Ram Niwas Mirdha

Ram Niwas Mirdha
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	Kalyan Singh Kalvi
Succeeded by	Sona Ram
Constituency	Barmer, Rajasthan
Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 1957–1967
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 1953–1967
Personal details
Born	24 August 1924 Kuchera, Rajputana, British Raj
Died	29 January 2010 (aged 85) Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Indira Mirdha
Alma mater	Allahabad University
Profession	agriculturist

Ram Niwas Mirdha (24 August 1924 – 29 January 2010) was an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He served as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1967 and as speaker of the assembly from 1957 to 1967. Mirdha was as a cabinet minister of the Government of India for several departments during the 1970s and 1980s and became of member of the Lok Sabha for Barmer, Rajasthan, from 1991 to 1996. He was a member of the executive board of UNESCO from 1993 to 1997. He served as chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi until his death from multiple organ failure.

Ram Niwas Mirdha was born on 24 August 1924 in Jasol village, Barmer district, Rajasthan, where his father, Baldev Ram Mirdha, had been posted as a police officer. Mirdha married Indira Mirdha and the couple had two sons and one daughter. One of his sons is Harendra Mirdha, who has been a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and was Minister for the Public Works Department in the Government of Rajasthan between 1998–2004.

Mirdha was educated at Allahabad University, Lucknow University, both in India, and at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He was awarded M.A. and LL.B. degrees and was a professional agriculturist.

Mirdha held various official positions in the state of Rajasthan and at national level:

Ram Niwas Mirdha represented in the following international events:

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