Ramesh Bais Age, Caste, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ramesh Bais

• Ramesh Bais is an Indian politician who was appointed as the 23rd Governor of Maharashtra on 12 February 2023. He served as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1980-1985). He was appointed as the Governor of Tripura (2019) and Governor of Jharkhand (2021).

• He was 32 years old when he became a councillor of Raipur’s Municipal Corporation before Chhattisgarh became an independent state in 2000.
  

  Ramesh Bais in 1992

• He was first elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1987, and later, consecutively from the 11th to the 16th Lok Sabha (1996-2014) from the Raipur constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.

• In 2003, Ramesh Bais was in political rivalry with Raman Singh, who is also a Bharatiya Janata Party member. According to some resources, Ramesh was the major contender for the post; however, his name was withdrawn at the last hour, resulting in the appointment of Raman Singh as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh instead.

• Bais extensively conducts studies on the rights of persons with disability bill and the transgenders (Protection of Rights) bill.

• During the first outbreak of COVID-19, Ramesh Bais, as the (former) Governor of Tripura, was one of the politicians who decided to take 30 per cent less salary for one year. ^[4]NorthEast Now

• During his tenure, he has organized several social and cultural activities including health camps, eye camps, rural development programmes, and sports competitions.

• While serving as the Governor of Jharkhand (14 July 2021 – 12 February 2023), Ramesh Bais was also appointed as the Chancellor of many of Jharkhand’s universities including Ranchi University, Vinoba Bhave University in Hazaribagh, Sido Kanhu Murmu University in Dumka, Jamshedpur Women’s University, and Birsa Agricultural University in Ranchi.
  

  Former Governor-cum-Chancellor of Jharkhand State Universities, Mr. Ramesh Bais awarding degrees to the passed-out students and research scholars at the 7th convocation of Birsa Agricultural University in Ranchi

• In 2023, before Bais took charge as the 23rd Governor of Maharashtra, the position was held by Bhagat Singh Koshiyari until he stepped down. Reportedly, while addressing a convocation in Aurangabad, Koshiyari called Shivaji Maharaj an ‘idol of the olden times,’ which offended several communities of Maharashtra. Many Maratha organisations and opposition leaders reprimanded his comments and demanded President Droupadi Murmu recall the Governor immediately.

• During his tenure as the Governor of Tripura, Ramesh Bais distributed organic vegetables grown at the vegetable garden of Rajbhavan premises to two charitable organisations.

  

  Ramesh Bais distributing organic vegetables to two charitable organisations heads

• He is a close confidant of Lal Krishna Advani, the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India. Until Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death in 2018, Bais was known to be his confidant as well.
  

  Ramesh Bais with Atal Bihari Vajpayee