Ravindra Singh (politician)

Ravindra Singh was from a village in Gorakhpur. He served as General Secretary of the Student Union at St. Andrew's College, Gorakhpur and later became its president. In 1967, while pursuing his MA at Gorakhpur University, he was elected President of the Students Union. He continued his studies at University of Lucknow and became the Student Union President there in 1972.^[2]

In 1977, he was elected MLA from the Kauriram constituency of Gorakhpur district on a Janata Party ticket. Despite being an MLA from the ruling party, he criticised the government. He considered student unions, labour organisations and employee organisations as essential training grounds for politics.^[2]

On 27 August 1979, he was shot at Gorakhpur Junction railway station while traveling to Lucknow for an assembly session. He died from his injuries three days later, at the age of 35.^[4][5][1]