Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav

Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav (3 March 1920 – 16 January 2006), known as Sher-e-Bihar, and Ramlakhan Babu, was an Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, and politician. His political journey, which spanned more than 50 years, began in the post-independence era as a member of the Zilla Parishad in 1947 and reached its peak with his appointment as a Union Minister in the Central Government in 1994. He was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from the Arrah in 1991 as a member of the Janata Dal. He later joined the Congress under controversial circumstances which helped save Narasimha Rao Government during no confidence vote on 28 July 1993. He also served as the Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers in the Narasimha Rao Government.

He served as a multi-term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and held multiple key portfolios as a state minister. He first became a Cabinet Minister in 1963 in Krishna Ballabh Sahay ministry. He was accorded the third place in the ministry after Chief Minister Sahay and his deputy Satyendra Narain Singh. A veteran freedom fighter, Shri Yadav was a key figure from Bihar in India's freedom struggle. His younger grandson Jai Vardhan Yadav was elected Member of Legislative Assembly from Paliganj in between 2015 and 2020.