Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
| Ram Manohar Lohia | |
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| Born |
23 March 1910 Akbarpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Died | 12 October 1967 (aged 57) New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater |
University of Calcutta Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Political party |
Indian National Congress Praja Socialist Party Socialist Party |
| Movement |
Quit India Movement Indian independence movement |
| Website | www |
Ram Manohar Lohia 
pronunciation , (23 March 1910 – 12 October 1967) was an activist for the Indian independence movement and a socialist political leader. During the last phase of British rule in India, he worked with the Congress Radio which was broadcast secretly from various places in Bombay until 1942.
Ram Manohar Lohia was born on 23 March 1910 at Akbarpur in what is now the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. His family were prosperous Vaishyas. His mother died in 1912, when he was just two years old, and he was later brought up by his father Hiralal who never remarried. In 1918 he accompanied his father to Bombay where he completed his high school education. He attended the Banaras Hindu University to complete his intermediate course work after standing first in his school's matriculation examinations in 1927. He then joined the Vidyasagar College, under the University of Calcutta and in 1929, earned his B.A. degree. He decided to attend Frederick William University (today's Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany) over all prestigious educational institutes in Britain to convey his dim view of British philosophy. He soon learned German and received financial assistance based on his outstanding academic performance, studying national economy as his major subject as a doctoral student from 1929 to 1933.
Lohia wrote his PhD thesis paper on the topic of Salt Taxation in India, focusing on Gandhi's socio-economic theory.
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