Ram Chandra Maurya
Ram Chandra Maurya | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1997–2002 | |
| Constituency | Majhawan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1950 Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Occupation | MLA |
| Profession | Politician |
Ram Chandra Maurya was an Indian politician and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Majhawan Assembly constituency. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to 13th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly via 1996 Assembly elections. Maurya was a resident of Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. His daughter-in-law Suchismita Maurya also represented the Majhawan Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3]
Political career
[edit]Ram Chandra Maurya was born on 16 January 1950 to Sarju Prasad in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh in an Other Backward Class Hindu family. He completed his post graduate degree and married Vidyawati Devi in 1967. He had one son and three daughters with her. Maurya's daughter-in-law Suchismita Maurya contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on the ticket of Bharatiya Janata Party and was victorious. Maurya was also an industrialist besides being an active politician. In September-October 1996 elections, he was elected from Majhawan Assembly constituency, for the first time, as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. In this election, he got 54,472 votes and defeated Bhagwat Pal of Bahujan Samaj Party.[4]
In 2013, he was shot in leg and looted by unknown assailants outside a mall, where he was waiting in his BMW car.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (11 March 2017). "Candidates contesting in last phase of Uttar Pradesh elections are crorepatis". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Former BJP MLA from UP shot at, robbed in front of Gurgaon hotel". India TV. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "सुचिस्मिता को मिला साथ ,पहली बार में ही विजय". Dainik Jagran. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "13th Vidhan Sabha members" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Former UP MLA shot and robbed". Indian express. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
