Ram vilas paswan: Was a prominent Dalit leader and

Ram Vilas Paswan was a prominent Dalit leader and politician in India, who served as a Union Minister in several governments. He died of heart failure in 2020 and was posthumously honored with the Padma Bhushan award. Ram Vilas Paswan , Indian politician and government official who was a long-serving national parliamentarian and was the founder and longtime leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), a regional political party in Bihar. After mending ties with the BJP in 2014, he was invited to join the cabinet of Narendra Modi. Ram Vilas Paswan was born on July 5, 1946, in Shaharbanni village in the Khagaria district of Bihar, India. He was born into a Dusadh family to Jamun Paswan and Siya Devi. His early life was marked by academic achievement; he earned a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Arts degree from Kosi College, Khagaria, and Patna University, respectively. Ramvilas Paswan 's Rise to Power The Dalit politician, Ram Vilas Paswan was born in 1947 in a backward village of India's north Bihar, in a relatively prosperous Dusadh family. His grandfather had only 2 acres of land which was enhanced to 30 acres (even though mostly flood prone) by his father and uncle. His father had an urge to educate his ...