Indian educationist
Raja Ram Shastri (also Rajaram Shastri) (4 June 1904 - 21 August 1991) was an Indian educationist who was elected in the 1971 Indian general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Varanasi during the 5th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. He was a professor and subsequently Vice-Chancellor of the Kashi Vidyapeeth from 1964 - 1971.
He was the grandson of Rai Bahadur Thakur Jaiswal.
He served as a member of first National Commission on Labour[1] and received Padma Vibhushan in 1991,[2] the second highest civilian honor of India.
He died in New Delhi on 21 August 1991, aged 87.[3]
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