Sukh Ram
Pandit Sukh Ram | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1989 – 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Maheshwar Singh |
| Succeeded by | Maheshwar Singh |
| Constituency | Mandi, Himachal Pradesh |
| In office 1984 – 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Virbhadra Singh |
| Succeeded by | Maheshwar Singh |
| Constituency | Mandi, Himachal Pradesh |
| Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
| In office 1993 – 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Rajesh Pilot |
| Succeeded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sukhram Sharma 27 July 1927 |
| Died | 11 May 2022 (aged 94) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
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| Relations | Aayush Sharma (grandson) |
| Children | Anil Sharma (son) |
| Alma mater | Delhi Law School |
| Profession | Politician |
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Pandit Sukh Ram (born Sukhram Sharma; 27 July 1927 – 11 May 2022) was an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Communications and Information Technology from 1993 to 1996. He was a member of Lok Sabha from the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the Vidhan Sabha elections five times and the Lok Sabha elections three times. He is the father of politician Anil Sharma and grandfather of actor Aayush Sharma. In 2011 he was sentenced to 5 years in jail for corruption when he was Communications Minister in 1996.