Ram Niwas Mirdha

Ram Niwas Mirdha
The Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Ram Niwas Mirdha addressing the Press in New Delhi on June 09, 2005
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	Kalyan Singh Kalvi
Succeeded by	Sona Ram
Constituency	Barmer, Rajasthan
2nd Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 25 April 1957 – 3 May 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	Indira Mirdha
Alma mater	Allahabad University
Profession	agriculturist

Ram Niwas Mirdha (24 August 1924 – 29 January 2010) was an Indian politician who served as the 2nd speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1967 and is the longest serving speaker of the Rajasthan Assembly for a period of ten years. He was 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. He also served as Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha from 1977 to 1980.^[1][2]