About Ratnakar Pandey
Lived 1901 – 2018 (aged 116–117). Ratnakar Pandey was an Indian politician.
Dr Ratnakar Pandey was a veteran Indian National Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh. He was the former Member of Parliament representing Indian National Congress in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament. He is referred one of the closest to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and former UPA Chairperson Smt.Sonia Gandhi. Pandey, well known for his knowledge of Hindi and its promotion as an official language, was a graduate of Banaras Hindu University and played a key role in organising World Hindi Conferences abroad. Pandey was also known as a member of the "shouting brigade" in the Rajya Sabha.
Dr Pandey died on 1 September 2018 after a prolonged illness.
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Indian politician
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Ratnakar Pandey was born in 1901.
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Ratnakar Pandey died on 1 September 2018.
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Ratnakar Pandey was a politician.
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