Sona Ram
Col. Sonaram Choudhary is an Indian politician, and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014. He represented Barmer constituency in Rajasthan, India, in Lok Sabha for Congress, winning elections in 1996, 1998, 1999. He lost 2004 Lok Sabha elections to BJP's Manavendra Singh. Later, he left Congress and joined Bhartiya Janta Party before General Elections of India in 2014. He was declared candidate of BJP from Barmer instead of veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh, and won 2014 elections.Personal life
Sonaram comes from a Jat family. He was from Mohangarh, Jaisalmer.Education and career
He obtained a B.E. degree from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur and is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers. He passed out of the Indian Military Academy in 1966 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers into, 55th Engineers Regiment of Bengal Sappers of the Indian Army. He served in the 1971 war on the Eastern Front. He retired from the Army as a full Colonel in 1987.
