Ram Chandra Poudyal

Ram Chandra Poudyal
President of Rising Sun Party
In office
1989–1990
President of SC(R)
In office
1979–1981
Member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
In office
1975–1979
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byJagat Bandhu Pradhan
ConstituencyLoosing-Pachekhani
1st Deputy Speaker of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
In office
1975–1977
Succeeded byKalzang Gyatso
Member of the Sikkim State Council
In office
1974–1975
Preceded byNew constituency
ConstituencyLoosing-Pachekhani
Personal details
Born1943 or 1944 (age 80–81)
Chhota Singtam, Kingdom of Sikkim
DiedJuly 2024
Siliguri, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Sikkimese (until 1975)
Political partyRising Sun Party
Other political
affiliations
Sikkim National Congress, Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)

Ram Chandra Poudyal (1944–2024), commonly known as R.C. Poudyal, was an Indian politician from the state of Sikkim. He has played an important role in the political scenario of the state, especially in the context of integration of Sikkim and subsequent constitutional and legal developments into the Indian Union . He was known for the founding and leading the Rising Sun Party (RSP), a political party active in the late 1980s.