Rambahadur Rai is an eminent Hindi Journalist. Rai is the editor of Yathavat, a Hindi fortnightly news magazine published from Delhi. Former news editor of Jansatta newspaper, he is the author of Rahvari ke Sawal (on Chandrashekhar) and Manjil se Jyada Safar (on V P Singh). A founder organiser of JP Movement, he declined to walk into the corridors of power. Earlier Mr. Rai was Editor of Pratham Pravakta magazine. He was closely associated with Jaiprakash Narayan, and actively participated in the student movement in Bihar in 1974. He was one of the 11-member Steering Committee that piloted the JP movement in Bihar. Rai was the second person to be jailed under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act,(MISA) (passed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1973,giving superpowers to law enforcement agencies, and repealed by the subsequent Janata Party Government in 1977). 

Later, during the heyday of the JP Movement, He was again jailed for eighteen months. Mr. Rai was the organizing secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) during the 74, Bihar Movement. It is very important to know that he brought the Hawala scam into light. He is known for his talk turkey and fearless writings. He is active in movement against Paid news in India and has also written a book on bad evil in Indian media.He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.