta said it has been brought by a NC member (Jagjivan Ram) who is known for frequently changing his parties.
		Jagjivan Ram said the National Conference wants to strengthen India by demanding autonomy for the State.
		Handoo appealed to both the members (Jagjivan Ram and Farooq Mir) to withdraw their resolution as a debate will be held on Autonomy Committee report.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /00mar03/news.htm (5331 words)

	‘Ambedkar, Jagjivan Ram were path-breaking leaders’ - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		“Though Babu Jagjivan Ram did not become the prime minister, he was a revolutionary who brought about a significant change in the way society viewed the backward classes,” said Head of Department of Political Science, Mangalore University, Prof Jogan Shankar.
		He was speaking during a programme organised by the district administration to mark the 114th birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Ambedkar and 98th birth anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram in the City on Thursday.
		Drawing a comparison between Dr Ambedkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram, Prof Shankar said that though both had dedicated their lives to lay foundation for a “truly equal and democratic society,” their individual personalities were “starkly different”.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/apr152005/district193292005414.asp (558 words)

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