Jai Ram Verma (4 February 1904 – 14 January 1987) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and was Member of parliament, Lok Sabha of India. He was a member of the 7th Lok Sabha and was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative *embly. Verma represented the Faizabad cons*uency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Indian National Congress political party.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Political career
  • 2.1 Pre independence
  • 2.2 Post independence
• 3 Posts held
• 4 See also
• 5 References

Early life and education

Jai Ram Verma was born in the village Baragaon Brahimpur, Faizabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He attended the Government Inter College in the city of Faizabad and his highest educational qualification is intermediate. Verma worked as a teacher and agriculturist prior to joining politics.

Political career

Pre independence

Varma participated in the Indian independence movement. He was arrested several times (Apr 1941, Aug 1942 & Feb 1945). He participated in the Satyagraha and Quit India Movements. Jai Ram Varma served as a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative *embly from 1946 (pre independence) and then went on to be appointed in the first Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh.

Post independence

Jai Ram Varma has been in active politics since early 1930s. He joined Congress party. Whilst with Congress, he became a member Uttar Pradesh Legislative *embly for several terms. He quit the Congress party to join newly formed Bharatiya Kranti Dal in 1967. During his *ociation with Bharatiya Kranti Dal, he again was elected as a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative *embly.In 1975, Varma quit Bharatiya Kranti Dal to join Congress (I) once again.Varma held several key party posts and was also a Minister & Deputy Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Posts held

See also

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• 7th Lok Sabha
• Lok Sabha
• Politics of India
• Parliament of India
• Government of India
• Indian National Congress
• Faizabad (Lok Sabha cons*uency)
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative *embly
• List of Indian independence activists

References