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CONTENTS

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1. List of abbreviations I-III

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2. Officers of the Rajya Sabha V-VII

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3. List of Women Members of the Rajya Sabha IX

4. List of Members of the Rajya Sabha (State-wise) •

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5. Members of the Council of Ministers •
XXI-XXVIII

6. Biographical sketches of Members 1-400

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The !lhhrevittIIOn~ U"icd In thl, publicfltion denote the

following : -

A .D . Akoli Dol.
A.G .P. Asom GanCI Pari ... had ,
A . I.A . D.M. K. AlIlndin Annll Dravitin MUnnell'f1
Kal.hug HIll .
A. I.C.C. Alllndin Congres1'I Committee .
A. I.R . All India Rud,o .
A . I.T.U .C . Alii nelia Trade Union Cungres\ ,
A .I.W .C. All India Women\,Cnnlerence .
b. Born ,
8ar-nt -Law Barrisler~fH - Lnw ,
B.H.U. BHnnra<; Htnuu Univer.,ily.
B.J . P. BhantliyaJunntfl Pany.
B.S .S. Bharal Sewak Snmaj .
c.c.1. Cricket Cilib of I ndl"
C.I.T.U. Centre of Indian Trade Unions. ,
C .P I. CommuniM Party of Indin ,
C.P . I.(M) Communisl Purty of Indin (MUfXi"lt) ,
Congo(5) Congre" (5) .
d. Daughter
D.C .C. Disl riel Congreij, COIllIll iIlee.
D.S. P. DemocralicSocinlisl PHlty .
Difltl . Disl riel ,
D.M K. Dravida Munnetra KUlhngnm ,
cd Edllcated .
F .S.C.A.P Economic & Social Council for A~ill
and Pacific.
FA . Fncuhy of An . . .
r .B Porward Bloc.

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F.C.A. _ Fellow of the Institute of Chartered U.K. • · United Kingdom .
Accountants of India . U.N. • · United Nations .
F.I.C.C.1. · Federation of Indian Chambers of U.N.C.T.A.D . . · United Nations Conference: on Trade
Commerce and Industry. and Development.
I.C.F.T.U. • · International Confederation of Free U.N.E.S.C.O. . · United Nations Educational, Scientific
Trade Unions. and Cultural Organ,i sation .
I.L.O . • · International Labour Organisation. U.N.O. · United Nations Organisation .
Ind. • · Independent . U.P. • · U liar Pradesh .
I.N.TU.C. • · Indian National Trade Union U .S.A · United States of America .
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Congress . U.S.S.R. · Union of Soviet Socialist RepUblics.
I.S.C.U.S. · Indo-Soviet Cultu ral Society. viII. · Village.
J. (G)J anvadi _Janta GopaJan Janvadi. W.I.A .A . • · Western Lndia Automobile
K.C. · Kerala Congress. Association .
L.D. • · Lok Dal. Y.M.C.A . · Young Men' s Christian Association .
m. • · Married.
M.L.A. · Member of the Legislative Assembly .
M.L. • · Muslim League.
M.P. · Madhya Pradesh .
, N.C. • · National Conference.
N.D.P. • · National Democratic Party .
N.N.D.P. · Naga National Democratic Party .
N.C.U.I. · National Co-operative Union of India.
N.S.C.I. · National Sports Club oflndia.
O.P.E.C. · Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries.
P.C.C. oPradesh Congress Committee.
P.O. · Post Office.
P.S.P. · Praja Socialist Party.
R.S.P. • · Revolutionary Socialist Party .
s. • _Son.
S.P. · Sociatist Party
S.P.C.A. · Society for the Prevention of Crueltv•
to Animals.
T.D. · Telugu Desam.
U.A.E. • · United Arab Emirates
U.A.R. • United Arab Republic.

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RAJYA SABHA

OFFICERS OF THE RAJYA SABHA

Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma

Chairman
Dr. (Shrimati) Najma Heptulla
Deplny Chairman
Shri Sudarshan Agarwnl , B.A., LL.B .
Secretary-General

OFFICERS OF THE RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT

Shrimati K. K. Chopra, M.A ., LL.M ., D .P.A.

Additio"al Secretary

Shri J .P. Singh, M.A .

Joim Secretary

'Shri B.R. Goel, M.A ., LL.B .

DireclOr

Shri K.S . Venkataraman, B.Sc.

Director
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Depwy Secretary

Shri B.G. Gujnr, B.A . (Hons.), LL.B.

Depury St'crNnry

Un dt'PlIt.IIIIHl hI rhe Mini'.,[rY 01 He;lhh ,lit Fmllliv Wrllare .

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Shri R.P. Mahajan, B.A .. LL.B.
Depflty Secretary Shri Jit Ram Varma, I.A .
Pay & ACCOllnts Officer
Shri S.C. Chaturvedi, B.A.
Chief Pariiamelllary Reporter Shri S.K. Kawdal, M.A .. LL.B .
Under Secretary
Shri O.P. Sharma, M.A.
Chief Parliamentary Interpreter Kumari Pushpa Das, B.A.
Under Secretary
Shri V.S. Nanda. M.A.
Chief Editor Shri R.K . Das, B.A. (Hans.)
Under Secretary
Shri M.e. Banerjee, M.A.
loint Director

Shri K.S. Rajpal, B.A.

Under Secretary

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Shri A.K. Karmakar, M.A .
" Under Secretary

Shri M.K. Kaushik, B.A., LL.B.

Under Secretary

Shri M.K. Mazumdar, B.A.

Under Secretary

Shri O.P. Rajara,

Under Secretary

Shri S.K. Sen Gupta, B.A.

Under Secretary

Shri R.R. Puri, B.A.

Under Secretary

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L1STOFWOMENMEMBERSOFTHE
RAJYASABHA
1. Shrimati Margaret Alva
2. Shrimati Amrita Pritam
3. Shrimati Bijoya Chakravarty
4. Prof. (Mrs.) Asima Chatterjee
5. Shrimati Renuka Chowdhury
6. Shrimati Omem Moyong Deori
7. Dr. (Shrimati) Najrna Heptulla
8. Miss Jayalalitha Jayaram
9. Shrimati Sudha Vijay Joshi
10. Shrimati Kailashpati
11. Miss Saroj Kh aparde
12 . Kumari Sayeeda Kbatun
13. Dr. (Shrimati) Sarojini Mahishi
14. Shrimati Kanak Mukherj ee
15 . Sbrimati layanthi Natarajan
16. Shrimati Shanti Pahadia
17. Shrimati Manorama Pande y
18. Shrimati Pratibha Devisingh Pati!
19 . Shrimati Suryakanta Jayawantrao Palil
20. Shrimati Ratan Kumari
21. Shrimati Satya Bahin
22. Shrimati Vijaya Raje Scindia
23. Shrimati Pratibha Singh
24. Kumari Sushila Tiria
25. Shrimati Veena Verma

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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE RAJYA SABHA

ANDHRA PRADESH- 18

I. Chowdhury, Shrimati Renuka

2. Dronamraju, Shri Satyanarayana
3. Kalvala, Shri Prabhakar Rao
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4. Lakshmanna , Prof. C.
5. Naik, Shri G. Swamy
6. Naik, Shri L. Narsingh
7. Radhakrishna, Shri Puttapaga
8. Rao , Shri Gopala Rao
9. Rao, Shri Moturu Hanumantha
10. Rao , Shri Yalia Sesi Shushana
II. Reddy , Shri B. Satyanarayan
12. Reddy, Dr. G. Vijaya Mohan
13. Reddy, Dr. Narreddy Thulasi
14. Reddy , Shri T. Chandrashekhar
15. Rehman, Shri Mohd . Khaleelur
16. Sivaji, Dr. YelamanchiJi
17 . Talari Manohar, Shri
IS . Upendra, Shri Parvathaneni

ARUNACHAL PRADESH-l

19. Deori, Shrimati Omem Moyong

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20. Basumatari, Shri Dharanidhar

21. Bhattacharjee, Shri Kamalendu
22. Chakravarty, Shrimati Bijoya
23. Islam , Shri SahaTul
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24. Kalita, Shri Bhubaneswar 51. Mehta , Shri Chimanbhai

25. Majhi, Shri Prithibi 52. Mirza Irshadbaig, Shri
26. Saikia , Dr. Nagen 53. Parmar, Shri Rajubhai A.
54. Patel, Shri Chhotubhai
BfHAR-22 -, 55. Patel, Shri Vithalbhai M.
• 56. Rathwa, Shri Ramsinh
27. Ahluwalia, Shri S. S. 57. Shiv Shanker, Shri P .
28. Ashwani Kumar , Shri 58. Solanki, Shri Madhavsinh
29. Dubey, Shri Bindeshwari 59. Vaghela, Shri Shanker Sinh
30. Faguni Ram , Dr. 60. Valiullah, Shri Raoof
31. Hashmi , Shri Shamim
32. Jamuda, Shri Durga Prasad HARYANA-5
33. Kesri , Shri Sitaram
34. Mahendra Prasad, Shri 61. Bhajan Lal , Shri
35. Mahto, Shri Bandhu 62. Chautala, Shri Om Prakash
36. Mishra, Shri Chaturanan 63. Lather, Shri Mohinder Singh
37. Mishra, Dr. Jagannath 64. Malik, Shri Mukhtiar Singh
38. Mishra, Shri Kailashpati 65. Surender Singh, Shri
39. Pandey. Shrimati Manorama
40. Rafique Alam, Shri HIMACHAL PRADESH-3
41. Sahay, Shri Dayanand
42. Sahu, Shri Rajni Ranjan 66. Anand Sharma, Shri
43. Singh , Thakur Kamakhya Prasad 67. Barongpa, Shri Sushi I
44. Singh, Shrimati Pratibha 68. Sharma , Shri Chandan
45. Singh , Shri Ram Awadhesh
46. Sinha , Shri Yashwant JAMMU AND KASHMIR-4
47. Thakur, Prof. Chandresh P.
48. Thakur, Shri Rameshwar 69. Amla , Shri Tirath Ram
70. Dharam Pal, Shri
GOA-\ 71. Matto , Shri Ghulam Rasool
72. Sayeed. Mufti Mohamad
49. Fernandes, Shri lohn F.
KARNATAKA-12
GUJARAT-l\
Tt Alva. Shrimati Margaret
50. Bhatt , Shri litendrabhai Labhshanker 74. Gowda. Shri D.B. Chandre
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75. Gowda, Shri K.G. Thimme 105. Thakur, Shri Surendra Singh
76. Gurupadaswamy, Shri M.S . . •
106. Tripathi, Shri Chandrika Prasad
77. Hanumanthappa, Shri H . • 107. Vajpayee, Shri Atal Bihari
78. Jethmalani, Shri Ram 108. Verma , Shrimati Veena
79. Javau, Shri J.P. 109 . Vora, Shri Motilal
80. Kollur, Shri M.L.
81. Maheswarappa, Shri K.G.
82. Mahishi, Dr. (Smt.) Sarojilli MAHARASHTRA-19
83. Naik, Shri R.S.
84. Siddiqui, Shri Abdul Sam ad 1I0, Bhandare , Shri Murlidhar
Chandrakant
KERALA-9 111. Chavan, Shri S,B,
. 112, Desai, Shri Jagesh
85, Antony, Shri A,K, 113, Deshrnukh , Shri Shankarrao
86, Baby, Shri M.A. Narayanrao
87, Balanandan, Shri E, 114, Heptulla, Dr, (Shrimati) Najrna
88, Balaram, Shri N ,E, 115, Jadhav, Shri Vithalrao Madhavrao
89. Jacob, Shri M.M. 116, Joshi, Shrirnati Sudha Vijay
90. Koya, Shri B.V, Abdulla 117, Kaldate , Dr. Bapu
91. Kunjachen, Shri P. K. 118, Kalrnadi , Shri Suresh
92. Kuthiravattom, Shri Thomas 119. Khaparde , Miss Saroj
93, Sreedharan, Shri Arangil 120, Kulkarni , Shri A.G,
121. Mahajan , Shri Pramod
MADHYA PRADESH-16 122, Masodkar, Shri Bhaskar Annaji
123. Patil , Shrimati Pratibha Devisingh
94. Advani, Shri Lal K. 124, Pati!, Shrimati Suryakanta
95. Bhardwaj, Shri Hansraj Jayawantrao
96. Jogi , Shri Ajit P,K, 125, Patil , Shri Vishwasrao Ramrao
97. KhatuD , Kuman Sayeeda r 126, Puglia, Shri Naresh C.
98, Malaviya, Shri Radhakishan 127, Salve, Shri N,KP,
99, Manhar , Shri Bhagatram 128, Singh, Shri Vishvjit p ,
100, Pachouri, Shri Suresh
101. Ratan Kumari . Shrimati
102, Scindia, Shrimati Vijaya Raje
103, Sharma, Shri Satish Kumar
,l MANIPUR-l

104. Thakur, Jagatpal Singh 129, Singh, Shri R,K. Dorendra

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RAJASllIAN- LO

150. Bagrod!a. Shr! Sanlosh

151. Bhlm Rai. Shr!
152. Blrla. Shr! Krishna Kumar
153. Chalurved!. Shr! Bhuvne,h
I ~4 . Jaswanl Singh. Shr!
I~~ . Khan. Dr. Abrilr Ahmed
156 M•• na . Shr! Dhuleshw.r
157. Mornrka. Shr! Kamal
L~, Jamu. Shll ',C' ISR. Pahallia. Shtimali Shan I!
159. Pan",nr . Shr! B .L.

ORISSA 10 SIKKIM- I

Lr).. l.!alh!-sh""ctJ USQm~ Sh I IbU. Toptien. Shri Knrn,a

..t..l. Jam. ~hl ' '~ . .~)sh
~ t.-:m\3. :~,. lhou 4la TAMil NADLI- 18
L~. \otacnur- "'~lf' laltnl1..~hct.
~-- Ich-anl"J Shl·.. t-a~ 161. Almh Arunn. Shri /I/iIlS
, - ~ , ~

onapatrl. ,_f't ::"3NH:~ V. Arunachalam

....~ ':l'{UtmU.k.. :-~lt., Sunr tot 1d 16~ . B"h•• Shri T . R.
.!tl. ::ia.ilu.. s.'ln'S"a&.k'.Wi a ",J( ~ 163. Gopalon. Shr! R.T.
~~.u a 10-1 . Gopolsnm)' . Shr! V .
• 16, .•Inyalalitha Jayaram. Miss
166. '\ohl\. Shr! Valampuri
\~ ... 167. Kadh" ..sh". Shri M.
loR. Maran . Shri Murasoli
~i.lIt1J':l.. $rrdar .b.t!:'tt
....:. ... l6'). Mool'"na, . Shri G .K .
- , 3a m al. £n::: 'l.'Yi.l!l.·' -' 170. N"ta'aj"n . Sh,!mati Jayanthi
-'-: '"";AJ 'Jara $i.IIg'k Sbr 171. ral"ni, ,u1(li. Shri M.
....'1.. I-;jHI"itai:. '5.'n::.. E.uy.;:!NR-4. ~:,o 172 R,'}"n~i;\m. Shri N .
- 1'1 Ramanathan . Shri V
\7.1 Samt'laSl\ ~,m . Shrl Era
I " :". S\\ ('m't\ath~ul . Shri G
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177. Varndnraj. Shri G.

178. Vincenl, Shri M. 207. Verll1a . Shri Kapil
208. Venm.\. Shri Vir cndra
TRIPURA- I 209. Vikal , Sltri Ranl Chandra
210. Yadav , Shn Ish DUll
17,.
" Kar, SI1ft' Narayan 211 , Yadav. Shri Ram Nare:-,h
212. Yadav, Shti Sharad
213. VlIcant
UnAR PRADFSII-34
l~O. Ansari, Shri M oha mmed Amin Wrs I B LN(jAI 16
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1HZ. Bckal Utsa hi. Shri 2 14 . Amin. Shri Mohurnmed
IX3 . Chowd hury, Ram Sewak 21~. BaM! . Shr'j ('hill;]
IS4 . Dhu,iya, Shri Sohan Llil 216. Ba~lI R~,v. Shri Sunil
IRS. FOledllr, Shri Makhan Lal 217, Bhattacharjcc. P!'Of. Sourcndra
lH6. Gautam. Shri Anand Prakash 2 1R. Choudhury. Shri Tridih
IX7. Hari Singh. Shri 219. Da:-. Gupta. Shri Gurllda~
IRR . Kaila~hpati . Shrimati 220. Ghosh, Shti Dlpen
IR9. Kidwai, Dr . Mohd. Hashim 22 1. Go:-,W<.l 111 I . Shri Ramnaravan
190. Madni, Shri Maulana Asad 222. Gurung. Shll T.S.
19 1. Malaviya , Shri Satya Praka, h 223. Mukherj ee. Sluim:1tl Kunak
192. Malik , Shri Satya Pal 224. Mukh crJce. Shri Samar
193. Masood, Shri Rasheed 225. Podd:H. Dr . R.I\...
194. Mishra, Shri Sheo Kumar 22(1. Quascll1. Shri Mn'lafa Bin
195. Mishra , Shl'i Shiv Pratap '227. Ra y. Shd Ikba Prasad
19fi . Pandey, Dr . Ralnakar 221'\. Sell. Shri A,llI:->
197. Rai, Shri Kulpnath 229. Sen, Shd SlikOllllll
. 19R . Richharia, Dr. Govind D"s
199 . Satya Bahin, Shril11ati 0] ' 1111 J
200. Singh, Shei Bir Bahadur
20 1. Singh, Shri Bir Bhadra Pratap 2.10. Gupw. Shri Ybltwi.\ Bandhu
202. .....
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Singh, Dr . Rudra Pratap
203. Sukul , Shri P.N. 232. Siddiqi, Shri Shal11im Ahmed
204. Swamy, Shri Subramanian •

205. Tyagi, Shr; Shanti PONDkllFRR Y 1

206· Verma , Shri Ashok Nath
21." NarayuII:'hiJIllY. Sill i V.

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234. Amrita Pritam, Shrimati

235. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF MlNlSTERS
Chatterjee, Prof. (Mrs.) Asima
236. Husain , Shri M.F.
'237. Kakodkar , Shri Purushottam MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
238. Narayan , Shri R.K:
1. Shri Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister and
'239. Ramamurthy , Shri Thindivanam K.
240. also incharge of the
Ravi Shankar, .Pt.
241. Vacant Ministries/Depart -
242. Vacant
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243. Vacant Public Grievances
244. Vacant & Pensions; Science
245. Vacant & Technology; Atomic
Energy; Electronics;
Ocean Development: Space
and other subjects
not allocated to
any other Cabinet
Minister or Minister
of State (Independent
Charge).

2. Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao Minister of External

Affairs.

3. ShriS.B.Chavan Minister of Finance .

4. Shri Buta Singh Minister of Home

Affairs.

5. Shri P. Shiv Shanker Minister of Human

'Resource Development

6. Shri K.C. Pant Minister of Defence.

'Belong to Congress (I) Party.
7. Shri Vasant Sathe Minister of Energy .

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8. Shri Bhajan Lal
9. Shri 1. Yengal Rao
10. Shri Madhavsinh
Solanki
II. Shri Bir Bahadur
Singh
12. Shri Bindeshwari
Dubey
13. Shri B. Shankaranand
14. Shri Dinesh Singh
15. Shri H .K.L. Bhagat
16. Shri Makhan Lal
Fotedar
17. Smt. Mohsina Kidw ..
18. Shri Motl Lal
Vora
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Ministerof Agriculture .
Minister of lndustry.
Minister of Planning
and Minister of Pro-
gramme Implementation .
MinisterofCommu-
nications .
Minister of Labour.
MinisterofLaw
and Justice and
Minister of Water
Resources .
Minister of Commerce.
Minister of Parliamen-
tary Affairs and Minister
of Informa tion
& Broadcasting.
Minister of Steel
and Mines.
Minister of Urban
Development. • dependent Chargc) \11" the
Minister of Health and
Fam ily Welfare.
XXIII
IlJ. Shri Ram Niwas
Mirdha
:!O. Shri Z. R. Ansari
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
I. Shri Brahm Dult
2. Shri Jagdish Tytler
3. Shri Madhavrao
Scindia
.... Dr. Rajendra Kumari
Bajpai
5. Shri Rajesh Pi lot
o. Shri Shivraj Pati!
Mini ... tcr of Textile, .
Mimster of En\lron-
ment and Fore~t..;.
MinistcrofStatc (In-
dependent Charge) (lfthe
Min i<.;t ry of Pc trolculll
and Naturcll Ga ....
MimsterofSHltc (In-
dependent Charge) of the
Ministry of Food
Processi ng I ndust ries .
Mini,terofStatc (In-
dependent Charge) of the
Ministry of Railwavs
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Minl ... tcro[ Statc (In-
dependent Charge) of the
Minl'i.lrv• of Welfare.
Mini ... terofState (in-
dependent Charge)ofthc
Mini<.;try of Surtace
Transport.
Mini ... tcrofState (In-
Ministry of Civil
Aviation and Touri'\lll.
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7 Shn Sukh Ram MlIli'iICrofStatc (In-
dependent Charge) or the
MlIli\try 01 Fond and
Civil Supplic'i
MINISTERS OF STATE
I Shn Ajil Panja Mmi'iICrofStatc inlhc
Department of Revenue
m Ihe MlIli'itry of
Finance.
, Shri Illren Singh MinisterofStatc III the
I·ngtl Mmlsl ry of Planning ah~
MmiltlCrofSliJtc III the
Mini"itryof Programme
Imj')lemelll<tlion
.1. Shn Il K G"dllVl MlIli"ilerofSIIlIC IIllhe
I)cpilrtment 01 f'xpenUtturc
in Ihe Mlni\trynf
Finance.
4 Shu ChlntHrn:lnl Mllli\ICr t)1 State In the
Palugralu l)l'pllrtnH,'l1t nf Dch.'nl'c
PnHlul'titm lind Suppllc\
111 I hl' M 11\1\ I ry of
5. Shn <. K lillLu MUlI'ill'r flf StalL' III Ihl'
Shanet ()cpartm~lll11f ('oal
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6. Shri Dalbir Singh Minister of State in the
Ministry of Urban
Development.
7. Shr; Eduardo Faleiro MinisterofState in the
Department of Economic
Affairs in the Ministry
of Finance,
8. Shri Giridhar Minister of State in the
Gomango Ministryof
Communications,
9. Shr; Hans Raj MinisterofState in the
Bhardwaj Ministry of Law and Justice.
1(1. Shr; Har; Kr;,hna MinistcrofState in the
Sha,tri Department of Agricultural
Research and Education in
the Ministry of Agriculturl!.
II. Shri Junnrdhun Mini\ter of State in the
Poojari Department of Rural
Development in the
Mtlll\tryof Agriculture.
12. Shri Kulpnllth I{ltt M IIII'\tt:r of State in the
Ih'pOIrllm:nt of Power in the
M .III'itry of Energy.
Dl'll'nl'l' , Mllll\tcrof State in the
M 1111\1 Iy of External
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14. Shll h. NalwllI SIIIy.1I MIIII\tcrnl State in the
MIIli\trynl External
,\lIall\,
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XXVII

15. Smt. KrishnaSahi Minister of State in the

16. Shri K.R. Narayanan
17. Shri L.P. Shahi
18. Smt. Margaret Alva
MinistryofWater
Resources.
Minister of State in the
Ministry of Science &
Technology and Minister
of State in the
Departments of Ocean
Development, Atomic
Energy. Electronics
and Space.
Minister of State in the
Departments of Education
and Culture in the Ministry
of Human Resource
Developmem.
Minister of State in the
Departments of Youth
Affairs & Sports and
Women & Child
Development in the
Ministry of Human
Resource Development.
21. Shri P. Chidambaram
22. Shri P. R. Das
Munshi
23. Shri Rafique Alam
24. Shri R. Prabhu
25. Shri S. Krishna
Kumar
26. Shri Santosh Mohan
Dev
Minister of State in the
Ministry of Personnel.
Public Grievances
~ Pensions and
MinisterofState in the
Ministry of Home Affairs.
Minister of State in the
Ministry of Commerce.
Minister of State in the
Ministry of Textiles.
Minister ofS t3te in the
Department of Fertilizers
in the Ministry of
Agriculture.
MinisterofSt3tc In the
Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting.
MinisterofState in the
MinistryofHome Affairs.

19. Shri M. Arunachalam 27. Kumari Saroj MinisterofState in the

MinisterofState in the
Khaparde. Ministry of Health and
Department of Industrial
Development in the Family Welfare.
Ministryof Industry.
28. Smt. Shiela Dikshit MinisterofState in the
20. Shri M.M Jacob Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary
Ministry of Affairs and Minister of
State in the Prime
Parliamentary Affairs .
Minister's Office.

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~I' SIIII Shyum I "I Inlho

V,u.llIv f)erurlmonlol ,ntultur.
&I ('uuporlUnn In Iho
Mlnl'try nl A,rltullur. ,

DH'LJ I Y

I Shrlll.i..llullh. Deputy Mlnllter In tho

Mlnl,try nl FOIl~ and
('Ivll Suppll ••.
, Sh,l Muhuhl, P,","d Deruty Mlnlll.r In Ihe
Mlnl.try nl Railway,.
\ Shu I'. NlmKYlI1 I)crllty Mlnillo, In th.
Mlnl'try ul Surlace
I '.'''rurlllnll Dopuly
Mln"tc, In tho
Mlnl,try ul Po,lIamonlary
Allal,".
I Sh,l R.dh.kllhan Doruty Mlnl'tor In tho
Mulllvlyo Mlnlltry ull .hnur and
I)eruty Mlnl,ler In the
Mlnl,try ul Parllamontlry
Allol ...
~ Sml. Sunil" I OrIon Doputy Mlnlll.r In
Ih. Mlnl'try 01
Well.r•.

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 SHARMA. DR. SHANKER DA VAL h. at Bhop"l, Augu,t
19 . 1918 ; educated at SI. lohn', College, Agra; Allahah"d
Univcr",ity: M A (Engli ... h Literature. Hindi with San ... krit)
and I L. M. (Luckno\\ Univcr... lly); Ph. D, (Cambridge
Univcr... ity), I· it/william College: Diploma 111 Public
Ac..hllinlMrl.ltion (London Univcr... ity); Bar-at-Law, Lincoln· ...
Inn. flarvard Law S('hool; Zurich Uni\'cr ... il) and Pari ...
UllIvcr<.,ily,

Awmdcd Ch ..t"-ravarti Gold Medal lor \ol'wl ~cn'ICc by

Luck now Unlvcr,lty: Dm.:(oratc of Law~ (Ilonori!\ ('au~a).
Vikram Univcr,ity. Bhopal Ulllvcr.."ly and Agri.1 Univcr ... ity ~
h:llow. Ilarvard Lt\\ School (1l)47~4~).
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Member and Office-hearer or L.ucknow Umvcr"lty Union
(1939 II)

1 rca..,urcr, T<lgorc Society and Majli" at Cambndge

Umvcr.."I)

Started legal pracllcc a.., Advocate. Chief Court of Qudh in

1940 In Lucknow

Pi.lrticipatcd in the freedom movement ~lnd underwent ... pells

of Impri~()nm cnt: also underwen t il11pri,onment during the
Merger Movement in Bhopal and Inier 111 197M.

, President of the. (i) Bhopal Congress Committee (1l)50-52)

and (ii) Madhya Pradesh C'ongre:-,!) Committee (1907·6~):
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General Secretary. Indian N~ttional Congn! ...... (196X--72):
Memher. (i) All India C'ongre ...... Committee tor more than 12
yem ... (1952· -H4) ~lnd (ii) Congre ... s Working Committee for
ahout 20 year ... ; Pre",ioent of the (ndmn Natiomll ('ongrc ......
(1972- ·74); Member, Bhop,,1 Leg"I",,"e A"emhly
(1952- 5(1), Madhya Pradesh LeglSl",,"e A"embl)
(1956-71). Fifth l.ok Sabha (1971 77) a"d Seventh Lok
S"hha (January 1980 to August 1984) .
2 RAJYA SABHA W1IO'S WHO 1

Cillef Mln"t« of e"twhile Bhopal State (April 1952 to K. M Mun ... hi C'cnten<.iry Cclt:hratlon..,. Mcmher, Indira
November 1956); Cabinet Mini~ter, Government of Madhya Gandhi National Centre for Arb, New Delhi. President,
Prade,h, holding portfolios of EduratlOn, Law, Public Work" Indira Gandhi Auhinandan Samitl.
Industry and Commerce, National Resources and Separate
Revenue (1956-67); Union Cabinet Minister for i.,u'ran' (II/(/ Jrmrtlah\l/(' Punuit\'
Communications (I974--77),
P'I hli('(llu}1/\
Pro-Chancellor, Sagar University (1956-59).
1 "(ongll.' ..... \ppflliH.:h til inh.:'rnallol1i.iIAII.ur'"
Governor of Andhra Pradesh (l984-R5), Punjab (1985-86), , "Krantt Dra"hta
Maharashtra (1986-87), Concurrently Chancellor of .1. "Stutlic ... III Indo-SllvU:l CoopcratHlI1"
Univen.itic!o. in Andhra Pradesh , Punjab and Maharashtra, 4. "Rule 01 Llw i.IIH..I Role of POIH:":"
5. "Rcalling... In Indo-Soviet Fricl111",hlp Hno
ChfJirman of the South Centr<tl Zonal Cultural Centre ('ooperatulII "
(Andhra Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and fi. "Jaw.lhallal Nehru Thl' Makn of Mollnll
Karnataka). ('Oll1l11nl1v.l'itlth ..

Vice-Pre"dent of India/Chairman, •
Ra)ya Sabha since
September 3, 19R7
Chancellor 01 Deihl Univer~lty. PanJab Unlver~ity,
Pondicherry Unlver~ily and Gandhigram Rural Institute
(Deemed Unlvef>ity).
Pre~jdcnt. (i) Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New
Deihl and (ii) Indian lnstitutc of Puhlic Administration, New
Delhi.
I lravclled wuJcly and visited various counlncs 01 tile workl
Chairman of the International Jury for lhe lawaharlal Nehru
Award for Internalional Understanding.
Chairman of the International Jury ror lhe Jnuua Gandhi
Edl/orltll \ \ll,'<flml'lIf\
I LUI.:kno\\ 1. ;.1\.... Journal (I9..J1......t1)
2. 1.lght and l.earnlng (1942·43)
1 IIm-n-Noo r (Urdu)
..J JVlltl (llil1di)
5. Sm:lah,t IndIa (llJ71 74)
including Afghanistan. Austri;J. l3;mgla Oe ... h, Belgium.
UUlg<lllil. ('unalla. China. Denmark, Egypt. Federal Repuhllc
01 Germany, Finland. France . (;rc(;'('c . Guyana. Iiollg Kong.
Ilrll :;.nJ. llulIg~lry, Jruq. Italy. Jap'lIl. KenY~I. Korea. Kuwait,

P~ize {~r Peace. Disarmament and Development. 1 uX '.'ll1hourg. Malaysia. M,lUritiu.... Norway. Paki ... ti.lll.
VIce-Chairman, lawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Singapore. South YemclI. Suriname, Swc{'kn. 'wltll:rl ... nd.
Chairman. National Committee for Or. S Radhakn ... hniH~ II ..ul".-:y, I rlilld.Hi Jlld C'ob<.ago. Unllcll Kmgliom. US.A

Centenary Celebration ... , ChaIrman N~ljon<t1 ('ommittec for ,,,,,1 U. S')' R

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4 RAJYA SA BHA
Led several official delegations to International Conferences
including a Parl ia mentary delegation to the
Inter·Pa rii amenta ry Un io n Conference at Oslo in 1980; a
Special Delegation of veteran freedom fighters to Moscow in
August 1987 fo r the celeb ratio ns of the 40th Anniversa ry of
India's Independe nce during the Festival of Indi a in U.S.S. R .
Special lntereSlS .-
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Philosop hy. Compa rative Study of Religions, Law ,
Education. Rural Develop me nt , Int ernational Affairs.
Lingu istics. Classical In dian and Western music , poetry.
SportS:
Won distinction as a sportsma n. having exce ll ed in at hl e ti cs,
rowing and sw imming . Was Lucknow U ni ve rsity 's sw imming
champion for three consecutive years and President of
Lucknow University Rowing and Swimming Club.
Present Address .-
Vice·President's House, 6, Maulana Azad Road. New
Delhi-I IDOl !.
1 (v) Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings.
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WHO'S WHO 5
ADVANI. SHRI LAL K. : Law Graduate; Bhartiya Janata
Party (Madhya Pradesh); s. of Shri Kishinchand D . Advani;
b. at Karachi , (now in Pakistan) Nov.
8, 1927; ed. at (i) SI. Patrick's High
School, Karachi , (ii) D .G. National
College, Hyderabad (stnd) and (iii)
Government Law CoUege , Bombay;
m. Shrimati Kamla Advani , Feb . 25,
1965; 1 s. and 1 d .; Journalist ; detained
under MIS A in Bangalore Central
Prison from June, 1975 to January,
18, 1977 ; President, (i) Delhi State
Jana Sangh, 1970-72, (ii) All India
Jana Sangh, February, 1973, re-elected
in April , 1974 and again for the third
term in April , 1975 and (iii) Bhartiya Janta Party, since
May 9, 1986; Vice-President , Delhi State Jana Sangh,
1965-67 ; Chairman , Metropolitan Council, Delhi, March,
1967 to March , 1970; General Secretary , (i) Janata Party,
on its fo'rmation in January , 1977 and (ii) Bhartiya Janata
Party since its launching in 1980; Secretary, (i) Ras htriya
Swayam Sewak Sangh (Karachi Branch) , 1947 , (ii) Delhi
State Jana Sangh, 1958 63; Joint Secretary, Rajasthan
State Jana Sangh, 1952-57; Member, (i) Rashtriya Swayam
Sewak Saogh since 1942 and organised its work in Alwar.
Bharatpuf, Kota , Bundi and lhalawar Districts from 1947
to 1951 , (ii) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 1951-77, (iiil Delhi
Metropolitan Council, 1966-70,(iv) Janata Party , 1977-80,
1972-73, 1973-74 and 1981-82, (vi) General Purposes
Committee, Rajya Sabha , 1980 85 and (vii ) Committee
on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha, 1984 86 a nd
since July,1 987; Leader of (i) Jana Sangh Group in Int erim
Metropolitan Council , Delhi ,1966-67, (ii) J ana Sangh Group
in Rajya Sabha, 1974 76, (iii) of the Opposition Party in
Rajya Sabha. January-April, 1980, (iv) Bhartiya Janota
 I(I\JYJ\ "iA IIII J\ WIIO'S WIIO 7
"
P:llly (ilClUp III RoIlYiI Sahli;! llOnl Aplll , I"XO 10 I llly. AIII.UWAI.IA. SIIRI S. S, : B.Se .. 1.1 ,il .. ( 'tlI l~I C" (I)
II/Hh, (v) Inler (iuVl:II1It1(;llIal ('onh:ll'IH:c 011 (UIIIIII);o;,I)1 Shd Siudal SII1~h Ahluwalia; h ,utJuy Kay Nat.;ar ,
('IIIIII1Hlli l l.';1I101I I'nIH:U:' 111 I\looifl lIlId On:UIIIII (ASI()(,OM). DI'\llicl HurdwHlI , Wc ~ t He lllo\ ;'1I , July
Kill!!:. I ,lI III P'" , h:hruaI'Y. 1~J77 illid (vI) IntlH1l1 J)!':h.·~n IHlIl 4. II) ~ I ; ed ,1\ (i) S1. )o'"l'h\ School,
HI 1111,' lJNFS(,O Ci!.:ru:ra l ('onlc.:rc rH:l·, PJ7X;
NOVl.'I11i1CI, A"lHII"lol, (Ii) Bldhull (,handra ('ollege,
•
vl,lInt ( I) ('",', II "I'IIIIVakHI 111111111.: lIlid Jul y. 1972,1''1 :, A"'III1~IJ1. (IIi) BurdwtlI1 Univcl",ily tlnd i.
M(.'mhl.'! 1)1 :I PudlllJll~nltlly /)l.!h:~:IIHII1 :l l1d HI'll) (J , K , (iv) (',,!cutla lJIIIVCI..,iIYi SIHimatl
11'

"'dlH"', I J.S,~, I.( , Yugo,lavill , AU"III 1:1 , SWI!/I.' ,IulitI Hlld MuniCH l3i1n t.! lj cc, l-'ehlu:II Y 2, 1972;
11 1I 1y, (il) 1\11""'1111:1 III .Iulh' l llly, 11)7.1 i" H Mcmhc.', 01 1 s, Hllli 2 d ,; Sm:iHI Wnrkcr ;
1'IIIIIIUII~'"ldry 1)1,.·lt'WIIIIIII lIlId (id) ('Hrladil It'l (I Ml.'lllhl'l jOjUcd WC !<II Ikll ~a l (,IHlIIIII Pali"lhud
III 11K III ChuII l'u r! 1;1 rI1l:ul III V Ih,' lcHuliml 10 1111,.' NlI!iOllul SUH,!I:rII..; lJllinn of Jl1diu .
IlIt L" P:II'hun, r.' ,lI :IIY 1I11HlIl ('011 It:r Cll l'l' {II ()H awn, 11Jf>7;wul'kcd IIH C(1I11tllU11UI JllllmullY
Sl'J1h;llIhcr. P)H~: UnuJII Mlllt'.'"'1 0 1 InlOi nlHtioll al1d ill vuriowt J1l1jl ~ olllJ c eou nlly : aClively
HroudclIHIIIIA . Murch , 1977 tu July, I(n'): t.:Ic<:lcd 10 th e plllli eipated in the rl..' lid alld
Itujyu Suh hll 11\ AJ1ril, P}?!) , Apdl , 197(), Apdl. 19M2 Hlld rch tlhiliWthH1 pi r)v.l'umrJ1c~ 1'01 the
AI'III, I'IHH, Nuvemher. 19K4 RICH Vl elllWt ull over Indiu; Presidenl ,
(i) All ("diu heedoll1 Sllll~.a~lc MeltlmiullnstilUlC, "Ulna
Iraw'l, (I/imml C·,(,'I,.·!lo .. ltlV:lkul LJ K, 1 · 1"ll i.·~, lind (ii) ('halll:! Pudshad . A~ansnl -.ub ·c.lIVi!'ii()II, 196() 71:
LJ.S,S.I{, YII~o'ilavi:l. AU"I"!1, SWII/l' d ilnd, !lilly, I h:d IIIlUI , V ir:c· Prc:-,icJent , ( '11 a 1I ra I'll ri Hhud . 13 II rd WII11 DiNI ri ci. I ')71 72:
Il olI~ KIIIll'., IHpall I'IH Ii PPllll.· ... , AII'illfdlll. Slfl~UrOlI.· . (icHcnll Secrclary. (i)C'"llicIY MimltU)r C'OIIWeN', 1~;llllglinJ
M"LIY\III. I IIIIIJ,l;lry , (, J) , I{ " C·i! II;u_L.. l'a~ .... ltlll Jrlld I ', S.A ( 'oalhelt Ulld (ii) WCNI Hcng:tl ChllllrH PillI,had (National
Slutll'lll"iUnioll of India), 1972·74: Memher , (i) WOIklll~
S/I/'o(ll /1I1/'ln/ 1;ln!olul 11.'1/111110." ('ommittce, WeNt Bengal C'hlllllll J'llll 'lhad lIlid NHIHlnal
Council of Nationul SUH.k:nl."I Union of ludill , \1)74, (Ii)
{-("'Ollft/f' IUHI/IIII' allrl fl', /1 '(/(1011 Uhilloll ( 'ultlll1illee, comnitu\eli hy the Pd!nt.! M"II",I i.' j ftll
nllCIIIII, "[1011 .. :uul 1I111 'iil' relief & n; i1 llbililalioll 01 Novcmber, I'JMt1 riot Vir.:!"ll'! :IIHI
(ill) Joint P:tl'liul11cntury ('ollH11rlll!c 1)11 Mcdlt'f d ('lIlItH.:!!,
l'I ' mlruff'1I1 (l(lrllI'\\ ' NJlw:il1 1(111111 , KJllllhlCl, lao., hkul II)H7 ;clcctcli 10 lhe Rujyll Suhha in Jllly . IWUI ,
(iw:rIIClI, Mlu lll Yll 1'1 11{ ".'~ 1r

('/111) : J'I·cH id l.:o lll . IIl<.li :1I1 {'"IIUI'l d (\:illli.'. Pal rill ,

Spt'('/fll IIIII''-(',\/.\ ' Socinl o.,clvicc lind 10 ... llive 101 thc
uphlllllcni of and In NCf'llIe SOC i lt! IUMl l'C ft)T th e OJlIHCSscd
lind 10 work 101 the PI CSl' I Vlt lltll1 ilnd !"'I1 I1(,.' JIIIIl· .!\ 111 '1ol'lal ,
l' Ultur :t1 ,IIII{hllonal '''ldl'lpiIlIUal va lu c ... ot Ih!..' IndlHlIld l.'

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Rt:'IHill1~_
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A.IIT SIN(aI. SHRI H S<. B Tech (II."".). M ~ J •• n.l' .•
(Uttar Prillie,h). ,. of late Choudhruy Charan "'ilngh
I't'rmll'/('Irt adtlft"'.\' "Pr.ll...I"h Ni\\,,,,". B~)nlh! Cllhtl h. H' Village Rhudnla (U P ). February
R\),IJ. Patlld-X(ltlt.I(11 12, l'rW ; cd nl (I) luck now
Univer,lIy. (II) Indlilll 11l'llIlIl e 01
Tt'chnoll)~.W. Kharagpur HIllI (iii)
Illinob In,(lIlIle 01 Technnlngy
ChICII).!,O. U.S.A .. m Shr;mall Rlldhikll
Singh, Novemher 17.1l}b7; I ..,. and
.2 d.: Cumputer Cnl1\Ullllnl flnu
Enginl'er; Pre,iliell l, (i) '-ok Dill (A) I'
111)111 Mnrch. 19M7 In May, ILJMR nntl
(ii) .Innl\ll\ Pllrly, ' 111 CI: May, 19AH;
Vic . .··Ch!llnnlll1, K"~111 Trw~t J Ddhl,
Gcnernl Secrelary_ Lok. Dill,
,l iIlHIiIl Y. 19M?, eiel.:led It) lhe Rajya Sahhii 10 Jul y JlJHII

Spt't'ial IIl1t'rf'\1\ TedlOolog.y and AgriL:uhur~

FtlI,tmritt' pm/iult' mill recr~(/fltJlJ MU~I( ,tnd Re,ujing

I't'rmallt'lll tuM rt' \ \ Shiv Vila"" KUIt:hC:fI

Nanak Ch.lnd College. M<eru, (U.P I.

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 10 RAJYA SABHA WHO'S WHO II

ALADJ A1tUNA, SHRJ alias V. ARUNACHALAM: M.A ., Moscow in 1972; Leader of A1ADMK Group(I)in Rajya
S .L.; AJADMK(J) (Tamil Nadu); s. of Shri V. Vailhelingarn; Sabha, since 1986; elected to the Rajya Sabha In July , 1983.
b. al Aladipatty, Tironelveli. July 9,
• Travels abroad " U.S.A., U.S.S.R .. U.K .. Syria. Canada.
1933; ed . al (i) Wesl Tirunelveli High
School, (ii) SI. John 's College and Thailand, Ma laysia , Singapore and Sri Lanka.
(iii) Madras Law College; m . Shrimati
S. Kamala, February 2. 1960; 5 s. "
P/I hi ,car,ons: A Book I'n Tamil " Ilindi Egathipathiam"
and 1 d.; Agriculturist and Advocate; (Hindi-imperialism) and submitted Resea rch pap,e r on
participated in all Oratorial deletion of article 356 of the Constitution of lndm and
Competi'tions in Tamil durlng College <t book •. A Voice For The States",
days and got nl'rnerou5 J st or 2nd
prizes ; selected as first Speaker in Special il1tereSI : . Autonomy 0 f th e States in India '.
State Level Tamil competition in
eloquence held by Madras University Favoflrire pllstime and recreation: Reading .
in 1957 and was awarded a Gold
Medal ; associaled wilh DMK fro m 1950 to 1974; joined Perrnalle,,' address: AI a d ·Ipa tt y. Nalill POS L Tirunclvcli
A1ADMK in 1974; organised Padya tra from Alan Kulam District. T clmil Nadu.
to Tirunelveli in 1957 ff \h~ demand of the farmers; was
imprisoned for four mont .... in connection with Price increase
agitation ~ponsored by DMK in 1963 and imprisoned in
Sankarenkoil for the par'icipation in anti-Hindi agitation;
Founder and President ofTi run elve li District Beedi Workers'
Union In 1960; was Chairman. Public Undertakings
Commiuee of Tamil Nadu Assembly; Chairman, Commiuee
on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha.1986-88: Member,
(i) Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly,1967-76. (ii) Estimates
Committee. Lok Sabha, (iii) Committee on Absence of
Members, Lok Sabha, (iv) Sixth Lok Sabha, I 977-79,(v)
Parliamentary Committ ee on the Welfa re of the Scheduled
Castes and Sched uled Tribes, (vi) Business Adviso ry
Committee. Rajya Sabha. 1984- 86. 1986-87 and 1987-88,
(vii) General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha, si nce
Oclober 1986, (viii) Joint Committ ee of Houses on the
Bofo~ Contract and (ix) Committee on Petitions, Rajya (
Subha,(.ince July. 1988 visited U,S.S.R. to participate in
the Confnence of Peace and Solidarity Council held in

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12 RAJYA SAB HA WHO'S Wilt) '.1

ALVA, SHRIMATI MARGARET: B.A ., B.L.; on Public Undertakings, 1984-85; nominated to the PI) lei
Congress (I) (Kamataka); d. of late Shri P.A . Naza reth ; of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabh.. 1983-84 and 1984 d5;
b . at Mangalore, April 14, 1942; ed. Minister of State for (i) Parliamentary Affairs from DeceIT her
at (i) Mt. Carmel College. Bangalore 31. 1984 to September 24. 1985 and (ii) Youth Af, alfs
and (ii) Govt. Law Co llege. Bangalore ; and SPOTtS, and Women and Child Development in the
m. Shri Niranjan Alva. May 24. 1964; Ministry of Human Resource Dcvclopmcnt}sincc September
3 s. and 1 d.; Advocate; Best Girl 25. 1985; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1974 .
Cadet, Junior National Cade t Co rps. re-e lected in April , 1980 and again in April. 1986.
Madras State,1955; Best All Round
Student, Mt. Carme l College. 1961 ; Travels abrolu/.' Thailand. Burma , U.S,S.R., M ex ico,
1/ President , (i) Delhi FouJ1datio~ of U.S,A .. U.K., Italy , Australia. Singapore. Iioliand . France.
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• Deaf Women, 1975-82 and (ii) World German Democratic Republic, Poland. Denmark, Japan ,
Women Parliamentarians for Peace , Hong Kong, Cuba , Sweden, Switzerland, Bulg<lria. China ,
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1986-87; Chairpe rso n, Foreign Yugoslavia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Korea .
Students Welfare Commi ttee of Indian
Council of Cultural Relations, 19X2-84; Ge neral Secretary, Special interest .' Women 's Development iss ues.
(il AJI India Catholic University Federation. 1961 and (i il
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, 1978 80; loint Favourite pastime ami recreation.' Painting. Music and
Secretary. (il Govt. Law College Students' Union, 1964 Dramatics.
and (ii) All India Congress Committee, 197.5--77; Convener.
Congress Party Standing Committee on Information and Perma"emaddress : 2. Ware Ro ad, Bangalorc-560005.
Broadcasting. 1975·76~ State Convener. Congress Women's
Front. 1972-73 and National Convener, Mahila Congress.
1~8:J...-&;; Member. (i) Internallonal Federation of Women
Lawyers. (ii) Lndian Committee for International Women's
Year. 1975 at Mexico. (iii) Indian Delegation to U.N.
Conference for International Women's Year at Mexico.
1975. (ivl Congress Parliamentary Party Executive. 1975-76.
(v) Indian Delegation to tbe United Nations General
Asoembly. 1976,( vi) Central Youth Advivory Board. 1976-77.
(V'1) "'atiooal CbJldreo's Board. 1977-78. (viii) National
Adult Educahon Board. 1978-79. (ix) "'ational Committee
00 CtuJd Lal:>our. 1979 (x) A l. C C. (\i) G,"ernmg
C("JunC11 of the Indian Council of Cultural Rt! ~ on .... I qS~-S4.
COll Board 0,' 1 S 1,,('U • General Pu,..~ st.":'io l ommittcc.
1 ~~ &.:ld "s.t,.. 5 and Xl" P :1: mc-t v l.ommtth.'e
 14 RAJYA SAB II A
AMIN, SHRI MOHAMMED; CPl(M) (West Benga l) ; s.
of late Shri Abdul Haque; b. at Calcutta. April IS. 1928;
m. Shrimati Maimum Nesa. March,
1948; 2 s. and I d.; Social Worker ;
connected with many Trade Unions;
General Secretary. Bengal "Chatkal "
Mazdoor Union: Secretary. Centre of
Indian Trade Unions. 19R7; Member.
(i) West Bengal Legislative Assembly
(three terms). (ii ) COnll1,lUniSl Party
• of India. 1946. (iii) 24- Parga nas
District Co mmittee of tht: C PI , 1955,
(iv) West Bengal Committee 01 CPI
(M). 1971 and (v) Central Com millee
of CP I(M). 19H6; Minister. Transport.
Government 01 West Bengal . 1970 and 1 977-8~; elected
to the Ralya Sabha in Apri l. 1988.
Travels abroad ,' China, Soviet Union, North Korea
ilnd East Germany .
Publications ; Editor. " Kisan Mazdoor" an Urdl' weekly.
Translations of political books and reporL"; .
WH O'S WHO
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AMLA, SHRI TlRATH RAM; B.A .; Congress(I) (Jammu
and Kashmir) ; s. of Shri Thakur Das Amla; b. at
Muzaflarabad. April IS , 1914; ed. at
(i) Government High School.
Muzaflarabad and (ii) S.P. Coliege,
Srinagar; m. Shrimat i Satya Devi,
1939; 1 s. and 2 d .; Businessman;
Member . (i) Municipal Atlvisory
Board , Srinagar and (ii) Committee
on Subordinate Legislation. Rajya
Sabha. 1986-87; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in May. 1%7 , re-elected in
April, 1970 and April. 1976 and again
elected in December , 1985.
CII/bs,' (i) Srinagar Club. Srinagar, (ii) Sir Amar Singh
Club, Sri nagar and J&mmu and (iii) India International
Centre, New Delhi .
Travels abroad : Almost all European and West Asian
countries and U.S.A .
Special interest : Farming .

Special imerest . Trclde union work. Favourite pastime and •

recreation .' Playing with
• grand-children .
• Favourite pastime and recreatioll " Reading and \\/rilin g.
Permanent address : Vijay Niwas, Sonawar 8agh ,
Pellncmelll addre.\"s : 151. Maharaja Nanda Kumar Road, Srinagar.
(North) Alambazar. Calcutta-700035 .
16 RAJYA SABHA
AM RITA PRITAM, SHRIMATI: (Nominated); D-Litt.
(Honoris Causa conferred by Viswa BhaTti, Oelhi,Jabalpur
and Punjab Universities), was
conferred degree of "Officer
dans/order des arts et des letters" by
French Government in 1988; d. of
Sarda. Kartar Singh Hitkari; b. at
Gujranwala (now in Pakistan) , August
31, 1919; ed. at (i) Khalsa School and
a private College in Lahore (now in
Pakistan); 1 s. and I d.; Writer and
Author; Recipient of (i) 'PADMA
SHREE' 1969, (ii) Sahitya Akademi
Award , 1956 , (iii) 'Sa nman-Patter' by
Language Deptt.,Punjab Gc;)Vernmenl.
1958, (iv) Man-Patter by Bhartiya Mahila Federation,Delhi,
1965, (v) 'Sa n man ' by Vishav Hindi Sammelan, Nagpur,
1975, (vi) National Invest ment and Finance Award, 1976.
(vii) 'Souvenir' as a distinguished broad·caster at the time
of 50th Anniversary of Broad-casting in India , 1978, (viii)
'San man' by the Kannada Literary Conference, 1978, (ix)
' International Vaplsarove' Award by the Republic of
Bulgaria, 1979, (x) 'Cyril and Methodius' Award by Bulgaria,
1980 and (xi) 'Bhartiya Janapith ' Award in 1982;represented
India at the Republic Day Celebrations in Nepal , 1960;.
Invited by, (i) Writers' Union, Uzbekistan.! at Tashkent,
Tajikstan and Moscow in 1961, (ii) Bulgarian Committee
for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
in 1966, (ii i) Soviet Writers' Union and National Commit(ce
which was set up to celebrate the 800th anniversary of
the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli at Moscow , Georgia
and Armenia in 1966, (iv) under the Cultural Exchange
Programme of the Government of India, in Yugoslavia,
Hungary and Romania in 1967, (v) Nepal in 1967 on the
5th Centenary Birth Celebrations of Guru Nanak, (vi)
France and Czechoslovakia under the I ndo-Yugoslav Cultural
,
WHO'S WHO 17
,
Exchange Programme in Yugoslavia, 1972. (vii)
World-Peace Congress at Moscow, in 1973, (viii) Vishav
Hindi Sammelan, at Mauritius in 1976. (ix) Committee
for Arts and Culture by the People's RepUblic of Bulgaria,
in 1977, (x) World Writers' Conference (invited by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria), in 1980, (xi) Fourth
Congress of Bulgarian Culture by the Committee for
Culture. Bulgaria~ in 1983, (xii) International Forum of
World's Leading Intellectuals and Humanists, by the Prime
Minister of France in 1985, (xiii) International Poetry
Festival, Norway, at Oslo in 1985 and (xiv) attended
International Peace Conference in Moscow, in 1987;
nominated to the Rajya Sabha on May 12, 1986.
Trave/~ abroad.' U,S.S.R., France , Germany, Norway,
Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia. Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Nepal. Mauritius and many other countries.
Publications .' Editing a Punjabi monthly since 1966;
Author of more than 50 books which includes novels.
collections of short stories. collections of poem and prosc
works including her Autobiography entitled 'Rasidi
Ticket'-most of the books have been translated in different
languages of the world; two Hindi films namely, 'Kadambari'
and 'Oakku' based on her novels 'Oharti Sagar Te Sipian'
and 'Unah Oi Kahani' have been madcj a T.V. serial
"Zindagi" based on her novels and a book of poems
published in Spanish in 1988.
Special imerest.' Writing.
Favourite pastime alld recreGlioll .' Reading books.
Pemumellf address.' K-25 , Hauz Khas. New Oelhi-16.
18 RAJYA SABHA
ANAND SHARMA, SHRI: B.A., LL.B.; Congress (I)
(Himachal Pradesh); s. of Shri P. A . Sharma; b. at Shimla ,
January 5, 1953; ed. at (i) Harcourt
Butler School, Shimla , (ii) Kendriya
Vidyalaya , Shimla, (iii)
R.P.C.S.I.D.B. College, Shimla and
(iv) Himachal Pradesh University .
Shimla ; m. Smt. Zenobia Sharma,
Feb. 23 , 1987; Advocate ; Patron, (i)
Himachal Pradesh Akashwani Casual
Artists' Association. (ii) Himachal
Pradesh Outdoor Photographers'
Association and (iii) Shimla District
Cricket Association: Founder,
Himachal Pradesh Amateur Boxing
Association; President , (i) Himachal Pradesh Amateur
Body Building Association , (ii) Students Central Association
of R.P.C.S.I.D.B. College, Shimla , 1972 , (iii) Himachal
Pradesh Youth Congress (I) from March, 1978 to 1981,
(iv) Gov!. of India Press Workers' Union, Shimla, 1982-83
and (v) Indian Youth Congress (I) April, I9R5 to October,
1987; Chairman. (i) National Preparatory Committee for
the 12th World Youth Festival held in Mosco'v in 1985
and led the Indian Delegation to the FestivaL (ii) First
Non-Aligned Youth Conference held at Delhi in Novemher ,
1985 and (iii) International Youth Conference Against
Apartheid , New Delhi , January,1987 ; Founder Chairman,
World Youth Action Against Apartheid ; General Secretary.
(i) National Students' Union of India (N.S.U.I.) National
Committee, 1975-78 and (ii) Indian Youth Congress (I) ,
1981-85; Secretary, Himachal Pradesh University Students
Council.,,1973; Leader of the Indian Youth Delegation to
(i) U.S.S.R., G.D.R.) 1982 and Hungary , 1983 and
participated if! IV Indo~Sovi et Youth Festival at Tashkent
and (ii) Internationa l Conference on 'Children . Repress ion
and the Law in Apartheid',South Africa, December. 1987 ;
\-VI-IO'S WHO 19
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Member, (i) Himachal Pradesh Harijan and Adimjati Seva
Sangh, (ii) Himachal Pradesh University Senate, 1973-76,
(iii) Himach9.1 Pradesh Congress (I) ,Committee Executive
since 1975, (iv) Committee on Petitions , Rajya Sabha,
1984-85, (v) Joint Committee of the Houses on the
Lok Pal Bill, (vi) Sports Authority of India. (vii) National
Youth Advisory Board, (viii) International Conference
of the ANC at Arusha , Tanzania , December, 1987 , (ix)
Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha,since
July , 1988 and (x) General Purposes Committee, Rajya
Sabha, since July. 1988; nominated to the Panel of
Vice-Chairmen on 28th April, 1988; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April , 1984.
Travels abroad: Japan, Singapore. Sri Lanka , U.S.S.R.,
G.D.R. , Federal Republic of Germany, Netherlands,
Hungary, Austria , France. U. K.. Algeria. Yugoslavia .
Zimbabwe , Kenya , Tanzania , Nicaragua and U .S.A.
Special imeresls : Social work, Youth Movement. Reading
and Travelling.
Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading , Travelling
and Classical Indian Music.
Permanem address: IVY Lodge , Shimla - 171001
(Himachal Pradesh).
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20 RAJYA SABHA
ANSARI, SHRI MOHAMMED AMIN: Alim and Fazi~
Congress (I) (Vttar Pradesh); s. of late Haji Amaullah;
b. at Mauaima. District Allahabad
(V.P.), February 27, 1934; ed . at
lamia Arabia Anwarul Uloom ,
Mauaima; m. Shrimati Badarunisa,
June , 1954; 3 s. and 3 d.; Handloom
Manufacturer ; President , (i) Janata
Inter College, Mauaima and (ii) V.P.
State Momin Conference; Chairman,
V.P. State HaJ' Committee , 1980 85',
Founder, Momin Ansar Girls
Inter-College , Mauaima, Allahabad;
Founder and Chief Editor "Qonain" ,
a Monthly Magazine; General
Secretary, (i) lJ .P . Congress Committee (I), 1979-81 and
(ii) All India Momin Conference; Secretary, Allahabad
District Sports Association; Convener. All India Handloom
& Power loom Welfare Association; Member, (i) All India
HandJoom Handicraft Board, since 1986 , (ii) Parliamentary
Board. V.P. Congress Committee (I), 1979 81 and (iii) V.P.
Legislative Assembly, 1980 85; Minister of State, Indu stries
and Irrigation in U.P. Government , 1980 85; elected to the
Rajya Sabha in April, 1988.
Travels abroad: Saudi Arabia.
Special interests: To work for the upJiftment of
economically backward and weaker sections of society.
their education and nationai integration.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading of literature
on handlooms. powerlooms. etc.
PermcJI1t'fI( address Mauaima. District Allahabad, (U P ).
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ANTONY SHRI A. K. : B.A .. B.L. ; Congress (I) (Kerala);
s. of Shr( Kurian ; b. at Sherthalay, December 28, 1940;
m. Shrimati Elizabeth, March 17,
1985; 1 S.; Social worker; President,
• (i) Kerala Students' Union and (ii)
Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress;
presently President , Kerala Pradesh
Congress Committee; General
Secretary, A.l.C.C. (I); Convener,
Kerala Ruling Front ; Member, Kerala
Legislative Assembly , 1970--77 and
again from October, 1977 to
November, 1979 ; Chief Minister of I
Kerala , 1977·78; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April, 1985.
Travels abroad: U.S.S.R., Japan . France, U.K. and
Yugoslavia.
Publications.' Managing Editor, (i) "Kalasala" and (ii)
"Veekshanom Daily".
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading.
Permanent address : Arakaparambil, Sherthalay, Kerala.
 ., H.. \n -\ SAm!,\ \\lI{YS \\110 "
ASHWANI KUMAR. SHRI : B.Se (indu,lrial Chemi'try). of Vicc-Choi1l1h.'11 of Rajya Sabha,lQ84-85; elected t~l the
RIP (Bihar); s. of late Shn Shanu Swaroop Jalota. b at Rajyn S.bh. in July. 1980 and re-elecled in July, 19R6.
Phagwara (Punjal:1). Novemher IR.
1928; cd at {il D.A.V School. Clubs: Lion ... Cluh. LucknO\\. I Q6J 65 and Rotary Club.
Phagwara. (iiI D.A\ ~hddle School. Lucknow. 1975-77
Lahore. (iii) S.S.B.S. Ihgh School.
Deori. (lI.P.) . (1\") (lorakhpul lIigh Tml'eh "b,-ndd Nepal. Bangladesh , U.S. A. and C'anm.la_
School. Ol.lrakhpUi. (v) College of
ScicncC'. Banums Ililililll1nivct sity. Speciul interests Social. l·ducatiollai. industrial anu
Banarus ami (vi) College (11' political disclissions .
Technology. BtllHlHt"l Hindu
Univcrsil\', B<Jnal<l"~ Btlchclor; So..:iu\ /'Ul'Orl,-ire {",srime elml reaeatioll" Reauing.
Worker. Husincs"il11un. PrCVitlu'*'•
lISStlcl<llcll with BhtlltlyU Jan Sangh. Pemlcment address ' (0 Viii Badhu. P,O, l\.okdol(l.
IQS2-77 amI Januta Party. IQ77· -HIt District Ranchi. Bilml' and (ii) 27. Omgapuri. l UCkI1l1\\
actively participatcd in. (!) "Q un Imha" Movemcnt. I Q~2
(while remaining underground), (ii) k..nshmil Movement
launched hy Bhartlyu .loll! Si.ll1gh. IQ~.1 tll'Ill (iii) All Purl\'
Mllvcmcnt ugml1!i.t Fmcrgcllcy. lQ7~- 71: ,1l:livcIYHS"'~ll'liltcd
With RUllhtriY'1 SwnYi.lm Scwak SUllgh "m(l' IQ4 I. Dl1'l'(lnr.
Ra ... htru Dhurum Praka ... han Llmitcll. lucknow fWIll 11.174
In 1(1KI. PrclioidcnL. Hhamt BhanHl Vu.lyalnyu. Rl~lul (M.P),
frl1m IQ71.] to II.]R5; Orgilni"mg Secretary. Bihar Prade"h
Bhartlya JUIl Sun!!ll. IQ65· 70. it ... Treac;Ulcr. 11.)70- ·74 Hilli
Hli E)(ccutiv(' Member, IQ7·1 77: Ocncral Sccrl'tury. (i)
Rlhar PrudclihJunutH Pilllv, ]977- -XIl ilnLl (ii) BlilUr Pralll'!;'!!
Bhurtiyn Janalu PmtV,l.Iincc
. 19~n: ScclcHII·V. BhtllliVlI.lnllulH
' .

Party,liolllcc lW-Ih. I rCU"iurcl. Uhurtlyu Jannl,l Pnrty. Bihul,

191'<1 1012; Mcmhcr. el} NUlinllJI ['XCl:ullvc. Bhal(lva Ian
Sangh, IQh)- 7-L (il) Bhurtlvu Junota Party. ~incc I~'H().
(IIi) Committee 011 Rules , RLlivl1 Snhhfl . ItJl'tl ·HZ. (IV)
('ommHlCc 011 Paper" LaId (lll lhe Tuhle. H.njyu Subha.
iIJH2-H.'\ .111(1 I "Ho-R7. (v) BUli,lOl'S" Advi ...... ", ~ nH lllliItL\.,
R'ljya Sul1hfl,l()IO -."'1",(\1) Gcncrul Plllpm~ . . ~~ommillt.~l' l'
Ralya Sahhtl. '"H4-~) <lmJ (VII) Pallli.lmcntarv Cnllllmttcc
on PuhllC: llndcrlakingl.l.lfJf(5-Xfl; 110nlult1tcd ·tn thc Pllnel

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AURORA. SARDAR JAGJIT SINGH: Akall Dal (Punjah);
s. of Sardar Diwan Singh: b. at KalaguJrHn. District Jhelul1l
(now in Pakistan). Fehruary D. 191 7;
ed. at Gordon Missio n College,
Rawalpindi: m. Shril1l~\li Bhagwrlnt J .
Singh. July 25. 1942; I s. and I d.;
Retired as Ll. General fmm thc Indiun
Army; Awarded I (i) Mention ~ in ~
Despatches for Jammu and Kashmir
in 1948. (ii) Param Vishisht Sr.:WII
Medal. 1971 and (i ii) " PADMA
SHUSHAN". 1972; President. The
Si'kh Forum. New Delhi; Member,
Committee on PapcN Luid on the
Table. Rajya Sabha. 1986-87; ekcted
to the Rajya Sabha in July. 1986.
Club . Delhi Golf Club.
Travels abroad ' U.K . and other European cou ntries.
U S.A. Canada . Thadand and Singapore.
Special inteTeSLJ ' Defence and International Affair,.
FavoUlllt PCUfitnl! and recreation Golf and Bridge.
Ptmillnnr.J. adr{rtsj . A~55. New Friends Colony, Nt.:w
Oellll-llOfJ'j5 .
WIIC)'S WltO .,,
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IIAIIY. SIIRI M. A. ; C.P.1. (M) (Kernla). s. 01 Shri I' M
Ale.llnd.,,; h . at Ouilon. AprilS . 1954 ; cd. at (i) N.S.S. Iligh
School. Prnkkulam and (ii) S.N.
College, Quilon; 111 . Shrimllii Betty
Louis , March IX , 19M2 ; I S.; Political
worker : jaded in 1l)7~ ; President, (i)
SlUdcnts' Federation of India , 1979 84.
(ii) Students' Federation of India,
Ker"l" State. 197579 and (iii)
()el1locralic Youlh h ..: dlJralio n of
I ndill . since Dccember. 1987; Joint
Secretll ry . DcmocraLit.: Youth
Pederation ur India since 1984 ;
Mcmber, Kerala Stale Committee,
CPI (M); elocted Wthe Ral ya Sabha in
April. 1986 .
Travels abroad : U.S.S.R. China. Cuba. Finland. Hong
Kong. Cyprus and Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea .
Publictltiol/ ,\"
Published artIcle!> In periodicals and
journals on studenl~. youth movement. education and
religion.
Special ifllereJl.s : Reading 'rorh, mU"Iic and film,
Permanent address c.P.l. (!-A), Quiton DiMflCl
Committee Office . Polayathodu, Ou.lon-l. Keral.
2h HAJ'i.\ SA8HA WIIO.'S WHO ~7
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BAGRODIA, SHRI SANTOSH : B.Com.: Congrc" (I)
(Rajasthan); s. of Shri Mahabir Prasad Bagrod,a; b. at
Calcutta. December II. 1940; cd. at
5t. Xaviers College. Calcutta: m. 5mt.
Pushpa Bagrodia. January 26. 1961;
1 s. and 2 d.: Busines~man and
Industrialist: started a middle school
which was later laken over by
Rajasthan Government: arranged a
number of widow marriages. worked
for lhe welfare of the poor. helped
schools for the blind. the deaf and
the dumb and adopted orphans: Joined
Congress in 1975: Vice· President.
Jahazpur Nagar Congress since 1980:
Member "Jaycees" and became ils All India Vice·Presidcnt
in 1976; elected to the Rajya Sahha in Jul). 1986 .
BALANANDAN. SHRI E. : Studied upto Matriculation;
CPI (M) (Kerala);, of Shri Raman ; b . at Sakthikulangara.
Quilon DistriCt. June 16. 1924; ed.
at High School. Sakthikulangara; m .
Shrimati Sarojiny . September I. 1937;
I s. and 3 d .; Political and Social
Worker and Trade Unionist :previously
associated with Indian National I
Congress: President . Electricity
Employees' Federation of India;
Secretary. Centre of Indian Trade
Unions since April. 1979 ; Treasurer;
Member. (i) CPI (M) Politburcau since
1978. (ii) Kerala Legislative Assembly
from March. 1967 to June. 1970 and
again from October. 1970 to March. 1977 and (iii) Seventh
Lok Sabha 1980 84: e1ecten to the Rajya Sabha in July. 19~~.

Clubs (i) Army Golf Club. New Delhi . (ii) Ashok Travels abroad' China. North Korea. U.S.SR .. Italy .
Club. Jaipur. (i ii) Royal Calcutta Golf Club. Calcutta. (iv) East Germany and Mongolia .
Calcutl a Swimming Club. Calcutl3 and (v) Bengal Rowing
Club. Calcutta Publications : A Book on Silent Valley Project and
articles on socio·economic problems.
Trm'els Travelled
ahroad' extcn\ivt:iy throughout
Europe. U.S.A and Africa Fm'o/lfite pastime ami recreation : Reading .

Special iflleres/\ Golf and Social Work . Permanent address : Ponnambulalh . Kalamassery P.O ..
Cochin . Kerala .
FlU'Ollritf! pastIme lind Readmg and
recreat ioll
partlclpatmg in debates on social. educational . industrial
and political discussions.

Permallenr address ..w. Ballygungc. Circular ROi.ld.

Calcutta· 700019 .

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28 RAJY -\ SA8HA
BALARAM, SHRI N.E.: Studied upto Middle: c.P.1.
(Kerala): s. of Shri Narayanan : b . at Kannavam Village,
November. 1920: ed . at Sanskrit High
School. Thiruvangad ~ m. Shrimati
Pankajakshy. June . 1956: 2 s. and 2
d .: Full Time Party worker: Member,
(i) Congress Socialbt Party and
--
--
Co ngress from 1935 to 1940, (ii)
Legislative Assembly . Kerala from
1957 to 1959 and from 1970 to 1978.
and (iii) Committee on Pelition~ . Rajya
Sabha !!i nce July . 1988: Mlni <;ter for
Industry , Commerce and Information
in the Go\ernment of Kerala in 1971 ;
elected to the RaJYa Sabha In
April. 1985.
Travels abroad: U.S.S.R .. West Germany. U.A.E. and
Hungary.
PublicaciofIJ. Publi!!hed ~ number of booh on art,
history, literary c rit icism a nd philosophy
Special iflterest Ches!!.
Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading hooks .
Permanent address: Voundavan Housing Co lony. Pall ion
Trivandrum, Kerala
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BALV, SUR! T,R, : B.Sc., L.C.E.; D.M.K (Tamil Nadu);
s. of Shri Rajuthevar; b. at Village Thalikkottai. District
ThanJavur..Tamil Nadu , June 15. 1941:
ed. at (i) Board High School.
Orathanadll. District Thanjavur, (ii)
Central Polytechnic. Guindy. Madras
and (iii) New College. Madras; m.
Shrimat, T . R. B Porkodi: 3 s. and
2 d.; Businessman; joined the D.M.K.
Party in 1957; participated in the
agitations launched by the party and
• was imprisoned a number of times;
was also imprisoned for one year
under MISA during Emergency in \
1976; Secretary. Madras City District
Unit of the J)MK Party; Member ,(i) D M. K. Party since
1957 and (II) Committee on Rules} Rajya Sabha since
May, 1987jelected to the Rajya Sabha in June . 1986.
Special inlerest -' Politics.
Favourite pastime and recreation : Cricket.
Permanetll address : 28. United India Colony, 1st Cross
Street, Madras·600024 .
30 RAJYA SABHA WHO'S WHO 31

BANSAL. SURI PAWAN KUMAR: B.Sc .. LL.B.; Congress Rajya Sabha, 1985 87; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April,
(I) (Punjab); s. of late Shri Piara Lal; b. al Sunam. Punjab. 1984.
July 16. 1948; ed. al (i) Yadavindra
Public School. Patiala, Punjab. (ii) Travels abroad: England, France, Spain, Italy, Federal
Govt. College. Chandigarh and (iii) Republic of Germany, Switzerland, Denmark. BelgIUm,
Deptt. of Law, Punjab University, Holland-1975, U.S.S.R., German Democratic Repubhc
Chandigarh; m. Smt. Madhu Bansal. and Czechoslovakia-1985, Hungary, ZambIa and
March 12. 1974; 2 S.; Advocate; Zimbabwe.
organised and participatedin, (i) Youth
festivals, inter·Statc Youth Camps, Special intereSIS.' Education. Environment, Rural
Medical Camps in villages, cultural Development, Sports, Law and International Affairs.
programmes. debates and declamation
on topics concerning students, Favourite pastime and recreation.' Reading, Trekking
196&---71, (ii) All India Drama and social inter-action.
competiti~:)Os on social topics. Legal
Aid Committees for the poor 1972-76, (iii) Blood donation Permane"t address : H. No. 64. Sector 28~A.
camps , (iv) Seminars on the evils of dowry and national Chandigarh-160002.
integration. (v) Padayatra for communal harmony in Punjab
(1982-83) and (vi) Sports competitions; President, Punjab
Pradesh Youth Congress (I) 1982-83; Chairman. Punjah
University Youth Service Club. 1969·70; General Secretary.
(i) Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association. 1978
and (ii) Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress (I) 197!>-82;
Secretary, Punjab University Students' Council. 1970-71;
Member, (i) Senate Punjab University. (ii) The Post
Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh. 1984 87. (iii) Committee on Subordinate
Legislation, Rajya Sabha. 1984 86. (iv) Nominated on the
panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha, 1985-86, (v) General
Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha. 1985-87. (vi) Joint
Committee on Railways Bill, 1986, (vii) Joint Parliamentary
Committee on Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill.
1987 and (viii) Parliamentary Committee on the structure
of Pay, Allowances, Leave and Pensionary Benefits for
the Officers and Staff of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
Secretariats; nominated on the panel of Vice-Chairmen,

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 32 RAJYA SABHA
BARONGPA, SHRI SUSHIL : M.A.; Congress (I) (Himachal
Pradesh); s. of Shri Gonbo Barongpa ; b. at Keylong. March
10, 1947; ed. at Punjab Umverslty;
m. Shrimati Dawa Dolma, October
17, 1985; I s.; Agriculturist; Youth
Congress activist smce 1975 ;
-- Vice-Chairman , Himachal Pradesh
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
• --- Tribes Development Corporation.
1987-88 ; Convener, Himachal Pradesh
J Congress Committee (I) Scneduled
Tribes Cell since 1984; Member, (i)
Himachal Pradesh Transport Advisory
Committee 1980 88 and (ii) Himachal
Pradesh State Electricity Board
Consultative Committee,1986 88; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April, 1988.
Travels abroad: Nepal.
•
Special interests: Tree plantation and economic upliftment
through Co-operative activities.
Favourite pastime alld recreation: Tennis.
Permanent address; Village & P.O . Keylong. Distt.
Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh _
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BASU, SHRI CHITTA: B.Sc., M.A.; Forward Bloc (West
Bengal); s. of late Shri Benode Behari Basu; b. on
December 25. 1925; ed. at Calcutta
University; Unmarried; Political
Worker; General Secretary, AU India
Forward Bloc ; held offices in various
trade union organisations, peasant
organisations etc.; Member. (i) West
Bengal Legislative Assembly,
1957---{i2, (ii) Rajya Sabha, 1966---72.
(iii) Sixth Lok Sabha, 1977-79, (iv)
Seventh Lok Sabha , 198G-84 and (v)
Committee on Subordinate
Legislation, Rajya Sabha, 1986-87;
elected to the Rajya Sabha in
December, 1985.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading and travelling.
Permanent address: Barasat , P.O. 24, Parganas, District ,
West Bengal.

RAJYA SABIIA
DASUMATARJ, SURI DUARANIDIlAR: Congre", (I)
(As,am); s. 01 Shri Lakhmi Ram BaRumatari; b al Village
Dalaigaon. DISll . Goalpa,a. April 29.
1914; ed . al (i) BilJha'a M .B . School
and passed Mull iculatiorl frolll Nulburl
Gurdon H.B. .ehool. (ii) Collon
College. Gauhali. (iii) Rungpur ('a,mi-
ehal College. Rallg!'ul' \ily and (iv)
Calcutta Unlvcr .. ity:
incomplete duc to parliclj1tllion in
Nationlll Movement and il11pri'lol1cd
for 7 month, in 194Z; 111. Shril11ati
Narmada Bu"ullluluri. May. 1940: 4
s.; Culljvalor und Lu ndlo I'd I c"itabl iNhcu
number 01 PUl1chayals, "Iehonl ...
dispensuric!j und co·operalivc lJocicllc"t In the tllhul Mew,;
appointed one 01 Ihe Whip, for Ihe Ea,lern SIUIC'. Hcng"1.
Bihar and A,,'wrr'I In lhe \ongtc~s Party 111 Parliament.
19:":i9 Ofi; Prc~idcnt. A'I'Ium Pradc.,h \ongrcs'i (I) COIt1IllIttCC
19K3- X5; Chmrmun, (i) Parliamenlary ('ollllllillcc on the
Welfare of the Scheduled Cu<;lt;:s and SdH.:uulcd Trilles il1
Decemher. 1911H 70 ugulIl 111 1972- 74. (II) PttrliufT1entury
C'ommlllec on ott ice, 01 Pm"l 11)7~ 77 '"") (ill) S'alc
Levcl National Intcgratlr)11 Council ill 197M; Sccrctury. (i)
Le~;I'<jlulivc r'nn~re'lM Party J94~~7t 1.11"10 Cinc' Whip of
the Congrc'IH PHlty 111 the A""cmhIYt 1')';2 -li7 IInti (ii)
('ongrCHH Pmly in Parliament 111 11)711; nornirwtcu UM Mcmbcl,
(1) Nnmatlic 1 dbal Utlquiry CnnllJ1iltcf.' by the Cent!'al
ALlvi"lory ('ouncil for l 'rihul WCIlUll:: ill 1\)59, (II) Schcuulcd
Callte'l unu Schctlulcu Trine!; ('omllliHliilJll by the Plc"itiel1l
III 1960. (iii) ( 't'l1lrul SchrJ\ul'Mhip BmtnJ 1m the Schcdulcd
CallIe" unci Scheduled Trlhe" 111 11)';7 and (IV) Central
Atlvi'tory ('flundl lor Trlhal Welfare It).';7 62: Mcmhcl.
(i) CIt! uhUll LOI,: al Board. 194 'i- ,,0. (i i) I ,CKi"ii HII ve A "i"icllIhl y ,
AI/sum. 19M,. V" (Iii) ('ol1lthlucnt A"iltcmhly, 1'}4f ~2.
(iv) State Dcvelopment f'nmmlllcc. A"t'tam, 1')~2 5h, (v)
•
WIIO'S WIIO
AdviHory Committee for Community Devclopment ProJcct ....
(vi) W",kJOg ('ommittee. A"am pee lind D.C'C.
Gauhutl. (vii) Executive COn1l11lttCl: 111 thc Congrc ...... Purty
111 Purlimnenl from 1959 "" onwuJlJ ... ix tIOlC'" upto it)7~.
(viii) Estimatelt Committee 19h~611, (IX) hU1l1
PurJiumcntary C'0I111TI1l1cc on Ad0pll0l1 of Children. nlil.
P)72. (:If) Stilte Level NUllOoal IntcgrutH111 ('ouncll III Itn~,
(XI) Lok Suhha. 11)~7 62.1%2 ,7.11)67 711 "n~ 1'171 77
and (xli) Purliul11cl1tul y Committee 011 the Wl'Ihu c of
studIes Scheduled C'mHcli; IOU\ Slhcdulcd "llIl1c,. 19H4-H'; ul1L1 (xLII)
Coml111Ul;c 011 Petition.." RHJYll Sabha. IIJKh-X7; l'Il'!.:ll'(\ to
the RBJYU Sahha 111 Junc. llJH1 .
TruV('l\ ahtoad: Ghana, Sudan. Puki"ltal1, Bahntlli. Awb
Rcpublic. I~gypt. Nigeria. Burma. StilIlh And1ld . .ItlPIIII,
IJolI~ Kong. " hmland. Maltly't,iJ. South ilnd North K(lIclI.
Singupol'c. United Kingdom. WC'!t (iClll1i1IlY. 1'1U11!.T.
Yugo"llIvia, ('l'echo"llnvaki:l. Romani:l, Jlldy, Swll/crlHl1d.
U.S.S,R .• U,S,A , . AU"ltrulia, lndollc ... ia Hnd Java Sumutru
etc,
.'//t'dlll Uplift ol Trib:1I amJ runt! C:OIl1I11Ulnllc'"
/111('((',\'/\ :
III Sodul Welfare. euuclIlion and developmenl "CIIVil"..... ,
Hcatling, '1iAht'!ccing,
l,'aVOImlf' fuol",,!' (lnd r{,(,fcalm"
BmJlI1intol1. Telll1i'l. ('Ticket, Inuoor Hml oUldnor galilc ... .
1'(,l'IIl(IlIf'lIl (Iddl'(,\',\' : Oaulwli<J, !\SIWII1 ,
 WHO'S WHO 37
RAJY A SABRA
Special imeresls : Art. Literature. Economics and History.
BASU RAY. SHRI SUNIL: Matric: CPI (M) (West Bengal);
s. of late Shri Dhirendra Nath Basu Ray; b. at Faridpur (now Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading, to be with
in Bangia Desh) March. 1925; ed at family and the young in particular.
school: m. Shrimati Nilima Basu Ray.
December 1956: I d.; Political worker: Pennanent address: K.S. Road. Railpara. Asansol.
ex-President. Go\erning Bod)' T D.B. West Bengal.
College RaniganJ: President. ti)
Hindusthan Cables Shramik Union.
Rupanarayanpur. West Bengal and
(ii) Cycle Corpomtion of India
Emproyees Union, Asansol; Vice-
President. (i) Indian Oxygen Workers
Union. Calcutta and (ii) Colliery
Majdoor Sabha of India (ClTU).
AsansoL General Secretary. All India
Coal \'lorkers' Federation: 'Vice-Chairman. Asansol Mines
Board of Health since Janu8r\ ~~. 1984: Member. (i)
Burdwan University Coun. (U) \\'est Bengal State
Committee. C.P.l (M). (iii) \\'orking Comminee. 'Vest
Bengal Statt: Committee. ClTU. (iv) Working Committee.
ClTU. (v) Asansol-Durgapur Development Authoril} and
(\i) elected to West Bengal Legislatl'e Assembly In 1969.
1971 and 1977; elected to the Rajya Sabha in July. 1987

Tra,·.ls abroad; U.S.S.R. in 1982. sponsored by ClTU

10 attend an I.L.O. Programme .
•
Accomplishmenr in Arts and Science ~ Writer of economic.
political and literary articles in various periodicals
(Ganashakti. Nandan. Shramik Andolan. etc.) aJso writes
poetry

Publications : (i) Koyla Shramik Jiban O·Sangmm (Life

and Struggle of Coal Workers) (Bengali). September 15.
1986 and (ti) Jharer Pakhl (Stormy Petrel) (A collectIon
of poems. Bengali. August. 1987).

36 RAJYA SABHA
BEKAL UTSAID, SHRI : Entrance, Visharad (Hindi) and
Adeeb Mahir, Kamil and Munshi (Urdu); Congress (I)
(Uttar Pradesh); s. of lale Mohammed
Jafar · Khan Lodi; b. at village
Balrampur. District Gonda, Uttar
Pradesh, June I, 1928; m . Shrimali
Soghara Begam, OClober 9, 1957; 2
s. and 4 d.; Poet ; was conferred
'PADMA SHREE' in 1976; Ihe lille
poet 'BEKAL' was bestowed by a
Muslim Saint Dargah of HHjce Waris
Ali Shah, Dewan Shareef in 1947 and
'UTSAHI' was suffixed 10 his name
by Pandil Jawaharlal Nehru in 1952
for arousing emotions and feelings at
a gathering where he recited his poems; awarded, (i)
Rashtriya Geel Award by President of India, 1955, (ii)
'Maulana Mohd. Ali Jauhar Award' by U.P. Assembly,
1974, (iii) ' Jigar Award' from Poonam Cull ural Saciety of
Kanpur , 1977, (iv) Meer Award by Meer Academy, 1980,
(v) Vijay Stambh Award from Chillallr Nagar Palika, 1981,
(vi) Guld Medal by Bazm-E-Adab, Katni, (M.P.), 1984,
(vii) Medal of National Integration from Seeral Committee.
Salna (M.P.), 1985, (viii) Nazish Award from Urdu
Bazm-E- Adab , Pratapgarh, U.P., 1985, (ix) Momento by
Akhil Bhartiya Sanskritik and Sahilyik Sanslha,
CHITRANSHI, Agra, 1986, (x) Silver Buckel by
Bazm-E- Adab , Nalal, South Africa , 1975, (xi) Sword in
Honour al Golden Temple, 1978 and (xii) The Shield of
Honour by (a) Chelmsford Club, New Delhi, 1976, (b)
Sur Singar S&mmelan, Delhi, 1964 and 1967, (c) Hindi
Sahilya Samili Purbi Kshettra, 1977, (d) Bazm-E- Adab,
Karachi, Pakistan , 1982, (e) Indian Film Exhibilion, 1963,
(f) Cull ural Counoil, Nizamabad, A .P., 1982 and (g)
Karachi Port Trust, Pakistan, 1984; Founder Palron, Anwarul
Quroan Arabic College, Balrampur; Pulron, U .P .
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Environment Congress since 1986; Founder Chairman, (i)
All India Hindi Urdu Sangam, Lucknow. (ii) Jigar Memorial
College, Gonda, U .P. and (iii) Bal Bharli Monlessorie
Academy, Balrampur; Chairm,,\n. King Georgc Inter
College, Ulraula, Gonda (U.P.); Vice-Pre,idenl, All India
Writers and Journalists Forum. Patl)a; General Secrclary,
All India Ouami Ekt<l Committee. Ncw Delhi. !<iincc 1983;
Secretary. Nationnl Writers' Forum. on behalf of the All
India Congrcs~ Campaign Committee, New Delhi, 1974;
Member, (i) COlirl of Gorakhplir UniveT>ily, 1970, (ii)
PO!<it and Telegruph Advisory Committ~e, U. P. Ci rcle,
IQ72, (iii) High Power Education COllll11illCC, U.P. State.
1975, (iv) Nalional Inlegration Bo,,,ti of U.P. Stale, 1980,
(v) Urdll Academy, U.P .. 1980. (vi) COllrl of Arabic
Linguistic University, Mubarakpur. Azamgarh, U .P., (vii)
The Waqf Amendment Committcc, Government of IndiH.
1986. (viii) U.P. Education Ministry , Cultural Wings, 1986.
(ix) North E'lSlcrn Railway Users Con\uit:'lIivc Committee,
1986 and 1987. (x) Railway Consumers' Committee since
1988. (xi) The Centenary Committee of Rashlriya Kavi
Maithlisaran Gupl in I-Iuman Rc~ource Development
Ministry since 1987. (xii) The Centenary Committee of
Abul Knlam Alae! in Iluman Resource Development
Ministry !<iincc 1987 and (xiii) COlllmittee on Rule!<i, Rajya
Sabha since July, 1988: eII.!CIc.:t\ 10 the Rajya Sahha in
J lily, 1986.
Travels abroad: (i) Saudi Arabitl in connection with
Ilaj Pilgrimage, 1967. (ii) Kathmandu, Nepal in connection
with Indo-Nepal Friendship SocielY, 1968, (iii) U.K .. West
Germany. Rome, Cairo, Iraq, Kuwait in connection with
Ghalib Cenlenary, 1969, (iv) National Delegale in World
Hindi Convention. Mauritius. 1975, (v) SOllih Africa on
behalf of Bazm-E-Adab, NATAL, 1975, (vi) Saudi Ambia
in connection with Poetic Symposium arranged by Indian
Emhassy ill Jcddah, 1978, (vii) U.S.A. and Canada ill
 RAJYA SABHA WI/O'S WHO

connection wilh Poetic Symposium arranged by Urdu Society BHAJAN LAL, SHRI: F.A. (Inlermediale in Am); ('ongre"
of America Hnd Canadn, 1980, (viii) Pakistan 10 participate (I); (\laryana); s. 01 Choudhary Kheraj ; b. at Village
111 the World 'Nanl' Confere nce, 1982, (ix) U.K. loparlicipatc Koranwali . Tch"il Bahawill Nagar,
In the MlI")lIn Theological Convention, 1984,(x) Canada Bahawal Pur State (now in Pakistan) .
and U ,S. A to participate In the Urdu and Hindi Conference, October 6. 1930; ed. at Bahawal Nag.r;
19K4 , (xi) Pakl"iwn in connection with Poeti c Sympo!ilium, m, Shrimati Ja8man Devi, 37 years
If)K4 find aguin in llJ86, (xii) Saudi Arabia A!i a Memher ago; 2 s. and I d.; Agriculturist,
01 Il aj Goodwill Delegation. 1986 and (xiii) Oman & Politician and Sodnl Worker;
Ambic Gulf III Poetic Sympo~ium , President. Congrcs!>!. Mandai , Hissar
for four years; Chairman, Panchayat
P,/hlicarlol/,' . (i) 'Bapll KH Supna' (in )Iindi) , (ii) 'Vilny Samiti, His"ar for five yenrsj Sarpanch
Bcglll', (j i i) I Nagh mu~ O~ Ttl ran n lJ In', (i v) I N iHhal- E·ZI n clAi " grnm Pnn chuyut ; Member. (i) Zil.
19S9 , (v)fSur<Jor·P ·,Juvldan'(Publi"!hcd in Urdu), (vi) 'Lahkc Parishnd and (ii) Hnrynnn Vidhan
Hugill Mahkc Gctl' in Hindi , (vi i) 'Pu rvaiYfln ', (viii) 'Konlill SRbha. lour time, Irom 1%8 86;
Mukhrc Bl!kill Oed', (iX}fApl1l OhurlJ Chand KII DarpAn~ Cabinet Minister. Government of
(xl 'OIl/HI SlIwnnri' , (xi) 'Rang IlfllnrclUIl Khll.'lhhuCl Ek' Hurynnll with ",."Iolios 01 Agriculture . 1970 7~.
l·tlll"li"ltm).!, 01 lyric... of Ihe nfltionnl mtcgrfllion :111ft unllY Cooperntion . Dairy Development. Animal Hu"hamlry.
(II India (in IllIuli) . (Xli) 'Anjuri Bhllr Ajnor' COn~ i"lllnp, Labour and Employment and ForcMs, I 97A-79; Leader.
01 J-oolk Sung'" lind pfitriOlic poem"" (in Ilindi) nnd (xiii) IlllryanR Legislative Co ngre1'l~ Pany: Chief Minister , llal yanll
' (icci UAr:y Dhllrli Mu~kaye', con~jsljnp, of Urdu "!onAN Government. lrom June, 1979 10 June , 1986 ; Membe r 01
and In:c vcp'!!:' . the Planning Commihsion since March. 19RK: Union Minister ,
(I) Environment unci Forests from October 19H6 to Fehruury
Spt'l"itllmrl'r"\H : Wntingpt.ltm", worklnA for Ihe Nalional 1988 and (Ii) A~riclliturc ,inee 14th Fehrllary. 198H ; elected
(n\l'p-ration lind communal hllnnony,ccluclliing adult", runtl 10 Ihe Rajyn Snbhll In AugUM IQR6 .
womell , Khl:! Ihar MHldoop, and working ror I he development
01 Indiun ll1uri'nl , Trav,,/.v abroad: EXlcllNively travellcd throuahotlt Ihe
world including En~l.nd. U.S A .. Cannda. Japon . South
"OCelftnj". ('ivll Lim', llull'lllnpur ,
/""I"I/UI//f'W IIrldn',\ ,\ : Korea and Jeddnh ,
DI'.tril·' (;und,l, U P,-271 201.
Sp"d{J1 bllt'f(',vt : Service of the people ,

Pnml"WIII at/llrl'.\',\' · Ml1ndi , Adumpur TchRil, DIMlict

11I""lIr (1loryunu)
 RAJYA SAB I-IA WHO'S WHO 43
•

RHANDARE, SIIRI MURLlDHAR CHANDRA KANT : Practices affecting health of women and children. (vii)
B.Sc., LL.B ., Congress (I) (Maha rashtra); ,. o f Shri Supreme Court Bar Association, 1986-87. 1987-88. (viii)
C handrakan t Laxmikanl Bhandare; b . Western Indian Advocates' Association, (ix) Bar Association
at Bomba y, Dece mbe r 10 , 1928; ed. of India. New Delhi . (x) Bombay Bar Association . (xi)
at (i) King George Engli sh High Delhi High Court Bar Association. (xii) Executive
School, Bombay , (ii) Ram Moh an Committee. Supreme Court Bar Association. (xiii)
English High Schoo l, Bomhay , (iii) Telephone Advisory Committee. Bombay. (xiv) Managing
Siddharth Co ll ege, Bombay, (iv) Committee. Bombay Cricket Association . 1955-56 . (xv)
Wil son Coll ege, Bomb'IY Hnd (v) Committee, on Subordinate Legislation , Rajya Sabha ,
Government Law Co ll cge. Bo mbay; 1980-82. (xvi) Committee on Privileges. Rajya Sabha.
m . Shrima ti Su nnnd a Bhandare, 1984-85. 1987- 89. (xvii) Delegation of Indian Parliamentary
April 2H, 1961; I s.' and I d .; Se ni or A ssocintion on Population & Development to the first
Advocflle. Supreme Co urt of Ineli,, ; Asian Parliamentary Conference on Population and Control
Professor of Lil\\I, Governme nt Law held at Beijing. China during November. 1981 . (xviii)
College, Bombay, 19611-64 ; i're.ident . Second Asian Parliamentary Conference on Population and
(i) Maratha High School. Bombay. 1%5-~7. (ii) S" uth Development held at New Delhi in 1983 and (xix)
Extension \Velfare Ass.ociation, 19R1 ~1, (iii) All Indi a Parliamentary D e legation to Ne therlands . 1984 ; elected to
Conference of Science Corre'ponden .... . (iv) All Indi a the Rajyn Sabha in June, 1980 . re ~e lected in April . 1982
onfederatwn of General In\llf,IOCe Lmployee\' Federation and again in· April. 1988.
anu (v) Supreme Court RaT A . . 'ol'ia tion . New Delhi , Clubs : (i) Willingdon Sports Club. Bombay . (ii) P.J .
1()~6~~n. 19~7-S~; Virc-PrelOldent . Ni:ltional Uniun of Student ... Hindu Gymkhana Club. Bombay . (iii) Delhi Golf Club.
of Indld. 11.).s\~53; Chairman, Kamin Nehru College. New New Delhi . (iv) Delhi Gymkhana Club. New Delhi . (v)
Dl'lhl. 1I.)SO-~::!. \, ict:'-C'hairman) U N Sub-C'nmmiv.. iun for India Intern8lionnl Centre, New Delhi and (vi) Delhi
Pr""H.'nlion l)f Dt"'lTimination and protcl' tion (li' Mmoritie\. Distri ct Cricket A ssoc iation, New D e lhi.
1\.}~4. 11.)87; SI.'l'rctnr). Indian C'oun~il of l ega l AiL! &
Advil'l'; Convener, (i) llindia l,,\\'\'('r ... • l\Hlk'ft"Ill'C hcld Travel,\' abroad : U,K .. France. Switzerland. German
at Dl.'lht in April. 11.,l7''.{ii) M Ps, Blood Donation ('u mp , Democratic Repuhli c. Fe deral Republic of Germany,
11,)~5 i.md (iii) P\llitical Ham. ('0111I11ith.'l' llf C'o ngrt.......... (l) Denmark . Holland , Czechoslovakia. USSR. U .S.A . .
Party It1 Parii;;lnlC'nt MI.'mpcr , (i) S\,.'natl', Univl'r ... ity i,lt' Bangkok . Netherland. Hong Kong . Peoples Republic of
BI.)oll;'\,i.Y. Bombay, llJbl 69. (i1) l~l\\ t';;u;ulty,UlUvl'r\ity o[ Chinn, Singnpore. Italy. Japan . Egypt. lrela nd and Korea.
Bl~ml;'\(ty, l~I,), (iii) U N SuP~C'ommi, ... ion fI.)r
Prt'\'I.'nlivn l~f l>i\l.Timinalu,}n and Pn,.ltl'l·tilln \)f Mt1writil'~ Publicmiofls : Articles on Law , Population Control a nd
111 (il.'nl.·\a, 14)\4- ':'.7 and 1l,\~~.~1,), (IV) t 1ni\'I,'I'U\ COU ll. other subjects ,
D ...·lhl llni\l'r,jtv '1111.',' l"'~. tv) Illlh:~-U S S\lb-('\.\nuniv\wn
SIJ,!'ifll inlt'rfsts : Legal Aid a nd slum clcnrance and
llii bjUI,7."t'l~i1 .~nd Cultun.· I\.}~ ~1. 11,)~1 ~..;I,). tvi) W \'r king •
Improvement .
~wup \\t thl.' (.\\mnu", II..\n l\f Uuman Righh \)(1 l"l i.i.lhtional
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44 RAJYA SABHA •

Favourite pastime and recreation: Golf, Music and
Trekking.
Pennanenl address: 352, Jagannatb Shanker Sheth Road,
Bombay-400004.
, Tokyo, Hawaii , Hong Kong , Manila , Fletcher School of
BHARDWAJ. SHRI HANSRAJ : M.A., LL.B.; Congress
(I) (Madhya Pradesh); s. of Late Shri Jagan Nath Prasad;
b . at Village Garhi , P.O. Sampla,
District Rohtak (Haryana), May
17.1937; ed. at (i) G. B.C. High School,
Rohtak, (ii) B.M. College, Shimla,
(iii) Agra University and (iv) Punjab
University . Chandigarh; m. Shrimati
Prafulata Bhardwaj , February 29,
1960; 1 s. and 2. d.; Advocate,
Supreme Court of India; Hony .
Visitor , G. B. Pant Hospital and J. P.
Hospital , New Delhi ,1972-77; public
prosecutor for Delhi Administration
in Delhi High Court, 1972-77; Senior
Standing Counsel for State of Uttar Pradesh from 1980
to March 1982; Member, (i) Advisory Committee of Lt.
Governor, Delhi, 1972-77, (ii) Governing Body of Gargi
College and Kalindi College, Delhi University, Delhi, (iii)
Bar Associations of District Court, Delhi, the Delhi High
Court and the Supreme Court of India . (tv) Bar Association
of India, (v) Law Asia. (vi) Indo-US sub-commission for
education and culture, (vii) University Court of Delhi
University. (viii) Executive Committee of Legal Cell of
AICC, (ix) Legal Affairs Committee for Asi'an Games,
1982 and (x) International Bar Association; Senior
Vice-President, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary
Studies, New Delhi since April , 1988; participated in
several law conferences and seminars abroad at Bangkok.
Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston (USA); attended
the 4th Congress of the Edek Socialist Party of Cyprus
at Nicosia ; Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and
Justice since December 31. 1984; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April. 1982 and re-elected in April, 1988.

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Tral'e/s abroad : U .K. , USA , Mexico, Tokyo,
Philippmes. Hong Kong , Thailand , Cyprus, West Germany,
Algeria , France and Libya .
Special interest : Criminal law.
Fal'ounte pastime and recreation: Gardening
Farming.
Pemumellt address : E-71l9, Charlmli, Bhopal (M. P.).
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BHATT, SHRI JITENDRABHAI LABHSHANKER:
B.Com., F.C.A., Chartered Accountant; Congress (I)
(Guj.rat); ,. of latc Shri L.hhshanker
O. Bhall; b. at Bh<tlgamda, Taluka
Limbdi , Di~trict Surendranagar,
March 29 , 1927; ed. at (i) Leading
National School, Shree Sharda
and
Mandir, Karachi and (ii) II.L. College
of Commerce, Ahmedahad (Bombay
Ulliversity); m. Shrimali Jyotsna Devi,
March 6, 11)50; I s. and 4 d.; served
as Oovt. Gazelt~d Officer 1953-5R;
District Election Officer of Congress
from 195R to 1969; President, Youth
Congress of Surcndranagar District.
11.)59-61; active Congress (1) worker since 1970; President,
Surcndranagar District Congress COlllmillee since 1972;
Secrelary. Shrec Shishu Kunj. Karachi in 1942; Founder
Memher and now President of Shrcc Shishu Kuni.
Oharangadhra; Founder Membt:'r and First Secretary of
Limbdi Kelwani Mandai (establi!->hed in 195K); Founder
Member and Chairman of Suremlranagar L,j\\ Society,
running a Law College ; Memher, (i) Senate of Univt!rsit),
of Saurashtra. 1982*8.:"\ and (ii) Syndicatc ot Saurashtra
University since 198 ... ; Organiser and Vicc*Presidenl of
Surendranagar Mercantile Co*operatiyc Bank Ltd., opened
in 1983 for the implementation of 20*Point ProgrAmme;
Founder Member and First Chairman of the Surentlranagar
District Co~operative Milk Union; President, Dl~lrict
Co*operative Union, Surendranagar, 1973-77; Director,
State Co*operalive Union for four years; ~tcl11ber. State
Small Savings Committee , 1986·87; Trustee t\ tember, A mhajl
Tru't, 1985-86; elected to the Raj)'a Sahha in August, 19~7.
,
Special illleresls : music, cinema. reading bookl.,.
Artl."
studying human behaviour and social work .
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BHATIACHARJEE, SHRI KAMALENDU: M.A.
Favourite pastime and recreation : Walking. social (English); Congress (I) (Assam): s. of late Shri Kamini
gatherings and reading. Mohan Bhattacharjee; b. at Silchar.
March 1. 1946; ed. at (i) Government
Permanent address ' 12. Ashok Society, Surendranagar. V.M.H.E. School. Hailakandi. (ii)
Gujarat. NiLmoni School. Karimganj. (iii)
Gurucharan College. Silchar and (iv)
Guwahati University. Guwahati; m.
Shrimati Sudeshna Bhatt3charjee; 1
• s. and 2 d.; Lecturer; obtained senior
merit scholarship in MatTie, secured
second position in the Intermediate
and B.A. Examinations and got 5th .,
position in the M.A. examination;
represented District Cricket Team in
1971-72; served as High School Teacher in Boys and
Narsing Higher Secondary School, Silchar for 2 years and
also as Lecturer in English in a.c. College. Silchar for
16 years; Incharge. Students Union Affairs. G.c. College.
Silchar. 197()"'77; District Convener. All Assam College
Teachers' Association. 1975-77; Vice~ President. Silchar
D.S.A.; Chairman. Stadium Committee SHehar, D .S. A .
(District Sports Association) 1983-84; General Secretary.
Sanjay Memorial Eye Camp held at Civil Hospital. Silchar,
1983; Secretary. (i) District Sports (Cricket) Association.
'Silchar, 1965-67 and (ii) District Youth Congress. 197:>-77;
Executive Member, District Congress. 1972-74; Chief
Election organiser in the Lok Sabha Elections (1980) in
, Assam (Silchar); Member. (i) Committee on Subordimltc
Legislation. Rajya Sabha,1984-85. (ii) Commitlee on Rules,
Rajya Sabha, 1986-87 and (iii) Committee on Papers Laid
on the Table, Rajya Sabha since July , 1988; elected to
the Rajya Sabha in April. 1984.

• Clubs: President. Angik Club, India Club and Rupam

Club at Silchar .
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rruvt>/.\ abroad Kuwait and Cypru,. 6HATIACHARJEE, PROF, SOURENORA: M A,
Revolullonary Social"l Pany (RSP) (We" F!eng"I)~ , tlf
Special "tteft.\(\ . Social work and Trade Unaon. laIc Shri Salyendranalh Shall acharyya,
n, al Cooch·Behar, West Bengal,
Favourite paft/ml' and rtcreation : MWlic, Cricket and January 30, 1926; ed al (i)
Phy~ical cxerci~c Couch· Behar Jenk,"' School and (ii)
Vidyasagar College; m. Shrimall Mira
PermtJrJtnl uddre,H: Suhha~ Nttgar. Silchar-4, Di\11 Bhanacharya (nee Roy), April 29,
Cachor (A"am) . 1961; I d.; Collcgc Icacher; a"ocialed
with Adarsha I'atragar, Cnoch-Bchar
and Social Workcr\ Council, Shukkria.
Caiculla; Memhcr, (i) Senale, Calcuna
Unlversily ,ince 1968, (ii) Calcuna
Unive"ily Council, 1974-82, (iii)
('alculla UniversilY Syndicalc, 1982- 87
and (IV) Ralya Sahha, 1978 84 and clecled aKain 10 Ihe
Rajya Sabha In Apnl, 1988.

PubliCOllom : Written various Text·books on lIi'tory

and article, on academic, social and political mattcr'i .

Special ;nll're1/\ : Politics and educallon.

Favourite pastlnu.' and rtcrtaltOfl ' Reading B{)()k\,

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Permanent addreJs: 5011. Sa rat Ghosc Garden

Road, ('alcuna-31.

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 RAJYA SAB HA WHO'S WHO

Shrine Board (constituted by the Government of Jammu
& KaShmir) and (ix) National Committee for celebration
of 40th yea .. or India's Indepe ndence and Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru'> Centenary; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1984 .
Clubs: Was President. (i) Bridge Federulion of India
for a numbl r of yenrs and (ii) All India Luwn Tennis
Association since 1980-85; Prc~idenl. Rajasthan Club,
Calcutta; Member. (il Co lculta Club , Calcutta and (ii)
Gymkhtlna Club . New Delhi unci u ft:w others.
Travels abroad: Travelled widely in Europe. Asia and
United States.
Publicatio"s: Author of Iht! Book: 'Indira
, Gandhi-Reminiscences'. Has been contributing articles from
I Assam-Arunachal border for one month in 1981 and faced
~ time to lime on religion, economics. current affairs. etc,
I
Many of these drticles have been published in the form
or booklets.
Special iflleresls: Industriu l growth . India's
India's
economy, Clas!)ical Music and Sports.
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Favourite pastime atld recreation: Reading. Music and
Sports.
Permatlf!fIt (i) Chundra Bhavan. Pilani
(,ddress:
(Rajasthan). (ii) Birl. Building, 9/1. R. N. Mukherjee
Road, Calcuttu-70000 1 and (iii) Birl" lIouse. 7, Tees
January Marg, New Delhi-I lOOI !.
CHAKRAVARTY. SHRIMATI BUOYA : M.A. (English);
Asom Gana Parishad (Assam); d. of late Shri Beda Kanta
Thakur; b. at BaligBon, Jorhat, Assam,
October 7, 1940; ed. at (i) Girls Kigh
School, Jorhat, (ii) J.B. College,
Jorhat and (iii) Banaras Hindu
University; m. Shri Jilen Chakravarty.
June I, 1960; I d.; Lecturer in English,
M,mgnldui College. Assam; lnvolved
in Students' Union activities from
school days, actively involved in Assam
movement against foreign nationals
since 1979. jailed 011 a number of
occasions during 1980-82; Externed
to the deep forest of Bhalukpung near
the danger to lire with wild animals around: Associated
with Proja Socialist Party, 1965-77; President, (i) District
Moina Parijat. MungaldaL 1970--73,(ii) District tabel tennis
Association, Mangaldai , 1978 84 and (iii) International
Youth Hostel Association of India. Assam Branch since
January, 1988; District President, (i) Mangaldai Rickshaw
Thalu Association, 1979-84 and (ii) Mangaldai, Harijan
Suntl"', 1975-85; Vice-President, All Assam Moina Parijat,
1969 71; General Secretary. Mahih\ Parishad. Assam. since
February. 198H;, Assistant General Secretary, J . B. College
Students' Union, 1955-56; Secretary, District Muhila Samiti,
Manguldlli. 1969 75; Joint Secretary, All Assam Woman
Wrilcr's Association, 1976-81: Adviser, All Assam Mahila
Parishad. 1985-86; District Secretory. Janata Party ,
MUllgaldai Brnnch , 1977-78; Member. Committee on Rules,
Rajya Subhu since July, 1988 ; elected to the Rujya Sabh.
in April, 1986.

Clubs: Record breaking performance in Assam Inter

College Sports Festivals, 1955-59, Gauhati University and

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r R ,~ . (Nnmin"lecl) ; 1I of Dr I N Mukhorjro. h. at
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 58 RAJYA SABHA WHO'S WHO 59
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Project Co-ordinator. Special Assistance Programme Imperial Chemical Industries, U.K., as a guest of the
sanctioned to the Department of Pure Chemistry to work British Council in 1975 aod (v) Leader of the Indian
on "Chemistry of Natural Products" since, 1972; Programme delegation to the VII Indo-Soviet symposium on natural
Co-ordinator, Centre of Advanced Studies on the Chemistry products deputed by India National Science Academy in
of Natural Products (1985-1990), University of Calcutta, September, 1983; invited to. (i) Sofia and Bulgaria in June,
selected by U .G ,c., New Delhi ; Member, (i) SIGMA Xl, 1987 as a guest of the President and Health Minister and
U.S.A., (ii) Indian Chemical Society, (iii) Indian Association delivered a lecture on Epilepsy and (ii) Princess I Congress
for the Cultivation of Science, (iv) Council of the Indian (International) finance provided by United Nations
Association for the Cultivation of Science , (v) Council of Environment Programme (Bangkok, Thailand) in December,
Indian Science Congress Association , (vi) Chemical Society , J987; delivered lecture on Drugs from Natural Sources
London, (vii) Council, Calcutta University, (viii) Indian organised by Central Council of Research in Ayurveda and
National Science Academy, (ix) Editorial Board, Indian Siddha in Madras in September, 1987; nominated to the Rajya
Journal of Chemistry, (x) National Commission UNESCO Sabha in April, 1982 and renominated in May, 1984.
since 1982, (xi) Review Committee for studying problems
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of Central Universities in India (selected by the University
Grants Commission), 1982,83, (xii) Board of Directors, Travels abroad: U.K., U.S,A., Europe, U.S.S.R.,
Organon, research Centre, Calcutta, since 1983, (xiii) Japan, West Germany, Hong Kong. Malaysia and Australia.
Governing Body, National Chemical Laboratories (CSIR),
Pune, (xiv) Central Advisory Board of Education, 1983-84, Accomplishment in arlS and science: Science, Doctor
(xv) Committee on DSA/CAS constituted by U.G.C. in of Science (Honoris Causa), Banaras Hindu University
and Burdwan University.
1985, (xvi) Chemistry Panel, U.G.c. Constituted in 1985,
(xvii) Board of Directors, Infar (Orgaoon), India (1985) ,
(xviii) Exe~utlve Council, Vishwa Bharati (Chancellor's Publications: 300 Research Publications.
Nominee), (xix) Executive Council, Jadavpur University
Special interest: Music.
(Chancellor's Nominee), (xx) Executive Council, Burdwan
University (Chancellor's Nominee), (xxi) Committee on
Favourite pastime and recreation: Music, cooking and
Petitions, Rajya Sabha, 1984-85, (xxii) Committee on
painting.
Rules , Rajya Sabha, 1986-87 and (xxiii) House Committee,
Rajya Sabha since July , 1988; attended the World Congress
Permanent address : 108, Manicktala Main Road, Block
of Women in Prague, Czechoslovakia in October, 1981;
I. Flat No.3, Calcutta-54 (West Bengal).
visited, (i) U.K. for the advancement of Science, in
Meetings of British Association in 1970 and 1971, (ii)
U.S.S,R. Indo-Soviet Cultural Exch.nge Programme, 1965,
(iii) University of Berlin, Frei, Ruhrand Bonn (West
Germany) as a guest of German Academy of Science in
1975, (iv) Universities of Manchester and East Anglia,

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CHATURVEDI, SHRI BHUVNESH: M.A.(Economics),
LL.B.; Congress (\) (Rajasthan); s. of Shri Raja Ramji
Chaturvedi; b. at Mainpuri (U.P.),
May 2, 1928; ed . at Herbert COllege,
KOla; Bachelor; Advocate and
Journalist: Representative of Press
Trust of India at Kola since 1957;
entered political life through student
movement; participated in the first
camp of Youth Congress organised
at Khadrala at India·China Border,
1952; President. Herbert College
I Students' Union, Kota, 1953-54;
. ~ Vice· President. National Union of
Students' of 1ndia, 1953-56; Chairman
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,• of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Mental Health
parL in the ceremonies of Latc Palme. the Prime Mini~ter of
S\\l.!th:n March. 1986. parLicipated in the Conference of
Sociali..,t International at Lima-Peru and Party Congress at
Yugo~lavia and Poland, 1986 and (vi) NOrLh Korea. China.
Hong Kong as Member of Indian Delegation. 1987; elected 10
the Ralya Sabha in April. 1982 and re-elected In April. 19HH.
Club: Member. Friends Union Club, Kotasince 1946.
Travel.s a/Jroad: U.K., Ceylon. Moscow. Nepal, China.
U.S.A., Thailand, Laos. Sweden and Hong Kong.
PublicatiOlls : Articles in magazines and newspapers.
Special interests: Philosophy. Political Science and

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, Bill 1981,1984, 1986; Director. Bank of Baroda. 1970-73;
Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress (1) Committee
1979-81; Hony . Secretary. (i) Bal Hitkari Samiti (an
Economics.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading and travel.

educational society) since 1957 and also its founder and (ii)
Indian Council C"f World Affairs, KOla Branch since 1957; address: 'BHARAT SMRITI' Bhimganj
PemUIllf!1I'
Convener. Foreign Affairs Department A.1.e.e. (I) since Mundi, KOla-3241l02.
1986; member. (i) Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. 1972-77,
(ii) CommIttee on Rules. Rajya Sabha, 1984-85. (iii) Indian
Delegation to United Nations Organisation, 1984, 1986. 1987,
1988 and (iv) Business Advisory Committee. Rajya Sabha
since July. 1988; represented. National Union of Students of
India at Intrnational Students Conference held at
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Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1955; attended World
Youth Festival at Moscow, 1957; visited, (i) Nepal as a Leader
of study group of I.C .W.A., 1966, (ii) China as member of •
ParUamentary delegation in October, 1982, (iii) U.S.S.R. as a
member of the delegation of United Nations Federation of
India, 1985, (iv) Laos as member of Indian delegation to
participate in the 10th Anniversary of Laos, August, 1985, (v)
Sweden alongwith Prime Minisfer. Shri Rajiv Gandhi to lake

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Fm'our'tt" pmtmlt' IIwl rt'frt'tlliOll li) Reading. (ii)
Collection 01 Boo\"' ... iHut (Iii) Walkmg
CH \lIOHliRI. SHRI TRII>IB ~I'\ (1<''''''1111"');
Revn\ulionar} Socinli,( Pnrl~ (We,1 B('n~i\I)~ , 01 laIc Shri PaUIIIIII'''' ilfltlrt'~\ :'1.
RlponStreel (MUllltlllr Ahmed
Gane,h Go\'int1a~ o. ill Dhaka (now
Sarnni)' C'akulIH \\V B.l. Pm·7ll001n
in Bangia De,h). Dl"ccmhcr. D. IQII.
ed al (i) i.... N. ('nllcgHlle School.
Bcrhi\mp\)rc.lii) Ni.l\\ilh i.....N Col\c~c.
Berhamporc and (IIi) Nil\\i1h
Bahildur', I,hl,tutl.'. Bcrhumporc,
Mlm.hldahnd; Bachelor, Po\tlicul
worker; t\ ......oc1i\h:d wllh (i)
UndergroulllJ Anu,hililll SamllY
during Ihe Bnll,h period uplO 19JN,
(Ii) Congrc ...... SI)!';lah,1 Parl~. Il n8 10
and (iii) Imilan Ntllinnill Congrc ......
uplO 1947; IOO\... ilClivc IIltcrc ... 1 III
labour, pea,\nnl .. , youlh, ami 'tULit:nb nHlVcmt:'nl'; connected
with '\everal laoour, Bank i.lIld Offil"e [mployec~' Trade
Unum .. ilnd \\'orker' Wc!tare OrgilOl ... i1l1on,; \·icc-Prl""dcnl,
1I0ited Trade ... Union Congre,'; ~h.'mhcr. (i) I.llk Snoha.
Il)~2 · 19134 ami (ii) Committee \In Suhon..hniHe Lcgi,hHlon.
Rajyil Sabhu, ,ince July, IQ88; elel:led to Ihe Raj)'il S"hhn
10 July I Q~7

Trm't'/t tlnroud EUfopean C'tHlIltrh: ... U .SS Rand

logyp!.

f'u/llinltlOI/\ Contnbuted ,cvcral 'lrtidc, in vnrioU',

lill'fi.lfY and polilical joufIli\b illlli pl'rimlu.:ab in Fngli'h,
lI,mh and Bengali language,,; fngli .. h work." (il "Iefl
RI~hll."f1A Cnll'I"" 01 C 1'1 "(Il)~~). (II) "SW'"~ Back"
(1451) and (iii) " Synull:atl' v .... Inuicalc" (~47()}, Bcngnli
Work ... ·(i) "Ninl'lcl'n months m Sali.l7i.lr', Pri,on". (ii)
"About R.S P" ;lIld (iii) "An OUlline ot SOl:lall'm"

Spt'C"lul mU'rt'\"l\ (I) Phihl,ophy, (ii) LXOlllll11il.:s, (IIi)

SOl:lal lI1'wry and (\\") ,-\rt:hill'oillgy
 RAJYA SAI~IIA
CHAUTALA, SHRI OM PRAKASH: Studied upto 10th
Class: Lok Dal (Haryana): s. of Ch. Dcvi Lal: h. al
Village Chau,"I.. Tehsil D"bw.li.
District Sirsa (Haryana). January I.
1935: cd. al (i) Primary School.
Chaul.l. !lnd (ii) Jat High School.
Sangri" (Rajasthan): m. Snlt. Sneh
ulla, May. 1952; 2 :\. anJ 3 d.;
Polilicnl <lI1d Social workcc took active
port in the dcclamation contCst during
school career Hnd also in the polilical
activities since 1952; pnrlicipatcd in
the school tcneher,' struggle and the.:
movement for fixing higher prices for
wheal; tonk part in ~lll the Aryn Samaj
activities under the guidance of Swami Keshwanand;
imprisoned a number of limes during 1960-70 and wns
also detained under MISA during Emergency; President,
Vidyarthi Sabha and School Association; General Secretary
of Januta Pany. 1l)77~O; Convener. Ll..lk Dal Party;
Member. (i) Speakcrs' Associalion or tht: schools. (ii) Ilostci
Association. (iii) lIarynnu Assembly. [970-73 and (iv)
Industrial Advisory Committce. since 1987: elected to the
Rajya Snhha in Augu,t. 1987 .
Club : Member of the Sirsa Club. Sirs ...
Trrn'eis abroad: Hong Kong. Mal .. ysia, Philippines.
Japan. Singapore. Tuiwan .. Thailand, U. K .. Switzerland.
Italy . Gennany. Luxemburg. Austria. France. Denmark,
Canada and U .S.A .
Special interests ; Public service and active politics.
Permanent address: Te jakhcra Farm Hom~.Tcjakhera.
P.O . Chautala. Tehsil Dahwnli. Districl Sirsa. Haryana .
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CHAVAN, SHRI S.B. B.A.. LL.B.: Congress (I)
(Maharashtra); s. of Shri Bhaurno Chavnn; b. at Tnluka
and Plnce Paithan. District Auran-
gabad. Mahar.shtr •. July 14, 1920:
ed. fit (i) Madras Univcr~ity and (ii)
Osmania University; m. Sm!. Kusum-
lui Chavan, June. 1943; 1 s. and 5
d.; Advocate; organbcd Students'
movement .Intl gave up practice during
"Ouit Coun" Mtwe.:mcnt in former
Ilydcrabml State and Icd Labour
Movement; Ch,lirmiln, Indian Insti-
tut~ of Public Administration. New
Delhi; Pn.:sident. (i) Ntlntled Town
Municipnlity ~lI1U (ii) Bharat Scouts
and Girl Guides. New Delhi;
Vicc-PrcsiLlJ.:nt. Nanued CoopefCltive Central Bank; Direc-
tor. Ilyderabad Stille Cooperative Bunk: Member Execu-
tive. Ccntral (\)-operatlvc Union. llydcl'i:lhHd; Member.
(i) A.I.C.C' .. (ii) E:<ccutivc Committee.:. Maharn~htnl
Pradesh Congrcs~ Committee. (iii) Bombay Stule Le.:gislntive
Assembly. 1956. (iv) M"lharashtra I.egislative As,e.:mhly.
1957-HO. (v) I.uk Sabha. 19HO-H4 and Il)H5-HC, and (vi)
Mnhiuashtrtl I_cgislntivc Council from 8th July. 1986 to
21st October. 1988; Deputy Mini,te.:r 1'01' RI..·venue.:. Govern-
ment of forlll!.;r Bombay SOlie; Minister. GO\'l..:rnment of
MaharH~htra. (i) Irrigation and Pmwl'. IQ60 and (ii) Irri-
gation. Power and Generntion ~lr Electricity. 1962 and
1967: Deputy Le.:adcr. Congre,:-., l.e.:gislature.: Party in
Mahnrashtl'a. 1967; Chid Minister of Maharnshtra. 1975-77
and from 13th March, 198(-, 10 24th June. 1988: Union
Ministl..·r. (i) Education. Culture and Social We.:lfare. from
19th October. 1980 to 7th Augmt. 19H1. (ii) PI~lnning Hnd
Deputy Chairman uf Planning Commission. from ~th
August. 1981 to 18th July. 1984. (iii) Minist~1' without
portfolio, from 19th July. 1984 to 1st Augu:-;t. 1984. (iv)
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All1l'mllllcnl) Bill, (b) Ctm .. lllulHm (Ninl'tn'nlh
Anll'lIdl1l('nl) Bdl, uml (l' ) Rl'Pll'''Ol'ntn!'tln of I Ill' I't:npll'
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RAJYA SAB I-I A Publications : Wrote various articles in magazines on

b"
Harijan Welfare .
(Amendment) Bill 1966, (v) All India Animal Welfare Board,
Special ifllerests: Political Affairs: Upliftment
of
(vi) Jhansi Division Railway Users' Consultat ive Committee,
the
(vii) Bundelkhand Posts and Telegraph Advisory Committee, Harijan s. Girijans and finan cially weaker sections of
Jhan,j Division, (viii) Zila Parishad, Jalaun, (ixJ Industries Society.
Advisory Committee, Jalaun, (x) Harijan Welfare and
Scholarship Committee, Jalaun, (xi) Bharat Sewak Samaj, Favourite pastime and recreation : Travelling, Reading .
Jalaun, (xii) Managing Committee" D. A. V. C.ll ege and Gardening, Football , Hockey. Badminton and Cricket.
Gandhi UdyoglC College, Orai, (xiii) Adv"ory -Committee,
Di'tt. Hospitals, Distt. Jalaun, (xiv) Uttar Pradesh Region Permflnent address: 2. Chander Nagar . Orai. Distt .
Post & Telegraph Advisory Committ ee, Lucknow, (xv) Jalaun (U .P .).
Executive Committee, Congress Party in Parliamenl , '1966-
67, (xvi) Lok Sabha for three terms, 1962-67, 1967-70,
1971-77, (xvii) Parliamentary Committee o n the Welfare of
Scheduled Caste, and Scheduled Tribe" 1984-85, (xviii)
Indian Sugarcane Development Counci l since 1987, (xix)
Farmer, Parliamentary Forum, (xx) Consultative Committee
constituteJ under the Punjab Slate Legislative (Delegallon of
Powers) Act, 1987, (xxi) Parliamentary forum of Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes and (xxii) General Purpo;e,
Committee, Raj)'a Sabha since July, 198M; UllIon Deputy
Minister in the Ministry of (i) Steel, Mine, ,md Metals, from
November 13, 1967 to February 14, 1969 and (ii) Foreign Trade
and Supply, from February 14, 1969 to March 17,1971; Union
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family
Planning, from December I, 1975 to March 24, 1977; elected
to the Rajya Sabha 10 July, 1980 and re-elected In July, 1986.

Clubs: President, Saket Cultural Clup, New Delhi and

Member, Orai Club.

Travels abroad: Australia, Singapore, Thailand,

Maldysia.lndonesia. Sudan, Bulgaria. Yugoslavia, Rumania.
France, Lebanon, U A.R, U.S.S.R., USA, U.K,
Ethiopia, Poland, Greece, Italy, East Germany and West
Germany
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72 RAJYASABHA

elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1984.

DARBARA SINGH, SHRI: Congress (I) (Punjab); s, of
5, Dalip Singh; b, at y, & P,O. Jandiala, District Jullundur, Travels abr.oad : Afghanistan.U .S.S.R.,Austria, Hungary,
February 10, 1916 ; ed. at Khalsa U, K, . F,.nce, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Germany, U .S,A.
College, Amritsar; m. Shrimati
Gurbachan Kaur, 1933; 3 s. and 1 and U,A,R,
d. ; Agriculturist; participated in
Special interest: Social work.
Freedom Movement and suffered
imprisonment from 1942 ~o 1945 and Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading, walking,
~ in 1946 and again for a month in
~ It .. . t 1978 consequent upon the arrest of
gardening and football.
Shrimati Indira Gandhi; President, (i)
Permaneflf address: Village & P.O. Jandiala, Teh.
D, e. e. Jullundur, 194&-50, (ii)
Phillaur, District Jullundur. Punjab.
Punjab P.e.e., 1957-64 and 1978-81,
(ii.i) Panchayat Parish ad . Punjab, since
1966, (iv) Punjab State Cooperative
, Union , 1958-62 and (v) State Transport Union, 1959-62;
f. Chairman , (i) Congress Committee on Anti·Cornmunalism,
(ii) Joint Committee on the Constitutipo (Thirty-Second)
Amendment Bill, 1973, (iu) Parliamentary Committee on
Public Undertakings, 1975 and (iv) House Committee, Rajya
Sabha , 1986-87; General Secretary, Punjab P.e.e.,
1953--1956; Member, (i) A,Le.e. since 1954, (ii) Sugar
Cooperative Mills , Bhogpur, 1959 , (iii) Congress Working
Committee in 1962, in 1980 and again since 1984, (iv)
Punjab State Assembly , 1952-69, (v) Fifth Lok Sabha,
1971 , (vi) Central Parliamentary Board [Congress (J) 1 in
1970 and again since 1984, (vO) Business Advisory Committee,
Rajya Sabha , 1984-85 , (viii) Joint Parliamentary Committee
on 'Bofors' Contract and (ix) General Purposes Committee,
Rajya Sabha , 198&-87 ; Chief Minister of Punjab from
January , 1980 to October, 1983; Minister, Gavt. of Punjab
for , (i) Co-operation, 1956-57, (ii) Agriculture Panchayati
Raj and P,W ,D ., 1962-64, (iii) Home and Development,
1964 67: elected Deputy Leader, Congress Party in
Parliament in 1971 ; leader of delegation to Geneva (UNO)
in February , 1984 for a Conference on Human Rights;

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RAJYA SAIl II ,\
I)AS GUPTA. SURI GliRlIl)AS : M. ('Olll .: ('.I' I. (We,.
Bt.!np.al) ; .... of laiC Shri Dur!t!\ PI'llSIHlIHt nth G upln ; h .
at Barisnl (now in Bangladesh).
November 3, 1'.)36 ; l:d . al (i) Asuto:-.h
ollcgc. Calcu1tu [Inti (ii) U niv~r,i l y
College of AI'I" & CO lllll1 Crcc.
Cnlcutta; Ill . Shrimali Jllya . . ri Oas
GUplH, June 18. 1965: I d ,: Wholctimc
pl-ll'ly workcl; Detained lInder Ddcncc
{)f lodiu R, lIlc~ in 19C15 lind weill
llilticrgrnllllllllll II IlUmhe r 01' occasion!'>
" during Cnngrc",s full.! in W est Rcngul ;
President Hnd Gc nern l Sc..:crcIIlI'Y.
undivided Ocngai Provincinl Students'
Fcdcru ti on frolll 19SH In 1960;
Vice Prcsu.lclll. Bhnrliyu
Khet
Mallioor Union ; Gcncnl l SccrctilrY . (i) A~lIlo:-.h Co ll ege
Sllldcn'" Unio!), 1 9~7. (ii) West Bcngal Committ ee of all
India Youth Fcdcr:tllttn , 1967- 77 llild (iii) W c!oot Ocngul
Youth Fe,tlval Preparatory Co mmill ct! in 1968. 1970 :lnd
1973 : Memher, (I) Secretarial of W est Bengal State Council,
("p,1. and (ii) NIIIhHUII Cou ncil. Commu nist Party of
Im,lIa , Allcndcd. Wol'ld Youth Co ngress of Budupcst us
leader oj the Indwil Dclcg:.ltuHl in 1970; elected to the
Rajya Snhhll in March , 19R5 ,
Cilib " Memher. Cricket As~()c i[\li o n of Ocn~al.
r/'{lw!l\' tlhrOlu/ ,' U ,S ,S ,R ., Ilungn ry ,
SptfcillJ ;ltIere.\'fS : Cricket nnd RHhindnl Snngcct.
FovOllr;f(' pO .. tlfllt' (lml t'l'cr('at;rm " Drama ,
Pemume", addn'H ' 78, Chith Rood . CalculHl -27 ,
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ORORI, SIIRIMA'\'1 OMRM MOYONG: Studied liP'"
B.A.: ('ongre," (I) (Arunnchnl Pradesh): d . o[ Shri Kullik
Moyong; h . [\I Pnsighal , Enst Siang
Di~tri ct , Arunnchnl Pradesh , July 2,
1943; cd. a. (i) GOYI. High School.
P",igha' nnd (ii) SI. Mnry-' ('ollege.
Shillollg: Ill , Shri T.S, Dend. October
15, 1962; 3 s, Hnd 2 d ,; Socinl Worker • ..
find Entreprcncur; fir:-.t woml:ln in
Arunnehlll Prllde~h In take up socinl
:lntl political work; rendered
pinnccling se rvice for tr1 C then NEFA
lind th e Io:Clllntry !l~ !-I whole: among
Ihl.! fir~1 hnt~h oj 10'-=111 tribal fCl11ulcs
to ullcnd sc h~)nl and coll ege;
actively associated with Social W clfrlrc
Bonn,1 hoth at the Cc ntr\! UI'\d the StoIC; took a leadin g
purt in the estn blishmc nt of th e Arunachul Prntlcs h Socilll
Wean!'c Advisory 1300lrd. of which she wns th e first locnl
tncmher. in \\)63; dunng Chin cse nggrcs:-.ioll, worked
rclcntl cs~ ly in or!J,anisi ng relief work for lilt! pcople lind
hclping Ihc; Govc;rnll1cnt; during Bangia De:-.h war. led Ihe
te;l1l1 of ~()c ial w(H'kcr~ for collectin g, money nnd m<llt.!rinb
for rd ugcc:o.~ a11 cn dc;d t he I n lema tiona I Women's Con k rcnl.!l.!
in Bcrlln in 1975 in connc(",tion wilh the Inlernntiun nl
Wot1'lcn':-. Ycnr; in :-.trum ct1tal in off',l:Ini:o.ing the SWtl' Level
Scmimll' (.)n women in 1975; initiated th e CrUS{H:!c ngainst
social evils like dowl'y, child .Il11l rritl ge , etc; active l.!ollAles s
1 worker si nce th e Indian National Congress eume 10 th e
Union Tcrrit(.)I'Y: first women M .P, from Arunuchnl Prudcs h;
honoured wilh (i) "Gold MC(,\HI" in 1975 hy th l.! Admil,islralOl'
or th e Union Territory for dedi cutud sHcinl work fol' th e
CIlII.H1cipalio li of the women and the uown· tl'oddc l1 of thc
Terri.ory II"d (ii) PADMASl fR EE in 1984 [or Oll'''H"dill ~
socia I service; Prcsidc l1 t , A rlll1nchH I Pradesh ('on gl'e:-.~
'Cot11llli1tcc (I); Vice President , (i) Arunachal Prades h
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 RAlYASABHA WHO'S WHO 79
78
Reading. Music &
Favourite pastime and recreatio" : DESHMUKH, SHRI SHANKARRAO NARAYANRAO:
Congo (I) (Maharashtra) , S. of Shri Narayanrao; b. at
Sports.
Village Devlalit District Nasik,
dd ess . "Kalpana"' Talmiki Road, Sarastwat Maharashtra. August 29. 1913; ed. at
Permanent a r . 400 054 Maharashtra.
Colony. Santacruz (West) Bombay- , (i) Barnes High School , Devlali and
(ii) New English School, Nasik;
widower; 1 '\. and 2 d: Advocate an:l
Agriculturist; keenly interested in civic
and educational activities; organised
meetings. forums and wrote articles
in the Indian Expre.,; s and Link
Magazine to support Shrimati Indira
Gandhi; President, (i) Nasik Road
Devlali Municipality, 1952-57 and (ii) -
Nasik Road Colleges; Member,
, (i) Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
1967-72. (ii) Advisory Council for Consumer Protection,
(iii) Advisory Committee of Maharashtra Postal Circle
and (iv) Committee on Subordinate Legislation. Rajya
Sabha, since July, !988; elected to the Rajya Sabha in
April, 1984.

Club: Ex-Member, Rotary Club. Devlali .

Publications: Articles in "Indian Express". "Link" and

other Marathi Papers.

SpeciaJ imerests : Law and Legislation.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading.

Permanent address: Sambhaji Road, Village Devlali,

Nasik Road, District Nasik-422 101 (Maharashtra) .

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DHARAM PAL, SHRI : B.A.; Congress (I) (Jammu and Permanent address: lO·BIB, Gandhi Nagar. Jammu
Kashmir) ; s. of Shri Ram Lal; b. at Akhnoor. April 2. (Jammu and Kashmir).
1934; ed. at (i) High School, Akhnoor
and (ii) Gandhi Memorial College, •

Jammu; m. Shrimati Santosh Kumari.

March 7. 1956; 2 s. and 1 d.; engaged
in upliftment of weaker sections of
society; joined National ~onference
• in 1948 and [Ook active part in Student
Movement ; joined Government
service as Naib-Tehsildar in 1956 but
resigned in 1961 ; again joined
, Government service as Deputy
Director. Social Welfare in 1962 and
resigned in 1967 ; Parliamentary
Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir
legislative Assembly, 1967-72; Chairman. (i) Public
Accounts Committee, 1976-77 and (ii) Estimate Committee,
1977-78.1980-81 and 1982-83 (both of Jammu and Kashmir
Legislative Assembly); Vice-President. Jammu and Kashmir
Congress. 1967-72; General Secretary. Jammu and Kashmir
Congress, 1984-88; Secretary. Jammu and Kashmir Congress
1976-84; Life Member. Viklang Trust Akhnoor: was
Member. (i) Jammu and Kashmir Leg islative Assembly .
1967-87 (four term s). (i i) Committee on Subordinate
Legislation. (iii) Committee on Government Assurances.
(iv) Committee of Privileges and (v) Public Undertaking
Committee. (Ja mmu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly):
Deputy Minister, 1972-74 and Minister of State , Jammu
and Kashmir Government. 1974--75, holding various
portfol ios of Transport and Rehabilitation , Public Works
Department: elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1988 .

Special interest: Social Development.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading .

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RAJYA SABIIA
DHUSlY A, SHRl SOHAN LAL : B. Com . LL. B . Congress
(I) (Ultar Pradesh). s. of lale Shri Dwarka Ram. n. at
Purani Basti. District Basti (U .P.),
July I. In3 : ed. al (i) Governmenl
School. Ba,li. (ii) B. H U . Varana,i
anu (iii) Lueknow Univcrlility: 111_
Shrimali Chhaya Devi. July. 1941. 4
s, and 2 U.. Advoeate~ joineJ Congress
in 1940 ; as a sludcnt. actively•
participateu in 'Quit IIll.liu' Movement
and was jailed [rom 1942 10 I~44:
Director. U.P. State Warehousing
Corporation since IllHI. Member. (i)
t Provisional Parliament, 1950--52 . (ii)
Lok Sabha. 1952-57. (iii)
Legislative Assembly (U .P J. 1957-77.
Public Accounts Committee of the Assembly for about
12 years. (iv) Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service
Commi"ion (Allahabad) [rom November. 1982 to March.
19K4. (v) All India Congress (I) Commillee. (vi) Ullar
Praucsh Congres~ (I) Committee for the last nine years.
(vii) Commillee on Rules. Rajya Subh •• 1984-K5 and
(viii) Joint Committee on the Offices of Profit sincc 1985:
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Labour. Uttar
Pradesh. elected 10 Ihe Rajya Sabha ill April. 19K4
Special illlerl'Jtl " To help needy persons and dcslilulcs ,
Fell'Ollfite ptJ.Jtime ami recrearion .' Walking, gardening,
playing and reading.
PemWfle/I( address Mohalla Pathan Tola, 1'.0 , Purani
Ba.li . District Basli (U.P )
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DRONAM1lAJU, SHRI SATYA NARAYANA: lnlennediate;
Congrc~" (I) ( A ndhra Pradesh): s. orShri Appalanarasihmam:
b . at Chin3mushidivada. v'ishakha-
patnam. December 19,1933:cd . at M . R .
College. Vizianagl.lfc.1l11: m. Shrim8ti
Savitri. 195(1 (since deceased) again
111U1 ricd Shrimuti Parvalh!. 1981:4 s. and
2 d : AgricullUric;;t: wrorkcd as Village
Offil.;'cr. Village Juttada: Sarpanch.
Chinmllu~hiuivi.llia Village. IQ71· -77;
u!o1stlC'i;:ltCU with Bhartll Scwuk Samnj:
Pat lldpatcu ill Shramm.laan (or
cons11 lIctinl1 of emthen lOads and ,
I Larijan colonic .. ; Pl'csiuenl. (i) District
Youth Congress. \9C,4-{;1.}. (ii) AnLihra
Prndcsh Village Officers Confederation. 19(1£1-75, (iii)
Vi .. hakhapatl1H1l1. Port uno Dock WClrk.Ns U Ilion. IQH I -H5 anu
(iv) National CnnfcdcraliollorOflCk Lnhour Board: C'halimull.
(i) Vililh""khapulnam Urb rm Development Authority. IY7H-HI
and (ii) Vililh<1khHpatnam Zilla Pari~hOl.l . 14HI -H4: Grncral
Seu c tarv . (i) ni~lril: 1Villnge Officerl:\ A "~ll( i a t i01l. llJftO--h4 . (I i 1
And h ra PI'IIl1cl:\h \ i Ilage on irers Alilsllciat Inn. IQ(-H-7~ unl! (il i 1
South Inum Villuge OllieCls Conledcrntll1 n. 197,"\- -1'111:
SeClTlal~. {I) Vililhakharatnum 1aluq Villagt (lllieel"
\,,'meiullon. IQ54 -5 LJ anu (Ii) District Conglc"" ('ollllnl1lee.
1470 76; J01I1I SCl'l"etary. Allllhr<1 Pradclilh Village OtlU:'lYS
A""Ol' in till n. I 9('2- (,~: Memher . (i 1 St udcll t COII~,1CIil". 1447 :;;"
(ii) i'uluk Cl1l1gl'CSS ('llnnnittcc. I Y:;5--(12 , (lii) l.llk Sllhho,
[1.177 -79 uml (IV) Legisi<itivc AS~(,l11hly. AnJhltl Prlll.h:o.;h.
IlJH{)HJ~ ch.'dcd to the Ralya ~nbllH ill April. IlIHR .
elll/! Pl'ndulti I illn~ r-Juh.
l'III,/inltio', "I Village
tldmlnio.;lHllu111) .
 RAJYA SABHA
Special interest: Cultural activities.
Favourile pas!ime and recreation: Reading .
Permanent address: Chinamushidivada. Pendurti (S.O.).
District Vishakhapatnam. Andhra Pradesh .
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WHO'S WHO 85
DUBEY. SHRI BINDESBWARI: Congress (1) Bihar; s. of Shri
Sheo Naresh Dubey; b. at Mahuaon , February 14.
1921; m . Shrimati Sheo Sakhi Devi;
1 d.; Political and social worker; while
student of Engineering Diploma
Course left education and participated
in Freedom Movement ; also
participated. in "Quit India
Movement" in 1942 ; rendered social
service amongst tribes ; connected
with Trade Union Movement in Coal.
Steel, Engineering. Power and Sugar
{ndustries; President . 0) Hazaribagh
District Congress Committee. (ii)
Bihar Pradesh Congress
Committee. (iii) I"dian National Trade
Union Congress, Bihar Branch and (iv) Indian National
Trade Union Congress; Member. (i) Bihar Legislative
Assembly. 1952- 1957 ,1962-1977 and 1985-1988 and (ii)
Seventh Lok Sabha. 198(}-1984; attended. (i) 7th session
of Coal Mines Committee of I.L.O . in the year 1959 at
Geneva and (ii) I.L.O . se minar 6n Trade Union, Industrial
Relation s & Productivity in the year 1982 at Tokyo: visited
West Germany, U.K .. Belgium . Holland , France and
Yugoslavia and st udied the working c1as.., conditions in
Mines and Factories; Minister of Education. Transport and
Health in the Government of Bihar ; Chief Minister ,
Government of Bihar. 1985-88; Union Minister of (i) Law
and Justice from February. 1988 to June. 1988 and (ii)
Labour. since June 24. 1988: elected to the Rajya Sabha
in April. 1988.
Travels abroad: Geneva. Switzerland, Japan. West
Germany. U. K .• Belgium , Holland. France and Yugoslavia.
Special if/fereS( Trade Union Movement.
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RAJYA SABHA
FAGUNI RAM, DR. : B.A. (Hons). M.A., Ph.D.; Congress
(I) (Bihar); s. of late Shri Baijnath Ram; b. at Mankshiawan
Permanent address: Village & P.O. 1. Mahuaon . District
(Bihar), January 2, 1945; ed. at (i)
Bhojpur, Bihar High English School. Anti, (ii) Gaya
College, Magadha University, Bodh
Gaya; m. Shrimati (ProL) Sushila Das,
January, 1965; 4 s. and 3 d.; Lecturer
in Geography in Magadha University;
active social and political worker since
school days; was Inspector in the
Department of food, Civil Supply
and Commerce, Bihar GavL.
1966-72; worked for the
implementation of land reforms;
participated in (i) Bhang;
Muktl Programme .. (ii) Improvement
, of Slum areas, (iii) Protection at Environment and (iv)
Transfer of Technology to villages; associated with (i)
Harijan Sewak Sangh. (ii) Depressed Class League and
(iii) Adult Education Campaign; left Government Service
under the inspiration of latc Shrimati Indira Gandhi;
travelled extensively in the country as a part of ,tudy
tour; Conferred National Integration Award---1987·8R;
Chairman, District Board, Aurangabad (Blh~r), 1976;
Superintendent, State Welfare Hostel, Gaya; Lecturer
Magadha University; SenalOr, Magadha Umversity. 1982·R4;
Founder Member of several schools and colleges; Secretary.
Bihar Pradesh Congre" (I) Committee K".n Cell; Joint
Secretary, All India Congress (I) Committee;
Member, (i) Athletic Committee in College, (ii) State
Anti.Naxalite Committee. (iii) Select Committee
of the State Assembly constituted for revenue and land
rerorms, (iv) Committee on Public Undertaking!<l. Bihar
Vidhan Sabha, (v) Petitions . Committee, Bihar Vidhan
Sabha, (vi) State Plan Project Committee, Bihar Electricity
Board. (vii) State Teacher Welfare Committee, Bihar.

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RAn \ '\BII\

FFRNANJ)K~, SIIRI JOliN F. : B.A , I I II .: (""ngf(' ,(I)

(\'IIi) AC<llkmic Counl'il III the L\I..'ult~ 01 SI..'lenl..'e in
(Gna); ,. 01 Shn Alhert I·ernan...!l"; h, at Curallli!lcm,
\L.H!.adha l'l1\\er.It\, (i'X) Stall' B;ll'k\\;.\ft.l C\Hllmi"HIIl. l')
- .
State I\d\l,on Committee for SI..'het.lukd Cl'tl" ;lIlll TI'\wadl. (ioa, .'\ugu'l I~. 1l)~2. cd.
SehedukJ Trihe" ('I) Di,trict Congre" t\)mnlltte~. Gi.l\a, at (i) Don 13(1\1':0 liS., Panllnl. (ina.
Aurangahad and Dekg,lte, Bih,lI Pralk,h (\lngre" (n) Dhempe (""\lege ,,[ Art, &
C omlll inee. ( ,il) Biha r Sta te l' IlIH.'r,i I \ ServJt:e l ~011111l1 ,,·,ion. Science, PanJlm and (iii) S;:llgaoci.lr
Patni.l. Ji.lnuar~ III 'hwemher. \"Jl'itl, (,IIi) Bihar ('olkgl' College of I ;I\\-, PanJlm, (lO.I,
'\t:r\il.'e C\1I11ml"il1n. Patna. Novl..'lllber. 1")l'iO to ,L.l nuilr~. Bachelor; Auvoc:lle: attended IOlh
t")X:' , ('\Iv) BlhM Ll..'gi'l;lIi\t~ A,'''l..'lllnly. l"n~--·77, (,vl World Youth Fc"tlv,,1 at Berlin, (,OR
Ihndi :\dvi ..on (\lllllllittee' of (al l\tilll,tn l,II-ll\iron11lL'llt ill Iq7,~; Prc,idl!nt.PY("(l) from 197K
and hlrl."(-. and (h) Mini,tr~ of \\all.'r Re'lllIlTe .... (ni) to 19K!; Gcnl!ral Sl!cret.lry. (i) Pye '
from 1971> to 1l)7R. (il) PCC(I),I'INI
Parltamcnwn t\lI1l1nittec on thl.' \\"1..'\1;\1'1..' nf Sdlcduktl
to IlJR7 ;:lnd (iii) "Fricnd, nf Soviet
C"'lC' anu Scheduled Tnbc'. (,\Ii)-\II IIll1ta Cl1ngre" (I)
Clllll111ittcc ;.J1ll1 (wlli) Cllllll11lth:C llll Papt:r, 1.aid lin the Union". Goa '\nee lQXl; Joint
Tabk Rajyi.\ Sanha ,inee July. 1"I~s. \hni,tcl III State 111 Sccre,ar\',
•
PCC (I) from 1'I7S '0
Bihar Gllvern111L'nt. 1l)7,"'~ ekl'lcd III lhl.' Ral\il Si.lhhil III 1981; Trt!a .. urcr. Goa Daman & Diu
Prade'h Youth Congrc".. from IQ7:! to ItJ7n; clel:tcd Itl
h!nruan. IQS:' i.lnd rc-l.'icctl..'U III April I l)S:-'; ,
the R"jya Sahha 10 Jul\ Il1S7
PubiirlllHH/\ (11 Cllntributet.l ;.\flick, III ,dllllil and
Clllkc.t.: mac.il/lllt:' and (ii) O(,\c\llpml..'llt III Irri ~all\ln and Clun l\krnhcr Goa "tatc Council Indot'r Badmtntnn
it .. Impart l~n Agriculture '(A Ca...e Study of Sonc-C'ommand Stadium. Panlim _
A rCi.I)'
Tral't'({ a/:troad \-h"co\\ Ea,{ Bcrlm. Dre .den anJ
.\/,('("/111 IIllanl' S\lCli1I, e\.hIL'i.lllIlnal anJ l"llltlCal
Lcipzi!!_
l11c'. remo\i.l1 III untouch .. hlht~. pll\ I..' .. t~ and dhll'ri.ll.:\.
;lI.'tI\
upltlt1llL'nt 01 the PO(lr: rCi.ldlll~ and IL'iJchltl,!! \II (iL'\lg.rilph~
n.::tdin~ ;llIlnhillgraphie, (11' grl.'at Illl'n, I'I.'ildlll~ III rl..'lig.lou'
n(lnk, likc \\~Ja', Purana'; ,tlllh lit S'Ul,klll and ",itll1g.
Fm'ollritf' pastime lind ftxrealioll, Reading , ~

\11 lcmp\c' ami (lt11l..'r plaI.:L".

gardening. mlwie' . joggil1g ;tnd badminton
f(ll'(",rilc IJtI,'imt' amI rt'Ut'lItH'" Organl .. ing and
rl..'iJding, \\ nlln~. P,.,rntUllffll addre~s House No, 105/1. Caranzal m
"ttc:ndln~ cultur;11 and publil.: !Ulll'till1l'
Dona Paula PO, Goo-·I03oo4.
leachm~ and dlll.'utuln,

Permanenl address , Village Manbhlawan P.O, Bhimpur

Mank,hia\\an, \'ia Konch. DiSH Gaya. Bihar
 I('A ,YA 'ABilA
I'OTEDAR. SIIKI MAKHAN LAl, : M ,A. LL B,
COI1g.II:'" ( I) (UHur Pladc!'hL t., 01 IUleShll NUJ: ulll ee
Foledur ~ h Mallllll (KI.I .. hlllll).
lit
Murch .5. IQ~7; ell ut (i) Chri"tllJll
M I"Slonlll y School, A lI unt 11 11~
(Ku.b"lIr). (Ii) A III II , Si ngh ("nllege.
Srinagal lind ( Iii ) A lIulwbnd
UfllVC,t., ll y; III Shrnll ull Ruttun Rt1l11;
Advocate : duting .. Iuden! duy'. IOIIl r-d
polll1 C~ tit., II Member 01 the Youth
Wing 01 lhe C(l llgl e~' iltlll y In cllI'ly
fil'th~ .. , wtl lJkcc\ 111 Ihe I'll ", (icnerul
1 ~l eclil1n ... (IQ5 1-«i2) in Punult NcJII'u\
I'll dJul1Ie nlm y C0 I1 "l1it uC'nq. Ph u Ipu r:
DIf(~e tor , .I & K Ape/(
Cooperative Hank lI nu vlI llou t., olhel
CO{lpcrutlvc in!l.l1tullon~ : olle 01 thl' FllUlillcl MClllhc,'l 01
th e r) C[11ottUw.. NatH.1l1ul Ctllllcrcl1l'c under thc lelllll' l, hlp
0\ lute Shll G M Sudllj und SllIi n P Dhul. Whlt'h fl1Ught
tm j1rogll:-.,,,,vc pollclc" unt.! wHich t-U"',-lIIlCti the pcople's
nWVClTle llt 111 KUli;hlllll 101 l11ll1l11 g the natlO ll u\ nHIIIl"ltn:UIII,
Mcmbcl . J & K I egl'.. lutlve A~'1cl1lhly hom 1967 to IQ77
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GHOSH, SHRI OIPEN: B.Com.; C P I (M)(We,t Bengal). Imb.1I1.13r;lI1<:h 01 Inln P,lrlial11l.:n li.lry I '[lion: participaled
s. of late Shri Sachindra Bhusan Ghosh; b. at Jessorc a... ImI[an Delegate in the 73rd Inter-Parliamentary Union
(now 10 Banglade,h). February I. ('onkrem:l" ilt 1.0l11l' n 1It!1l) III I "}x:, lind .i1,0 7flth
1932; ed. at (i) New Model Town Cnnkl~lH:l til Ihuh. . lh \Hl'" (/\1")11:111I1M) 111 JI}Xh: ckctcd
Academy. Jes",orc "nd Cii) 1111 he Ri.I i~iI S.. hha 111 I uh 1II." I il nd J"I..•• ••:klll.:d 111 .I uh . I t}~7
Surendranath College (formerly Ripon
College). Calcutta; m. Shrimall Rina 11"111·1,1, ahmwllol!1l 'J11!l.:rl:l. 11 :11\, l
". ,\lgl'l1linil
Ghosh, January 22. 1962; I ,; Trade
Cuha. USSR. Spain I"rilnct' . \\;\:,1 (;l.:rl11i1I1V Nethcrlilnd.
UnioOist and Social Worker; jomed,
Swnkn .1f1l1 Nnrw<ty .
(i) Youth Movement 10 1950 and (il)
Trade Union Movement of the Central PIIM/w(W/I, Sl.:wl~1I artick, publl'.. hl'll III
Government Employees In 1953;
Dailic,/WI.:':khc .../Monthhe ... 011 the ,,:onditltlT1 ot Will I-.l'I'
detained under MISA In 1974 ror two
and '..'l11ploYl·r.: ... ilnd I.:clll1omi<: aHalr,
months and again during E'mergcncy
under MISA from July, 1975
Spl'nal mlen'JI\. 1.ilnalurl.: and JOlirnah'T11.
to January, 1977; JOIOt Convener. 12th
July Committee (3 JOint platform of worker"i /-"m'ollf/te I'm"'1/(' (/ml rt'crt!{f'irUl Playing (he' ....
cmployec"i.teachcrs In West Bengal); 3"i",ociated wilh ",evcral
Trade Union" as Prc"iident; General Secretary. ('()~ordmatJon Block B. nat ."\. ('IT S<:hl.:T11c·lI .
I'{'mllmelll m/cln'.\.\"
Committee of Central Government Employees, Workers' 15 . Be(hulal Road. Calcu\la-70() 014
Union and Association, West Beng<J1. 1966 HI and It"i
President since 19R1; Secretary. Vidya",agar Muchipara
Local Committee of Calcutta Yuba Sangha, 1952; Leader
of CPI (M). Ralya- Sabha since 1984; Member. (i) Nallonal
Executive of Confederation of Central Government
Employees and Workers. (ii) Central Government Employees
in the Department of Commercial Intelligence and Stati",tics,
Calcutta, December. 1953 to June. 1981. (iii) Central
Executive Committee of All India Defence Employees
Federation, (iv) National ShippIOg Board. 1982- ·85, (v)
Committee on Subordinate Legislation. Rajya Sabha, from
1982 to 1984. (vi) Bu,iness Advisory Committee. Ralya
Sabha. 1982-84. (Vii) Commlltee of Privilege,. Ralya Sabha.
1984-85 and 1986-87, (viii) General Purpo,e, Commlltee.
Ralya Sabha. 1984-85 and 1986-87. (ix) Railway Convention
('ommittee, 1985 and (x) Executive Committee (1967) of the

RAJYA SABHA
GOPALAN, SHRI R.T. : B.P.E. ;A .l.A .D.M.K.lI (Tamil
Nadu); s. of Shri r.. Thimmiah Gowder; b . at Cumbum.
Madurai District. Tamil Nadu. August
16.1943; ed . at (i) H K R .H . College .
Uthamapalayam and (ii) Jivaji
University. Gwalior: m. Shrimati G
Pangajam. July 5. 1970; I s. and 2
d.; Agriculturist : worked as Physic2i
Director at N .S.K.P. High School .
Gudalur, 1970-1977; previously
associated with D.M .K.
1960-1971; participated i"
Anti-Hindi agitation in 1965 : Member .
(i) Syndicate Kamraj University
Madurai , 1985-88. (ii) Tamil
Nadu Legislative As<embly . 1980-84, (iii) Spices Board
since 1987, (iv) Advisory Committee Telephones . Madurai
Division . and (v) Committee on Subordinate Legislation .
Rajya Sabha. since July. 1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha
'" Jul y. 1986.
Clubs' Associated with variou"i local clubs.
Travels abroad : Japan , Singapore. Hong Kong and
Malaysia .
Special interests :Politics and Social work
Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading. Classical
Musi c. Volley-ball . Basket-ball and Sight seeing.
Permanent address: 28. Amaravathy l\Iarn. Alamarathu
Street, Cumbum, Madurai District. Tamil Nadu- Pin-626 516.
WHO·S WHO 97
GOPALSAMY, SHR! V. : M.A. (Economics). B.L; D.M.K.
(Tamil Nadu); s. of Shri T.A.G. Vaiyapuri Naicker; b .
at Kallingapatti. May 22. 1944; ed.
at (i) St. Xavier's College.
Palayamkottai. (ii) Presidency College
and (iii) Law College. Madras; m.
Smt. G , Renugadevi. June 14. 1971;
1 s, and 2 d, ; Advocate; got Gold
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Medal in Economics and Best Speaker
award in St. Xavier's College in 1964;
won, (i) First Prize in
Party
Inter-Collegiate-Tamil Oratorical
the
competitions during 1964-65 and
1965-66. representing Presidency
College , Madras. (ii' First-Prize-
Silver Cup in Inter-Collegiate elocution competition
conducted by Madras City Police to celebrate Road Safety
Week in 1965 and (iii) Best Orator Award in Law College .
Madras in 1969; detained.'(i) under MISA from February
1, 1976 to February 2, 1977 and (ii) again for 40 days
for organising Black Flag Demonstration against Late Smt.
Indira Gandhi's visit te Tamil Nadu in October, 1977;
jailed. (i) four times. during 1978 81 for peaceful
demonstrations and picketing against Tamil Nadu State
Government, (ii) four times during 1982-83 for organising
Volunteer Camps of D.M.K., (iii) three times during
1984 86 for participation in agitations against the State
Government and (iv) during 1986-87 for anti-Hindi agitations;
President, (I) Presidency College. Victoria Hostel Tamil
Association. 1965-66. (ii) Land Development Bank.
Kur'lvikulam. 1971-75 and (iii) M,D,K, Co-operative
Supervisors' Training Institute 1971-76; Chairman. (i)
Panchayat Union , Kuruvikulam.Tirunelveli District. August.
1970 to December. 1976 ano (ii) Tirunelveli District
Co-operative renlral Bank. 1972-73; Propaganda Secretary.
D .M.K. Party for Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts .

RAJ .... A S,\BII \
May. 1977-7~: Secretary. r·.icctlnn Campaign. DMK
hC<Jdquarter since Augu .. t. 19R1: Convl:ner, Dr Karunanidhi
Voluntary Blood Donor· ... A",~ocli.t!ionllrunclvch: Organi..,cr
oj Youth F(1rum..,~ State Joint Orgalll"'l'r. DMK Sluclent",'
wing stnte 1970: Mcmner. (i) Aclillll Committee All IndICt
Antd li mh Agitation Council. 19(1:". (ti) ' ,xecutive
Committe!.: D M,K . Party ..,ince JlJ70, (iiI) Ratlwi.!\-'
Convention ("ommutee 19X]·R3 and It)X1·K4. (IV)
Parliamentary Comm ittee on the Welfi.lle of Schedu led
Ca..,te... Hnd Scheduled Trihe.... "'tnl:C I')R~·X4. (v)
P.lrliamentilfY Comm ittee 10 rCVII.:W th e filte of dividend
payilhle hy the [{.IlIWilY Undcrtilking 10 th e Gcner.tI Rcvenllt.:
and (vi) Comm ittee on Pelltion~. IlJR6·H7 vi..,l1ed mi.tny
cuuntne'" "I the World In 19M to <.I(klre ... .., meeting'" on
the ethnic 'I ilmll prohlcm of Sn I. a nk a~ clce!cd to the
R'I)ya Sahha '" April, 197K ano re-electeo In Apili. 19K4
Chlb I're ... idt.:nt Jnthi Sport<., Cluh.
PalaY;:lmk01!;u 1971 76.
Tra "rh ahroad US.A Uniled Kin~doJll h ,.nee.
We..,' Germany Canada. Italy- Swit/erland. Malay..,ta.
SinglJPorc Japan, Ii ong Kong. China, Au..,tr,.liil and
I hallano
Spulll l IIlrere\'l\ Agriculture. lite rature. rc..,cMch . "'porh ,
addrc",..,ing puhlic meeting'" etc, and organi\lng Youth
Forum",.
F"vourllt' pauline (md rC'f(('(If/{)fI H. cadlllg.
IJermafle'" addr('\\ Kalhngapa tli (I' ,() Tiruvcnadam,
Via, ~ankarank",1 fI "Iuk) '[ lTunelveil (f)"tl I Tamil Naou
WII/)'~ WilD
GOSWAMI. SHRI RAMNARAYAN : Matrie; C P I. (M)
(We ... 1.II Bengill), .... of laic Shn Pulmhl:h<H1 C.I0 ... W .1I1l1, h.
1.11 V I <lge & P.O Bh<llliJ . Di",trict
Burowan. We,t Bengal. April). 1935 ;
cd. ilt Bhaltil llanda ... Kilr Illgh School.
Bhilila. We..,1 Bl:ngltL m, Shrimati
Liltika (iO..,Wi.Iln1, March. 19fi2; 1 s.
and .2 d : wholl- time pilrty worker;
n:miJlnl:d ulllkrgrollnd for four years;
w".., impri..,oned In Burdwiln District
Fit I ilnd Allpnrc Cenlritl Jail for 5
yc;.tr", ilnd 6 monlhs; (,Iwirman, District
School Boaro . Inx H2; Joint
Secrcl<.lry. All Indm Kisiln Sabha'
Memher, (i) State Committee
(".P.I.(M). We' t Bengal. (ii) Central
C:o-operiJIIVe Soci.ety .. BurcJwan , 1.9RO- -H2, (Iii) Central
C~un,cll of ,AI~ Indm KI..,an SiJhha. (iv) State Council, We!>..!
(liockey), Beng.11 . Pr.lde,llIk K"'hak Sabha ano (v) We" Bengal
~e~I~l;.lIlv: A..,..,cmhly . 1977: -Rfi; Mmi ... tcr of SIi11C for the
cp<trtment of Ilc ~lIth & '-a mily WelfiJre . Government of
Wc!>..t Bengal , 19M2- -N6; elected to tho , 1"1 · -, S
OelOber. 19Ro. - , . IY· .. ahha In
PubhwlIOIH ' I.H nd reform ... <lnd I.e h lronl'
S ISpeClol _ H\ : Science, Philosophy ' II ·IS tory. Land
' Imlere.
. ys em III ndHi . Agriculture and Irrigation .
Favour;/(' 1"''il/mC' (md reCrellfiof/ : Reading.
Pt'fmallC'1/I addren .' Village & P,O . Bhalta District
Burdwfln , We\! Bengal. '
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Special interest: Reading.
GOWDA, SHRI 0.8. CHANORE: B.Sc .. LL.B; Janata:
s. of Shri D.A. Byre Gowda: h. at Daradahalli. August Flll'Olirite pastime and recreation: Playing cards. Billiards
26. 1936; ed. at l ocal Primary and Table Tennis.
Education School and Degree College.
Bangalore and Raja Lakhana Gowda Permallent address: Daradahalli , Mudigere.
Law College, Belgaum: m. 5hiimati Dl..,lrict-Chikmagalur. Karnataka.
B.S. Purna . May 22. 1966; 4 d.:
Advocate; previously associated with
the . Praja Socialist, Congress (R) and
Congress (I) Parties; President. (i)
Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress
Committee, 1973-76, (ii) Karnataka
Congress Commillee (U), 1979 and
(iii) Karnataka Roitha Karmika .
Horata Samithi, 1980 83; Vice·
President of !:ttudents' Union of Renukacharya College.
Bangalore; Chairman, lrrigation Advisory Board.
Government of Karnataka , 1985-86; General Secretary.
Students' Union, Raja Lakhana Gowda Law College,
Belgaum; Member, (i) Fifth and Sixth Lok Sabha, (ii)
Karnataka Legislative Council, 1978-82 , (iii) Karnataka
Legi,slative Assembly, 1983 85 and (iv) Committee on
Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha si nce July , 1988;
Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, 1983--85 ;
Minister for Minor Irrigation , Government of Karnataka ,
1979-80; Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka
Legislative Council, 1980·81; elected to the Rajya Sabha
in April, 1986.

Clubs: (i) Chikamagalur Club, (ii) Mysore Turf Club

Mysore and (iii) Bangalore Club, Bangalore.

Travels abroad: England, U.S.A., Sri Lanka , Japan.

East Germany. West Germany, Thailand. Singapore, all
European and Saudi Arabian countries.

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GOWDA, SHRI K.G. THIMME: B.Sc.. B.L.: Janata
(Karnataka); s. of Shri G. Venkataramana Gowda: b. at
Kanakapura. Distt. Bangalore. 1915;
ed. at Ii) Presidency College. Madras
and Iii) Law College. Madras: m.
Smt. Gangamma; 3 s. and I d.;
Agriculturi<'c Member. (i) Karnataka
Legislative A'sembly. (ii) Karnataka
.... ' Legislative Council. (IIi) Undivided
Congress and (iv) All India Congrcs'
• Committee; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April. 1984
I Clubs .' President. (i) Tennis Club.
Kanakapura and Iii) Karnataka
Sanga. Kanakapura.
Favourite pastime and recreation : Sport~ and reading.
Permanent address· Kanakapura. Distt . Bangaiore
(Karnataka).
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GUPTA, SHRI VISHWA BANDHU: B.Sc.; Congress (I)
(Delhi); s. of late Lala Desh Bandhu Gupta; b. at Delhi.
October 10. 1927; ed. in India and
U.S.A.; Graduated in Physics and
Chemistry from Wilmington College.
Ohio. U.S.A. in 1949; m. Dr.
Willagupta. 1953: Journalist;
Managing Editor. 'Daily Tej' and
'Sun' Weekly; President. (i) All India
Ne~papers Editors' Conference since
1980 and (ii) New Delhi District
Congress (I) Committee since 1976;
Vice.President. Delhi Pradesh
Congress (I) Committee. 1984; elected
Secretary General of the
Indian Federation of United Nations
Association; Secretary. Congress (I); Ex-member. Board
of Administration of Desh Bandhu College: Member, (i)
Newsprint Advisory Committee STC, Iii) Telephone
Advisory Committee, (iii) Maitreyi College, (iv) Indian
Language Newspaper Association and Indian & Eastern
Newspapers Society. (v) Interim Metropolitan Council in
1966. (vi) National Museum of Science and Technology
and (vii) Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha. \incc October.
1986; elected to the Rajy" Sabha in April. 1984.
Clubs: Vice-President. Aero Club of India; Hon.Secy ..
Delhi Gliding Club; founded the Ballooning Club ()f India,
Novemtsu. 197{J;Received Peace & Friend ... hip Award from
Balloon Federation of Pakistan, Member. Delhi Aying
Cluh ,ince 1945; Convener, Space Club ()f MPs.
Trove/.\ abroad: Visited .several countries of the world
,ince 194R excepl South Africa. Led All India Editors
delegation 10 Ihe peoples Republic of China in 19H5 and

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also travelled as Journalist to Europe and the America to
cover Prime Minister's various visit~ to countries there_
Accomplishment in arts and sciellu _. Attended the New
York School for specialisation in Printing Technology ~t
Pittsburg. USA and Member of a 3-man team to develop
artificial kidney and artificial lung machine at FeJs Research
Institute, Ohio. 1948-50.
Publications: Editor and Publisher: 'Sun' Weekly.
'Daily Ter (Urdu) and 'Treasure' monthly
Special interests: Flying. Science and science fiction.
Favourtte pastime and recreation: Gliding. Ballooning,
Astronomy and Space exploration.
Permanent address: 5, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-I 1000 I.
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WHO'S WIIO
'GURUNG, SHRI T.S. : Studied upto matriculation; C PI.
(M) (West Bengal); s. of late Honorary Captain. B. B.
Gurung (OBI); b. at Kohima
(Nagai and). October 29. 1923: ed. at
(i) Cotton Collegiate High School.
Gauhati. (A"am) and (ii) ShiJlong
Government High School. ShilioAg;
m. late Shrimati Isabella Edward
Gurung, 1962; President. (i) Himachal
Bayyamsala. District Darjeeling. West
Bengal, (ii) Gorkha Public Library,
District Darjeeling, West Bengal and
(iii) District School Board, Darjeeling.
West Bengal; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April. 1986.
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Special imerests: Education and Imparting
Phyc.,icallCulturai education to young men.
FallOl~rile pastime and recreation Reading and
encouraging and educating the youth for physical health!
cultural activities.
Pemuwerr' addre.H .- Bank Road. p, 0 .• PS & Suh-Divi ... ion
Kur ... cnng. Di.,u, Darjeeling (West Bengal).
·'ncluded on the basi' of 1986 Edition
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106
GURUPADASWAMY, SHRI M. S.: LL.B.; Janata
(Karnataka); s. of Shri Shivalinga Devaru; b. at Malangi,
District Mysore, August 7, 1922; ed.
at, (i) Maharajas Coliege, Mysore
University and (ii) Lucknow
University; m. Shrimati Rajashree.
May 10, 1944; 1 s. and 2 d.;
Agricuiturist; Participated in the
freedom struggle in 1942; organised
social works in the villages and urban
areas; Founder. Institute of
Parliamentary Studies, Delhi;
President, (i) Mysore State Studen,ts'
I Aid and Guidance Club, 1942-43, (ii)
Political Science Association.
Mysore University, 1943-44, (iii)
Mysore State Rationalist Association, 1947, (iv) Mysore
State Journalists' Association, 1950-51 (v) Tibet Committee,
1954, (vi) Sericulture Workers' Union, 1956-57, (vii) Mysore
State P.S.P., 1957-61 and (viii) Youth and Students' Wmg
of P.S.P.; Chairman. National Committee on Child Labour;
Editor, 'Prajamata' (Bangalore), 1948--52; General
Secretary, Indian Council for Africa; Secretary, Socialist
Guild, Bangalore, 1951; was Member. Parliamentary
Committee on Public Undertakings; Member, (i) Lok
Sabha, 1952-57, (ii) Citizens' Central Council, 1966, (iii)
National Advisory Committee of the Youth Congress,
1965-66, (iv) National Executive of P.S.P between 1957
and 1963, (v) National Executive of Congress (0). (vi)
National Executive of Janata Party. since May 1977. (vii)
Chanda Committee on Information and Broadcasting, (viii)
Youth Wing of the Ali India Congress Committee, Delhi,
1964, (ix) State Executive of the Mysore State Congress,
1964 69, (x) State Executive of the Janata Party, (xi)
General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha, since May,
1984, (xii) Executive of the Inter·Parliamentary Group in
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107
Parliament, (xiii) Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha.
1971 , (xiv) Business Advisory Committee. Rajya Sabha.
since May. 1984, (xv) Punjab Advisory Committee and
(xvi) Public Accounts Committee, 1986-88; Deputy Leader,
Congress (0) Parliamentary Party in the Rajya Sabha
1969; Leader of Congress (0) Parliamentary Party in the
Rajya Sabha. 1970-72 and Leader of the Janata Party in
the Rajya Sabha since April. 1984; Minister of State, (i)
Department of Atomic Energy. from March 18. 1967 to
June 5, 1967 and (ii) Ministry of Food. Agricultu,;;
Community Development and Cooperation, from June 6,
1967 to October 17, 1969; elected to the Rajya Sabha in
April, 1960; re-elected in April. 1966 and again elected
in April, 1984.
Travels abroad: France. U.K.. West Germany.
Switzerland, Italy, USSR, Israel , Iran, Afghanistan, U.S. A ..
Japan, Spain. Denmark , Sweden, Greece, Morocco. Algeria,
Tunisia, Ivory Coast, South Korea, Holland . Malays ia,
Singapore, Hong Kong . Poland , Canada and Australia .
Publications: 'International Studies', 'Political
Pilgrimage' and ·Communalism'.
Special interests: Reading, swimming, walking and
touring.
• Permanent t1ddress : 285122, Ramanuja Road, Mysore·4,
Karnataka.
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108 RAJYA SABHA
HANSPAL, StL.1U HARVENDRA SlNGH: B.Sc.; Congress
(I) (Punjab); s. of Sardar Gian Singh Hanspal; b at
Bathanwalan, District Sialkot (now in
Pakistan), May 4, 1938; ed. at Meerut
College, Meerut (U.P); m. Shrimati
Charanjit Kaur, April 29, 1961; 2 s.
and 1 d.; Businessman and Company
Director. strict vegetarian, Teetotaller
and staunch believer in the protection
of cow and in the preservation of
wild life; Patron, (i) Amateur Base
Ball Federation of India and (ii)
Indo~Thai Assocation; President, (i)
Narndhari Darbar (International). (ii)
World Punjabi Conference and
(iii) Satguru Pratap Singh Shat.badi
Samllt, Ex-Chairman, (i) Satguru Watches (P) Ltd .. New
Delhi and (ii) Central Training Institute. Ludhiana;
Chairman. (i) Committee in Parliament of Congress (I)
M.Ps [rom Punjab. (ii) Shaheed Bishan Singh Memorial
School, New Delhi (iii) Durga Bal Vidya Mandir. Rajpura
and (iv) House Committee, Rajya Sabha since July, 1988:
General Secretary, Satguru Pratap Singh Academy;
Ex-Director. Ii) Th' Trade,,' Bank Ltd .. New Delhi. (ii)
Satguru Wa:che, (P) Ltd .. New Delhi, (i,i) Standard
Fasteners (P) Ltd .. New Delhi and (iv) Kwick Travels (P)
Ltd., New Delhi; Member. (i) SenalC' Punjabl University
Patiala, (ii) International Punjabi Society. (iii) Punjab State
Integration Coundl, 1983 85. (iv) Regional Direct Taxe~
Advisory Committee. 1982--84. (v) Zonal Railway Users'
Consultallve Committee. 1975-77. (vi) Advisory ('ouncil
of the D.D .A, from 198{~ , (vii) Indian delegation to
the 36th United Nations General Assemhlv• Session in "lew
Y Jrk 10 1981.(viii) Committee on Government A~surance!;~
Rajya Sahha, 198'1 86 (ix) Governing Hodv of Punjabt
Academy Delhi and ( X) General Purposes Cnmmlttee
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WHO'S WHO
t
I Ralya Sabha. since July. 1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha
in July, 1980 and re-elected on July, 1986.
Clubs: Ex-President, Lions Club and Member, Punjabi
Bagh Club. New Delhi.
Travels abroad: Travelled extensively in U.S.A. Canada.
Europe, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Uganda. U.K.,
Tanzania. Kenya and Hong Kong in the interest of business
and for the welfare of the Indians settled abroad.
Accomplishment if! arts and science: Photoglaphy.
Pul;licariolls: Edited and published many books on
• Sikh History. was Editor of 'Shatabadi News' a Punjabi
monthly. managed 'Nawan Hindustan· a Punjabi Daily for
over three year!o., currently on the Editorial Board of
'Satjug' a weekly and 'Wariam' a monthly. (two very
popular Punjabi papers enjoying sizeable Circulation),
Special illlcrests,' Upliftment of small scale industry.
development of sports. particularly hoc.:kcy. tenms,
hadminton and t'romoting Indian cla!o.sical musIc.
F{H'Ollrite plI,\'ime and recreation' Reading. playllw
lenni~ and listening. classical music.
Permanent (uldre,\',\ Sri Bhaini Sahih. Dtstrit:1
LuJhiana. Punjab
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110 RAJYA SABHA
HANUMANTHAPPA, SHRI H,: B.A., B,L., R.B.V.:
Congress (I) (Kamataka): s. of Shri H. Mahalingappa: b.
at Guddada-Rangavva Nahally, May
13, 1932: ed. at (i) Kasavarahutty
and Pandarahally Schools, (ii)
Government High School. Hassan.
(IIi) Karnataka University, (iv) Mysore
University and (v) Dakshina Bharath
Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras; m.
Shrimati Kotramma, February 9,1957:
3 s. and 4 d.; Advocate; a Congressman
of pre-Independence era; participated
in 1942 and 1947 movements through
Students' Congress; worked as a
Congress Seva Oat Volunteer. later
on as an organiser of the Bharat
Seva Dat for 2-! years; served in the
Executive Committee of the State Bharat Seva Oat for 13
years; actively participated in Khadi movement for 14
years; organised Village Industries in 4 Districts through
co-operative societies; worked as (i) Joumali~t for 10 ~ears
and (ii) Official Receiver at District Court; act1v~ly asso~la~ed
with organisations such as (i) Khadi Co-operative SOCietieS,
(ii) Bapuji Educational Societies and (iii) Charkha Pmch~ra
Sanghas; District Correspondent 'Deean Herald' an E~ghsh
Daily published from Bangalore for 10 years; Preslde~~,
(i) Bharat Seva Dal, Kamataka since June 15, 1982, (II)
Karnataka Pranteeya Hindi Prachar Sabha since May, 1982,
(iii) Karnataka Sangha, Chitradurga, (iv) Grama. Bharathi
Federation of Kamataka, (v) Chitradurga DIStrict Khadl
Co-operative Society and (vi) Officers' A~sociation of
Copper Units in Kamataka; Vice-President, (i) Kamatak~
State Bharat Seva Dal for 3 years and (ii) Grama Bharathl
Federation of Kamataka; Chairman, (i) Railway Service
Commission, Bangalore,1980-82 and (ii) All India Scheduled
Castes Development Co-operative Society; General
,
WHQ'S WHO III
Secretary, (i) Bapuji Education Society, (ii) District Congress
(I) Committee and (iii) Kamataka Pradesh Congress (I)
Committee,1979 RI and again since July 1, 1983: Founder
Secretary. District Ambedkar Institute and organised
'Ambedkar Day' and 'Seminars' of the Scheduled Castes
at Taluk level and Di!)trict level and participated in lecture~.
symposia and debates: Secretary. (i) Saraswati Law Colleg~.
Chitradurga and (ii) Constitution.1 Club, New DeIhl:
Member, (i) Drought Prone Area Development Authority,
(ii) Assam Legislation Committee, (iii) Orphanage Hostel
Committee, (iv) Ambedkar Institute, (v) Bonded Labour
Committee of the Govt. of Karnataka, (vi) Committee on
Welfare of Lawyers. (vii) Hindi Salahakar Samithi of the
Railway Board. (viii) District Rural Development Society.
(ix) District Development Council, (x) Council of the Indian
Institute of Sciences, Bangalore 198.l-86. (xi) Parliamentary
Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes, 1982-84 and 1986 88, (xii) Business Advisory
Committee, Rajya Sabha, 1981 86, (xiii) General Purpos",
Committee. Rajya Sabha, since October. 1986 (xiv)
Karnataka State Khadi and Village Industries Board. 1973
78, (xv) National Productivity Council. (xvi) Central Silk
Board, (y\'ii) National Commission on Rural Lar.our. (xviii)
.1oint Parliamentary Committee on Bofors Contract. (xix)
Communication and -oe~:ign Committee of the
Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Independence
and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary. (xx) Policy and
Programme Commitlee of All India Congrcs~ Committee.
(xxi) Economic Trust Committee of All India Congres~
Committee. (xxii) Executive Committee of the Bar
As,\ocialion. Chitradurga and (xxiii) Committee on
Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha since July. 1988;
nominated to the panel of Vice-Chairmen. Rajya Sabha.
1986-87, 1987-88 and renominaled on 28th April. 1988:
elected to Ihe RaJya Sabha in April. 1982,
 WHO'S WHO
•
RAJYA SABHA

HARI SI~GH. SHRI : M.A., LL.B, Diploma in Journalism:

Publications: Articles in Kannada and E!1glish.
Congress (I) (Uttar Pradesh); s. of late Shri Murlidhar:
b. at Bulandshahr. Uttar Pradesh.
Special interest: Social service.
December 16, 1929; m. Sbrimau
Karuna ; 2 s. and 5 d.: Journalist;
Favourite pastime and recreation . Reading.
worked for upliftmcnt of fanners.
labourers. persons of minority
Permanent address: Sadhana, 119. Nehru Nagar
communities and other weaker sections
Chitradurga. Karnataka.
ofsociety: President. All India Valmiki
Vikas Parishad: General Secretary,
(i) Uttar Pradesh Congress
Committee (J), Lucknow and (ii)
Uttar Bharat Progressive Kisan
Mazdoor Sabha, New Delhi;
Convener. Uttar Pradesh Congress
M.Ps, in Parliament; Member,
(i) Legislative Assembly. Uttar
Pradesh. 1967 and again 1980-85. (ii) Lok Sabha, 1971-77,
(iii) Uttar Pradesh Congress Executive Committee (I). (i\')
Parliamentary Board. Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
(I) ano (v) All India Congress Committee (I); Minister
of State, Government of Uttar Pradesh , I980-8S: elected
to the Ran'a Sabha ill April. i988.

Publicafions. Written articles. stories and pamphlets

011 current social. political , agricultural and labour problem ...

Special interests' To see rnonurnen~s and historical

places and to witness sports and game ....

Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading clas~i(,,;al

literature in HIOdi aud English including religious hook ..
and to Ii'itcn to cla ... sical music.

PcmwII£.'1II Ilddres,\': 220. Civil Lines. Bulandshahr,

CHar Pradc ... h .

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114 RAJYA SAB HA
HASHMI , SHRI SHAMIM : M.A.,B .L.; Lok Dal;(Bi har):
s. of late Shri S.M. Quuamruddin; b. at Motiha ri , East
Champaran. Bihar. January 16, 1940:
ed. at G.S.V. and M.S. College.
Motihari: rn. Shrirnati Nasima Sha rn im
Hashmi; September >8. 1957: 4 s.
and 1 d.: Advocate: dedicated to the
cause of. (i) working agains~ the ev ils
of dowry. (Ii) starting educational
institutions and (iii) working for socia l
harmony; previously associated with
,- Praja Socialist Party, Sanyukt Socialist
Party. Socia list Pa!'ty. Bharaliya Lok
Dal and Janata Pany; Chairman (i)
Socialist Party. Champaran. 1971-72.
(ii) Sanyukt Socialist Party.
Champa ran and (iii) Bharatiya Lok
Dal; Vice-President. Riyasti Anjurnan Taraq· Urdu. Bi har.
1977-80; Special Invi tee, National Executive of Bharatiya
Lok Dal; Director, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation.
1977-80; General Secretary, (il Janata Pany Bihar. 1977-80
and (ii) Lok Dal Bihar, 1980-86; National General Secretary.
Lok Dal. since 1986; Member. Legislative Assemb ly, Bihar.
1980-85: member of a number of social, cultural and
Educational institutions, including Libraries, Schools and
Colleges in the districts of East and West Champaran,
Bihar; elected to the Rajyo Sabha in Apri l. 1988.
Trm'els abroad: Bangladesh and Nepal.
Special interest : Reading.
FalLourite pastime and recreation: Music and Songs.
Permanent address: AI. Motihari. District East
Champa ran . Bihar.
WHO'S WHO 1lS
HEPTULLA, DR. (SHRIMATI) NAJMA : M .Sc. (Zoology)L
Ph. D. (Cardiac Anatomy) ; Congo (I) (Maharashtra); d .
of Shri Syed Yousuf Ali; b. at Bhopal
·(Madhya Pradesh), April 13, 1940;
ed. at Motilal Nehru Vigyan
Mahavidyalaya; m . Shri Akbar
Heptulla ,December 7, 1966; 3 d .;
social worker and doing rest-arch in
scientific field; associated with the
Indian National Congress; got first
division and stood first in the
University in M.Sc. (Zoology) , 1960;
got Junior Fellowship of the CSIR
for 2 years and Senior Fellowship for
three years; worked in the
scientists pool of the Gov!. of India
for one year; Fellow of the Academy of Zoology, India
and Zoological Society of London ; \\<as selected for the
post of lecturer by the Madhya Pradesh Public Service
Commission and was promoted as Assistant Professo[~
worked as a Professor of Zoology; also selected by the
Union Public Service Commission for the post of Pool
Officer of the CSIR; was offered the Senior Research
Fellowship of the National Council of Educational Research
and Training. India; participated in more than hundred
semjnars and meetings for the status of women in India
and submitted a plan of 17 points for the betterment of
the conditions of women; travelled widely to Arab countries
to promote better relations between India and those
countries; Founder, Maulana Azad Multipurpose Higher
Secondary School, Bhopal; President, (i) Maharashtra
Parents' Teachers' Association and (ii) Indo-Arab Society ;
Vice-President, Bombay Pradesh Congress Committee;
Director, Bandra People's Cooperative Bank; was Hony.
General !'ecretary, Indo-Arab Society; was General
Secretary , (i) Bombay and Regional Congress Committee
 RAIYA 'iARHA
and Oi) Science Forum of Parliamentj General Secretary.
All India Olngress Olmmittee (I) smce 19R6; Convener,
0) Committee on the Educational Refonns for Women
and (ii) Bombay Prade;h Young Women'. Cangress for
five years; Joint Convener, Environment Forum In
Parliament; Secretary, Science Forum in Parli6menl~
Treasurer, Society for Latin Am~ricll; was Member, (i)
Oombay Cit)' Social Education Committee, (Ii) Maharashlra
Committee for the implementation of the Natiunal Plan
of action for Women, (iii) All India Hal Advisory Board,
(iv) Zonal Railways Users Olnsuliative Olmmltl<t of Ih<
Central Railways, (v) Post, and Telegraph. Hindi AdvISory
Committee, (vi) TV Programme Advisory C'ummiu~t',
(vii) Central Railways Claims Olmmillee, (viii) Madhya
Pradesh Congresl; Committee for fjv~ years, (Ix) Natiunal
Committee of India for Internatiunal Women' .. Year, (x)
StHle Level Committee for Inltrnational Women's Year,
(xi) Aligarh Muslim University Coun (xii) Jaw,lha'!;11
Nt-hru Umvenlty Court and (xiii) 1('( K. General UCJJy
and E,lCeCUl!ve Commjtttc, Mt:mbn, (I) I ndi'in Sell'fln
('ongres .. for the last 16 years, (iI) Advl!)UlY n,UIIlIJllcc
and J ~ditorial Board or [WIJ Re~t:arch Joumalb- "I he 1nohm
Journal lIf 7,.(mJogy' and 'Journal of Anah/nlY', (iii) All
India ( 'ongrtss (Jlmmllf-t/:. (iv) Bomhay Prouksl. ('ongft"5
Comnllllt:t. (v) CtJmmitlt:f" fin P~tlliClnl;1 J<ltjya !-)lIhh,1
JI)H2-X4, (vi) lJellt'ral PurpoS«:1; (ommillt'c", ){JJYu Sithll,I,
l'm2 K4 , (vii) P:tfliamt':nl~lry C4lOlmlllt-l UII J'uhlk AnolJnl~,
ICJk4 W, (viii) ( 'omnllttet' on Jiul,'s, H.ajYh ~ilhh", JI,)o:J K2,
(ix) 101111 iillJUlIiftcl'. on tilt: MIHliilgc Law. (A"ItHlhm'nt)
Bill , JIJXI, JlJHtJ -kl Hlld (X} Ct/nUIllItI'I' 1,1 I'nviJI W'i, J';lJya
~;Ihhil 'lIIl.(: ruly , IIJH~; JJnlet! Mt 111111 J ('IIIIIJlIIIIWt.11I1J
l'll.-tlltllU'ILI;uy A~~IlJaljfJfI· AIh'lIdt'tI, Ii) Illdiall
P;l/lllilllenl<IIY l)d~V;fft(,n III tHt" (,"llerlll AtI!lC ,Hilly !)t b~ilJll
f,f Jnrl r1 N,IWm ,flld worked in 1tIC:: If'if" lid! I'"hlll III
( 100mJ r '" (ll) 1';tflr;lIl1~lIt~uy JJdq!,IIIIIII 10 ,I"
JI.. Ic.:lillue
.. f'llo! ('-U1J!rc , VI Jltl!, 0, ~;jbketdlcW1IIJ I il f\t'I"K-rtli
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WHO'S WI\O
10 attcnd ('Oll1nJllllwl'alth Paflinmentilry Conil:rl"lll'c.:' III
19H~, (II) (ondon , New York, Chicago San I ranl'lo,Ctl,
I,o~ Angl"lt.'~, Wa~hingllln and Tnkyn iI~ a dl'k'g;11l" In
:lIlend Slic.: nce and T t!d1l1ulngy llll.'l.' [lJlg~ in 19H5 (ill)
Moscuw a~ a dl.'kgall· 01 (IHJian NalJonal ['ongrCl;o, If)
Hlll'nLl 271h CPSU mt'e~rng III 19Xfl, (Iv) RonHinia Il) !!Ign
II Prolot'ol hl'IW~l'll Indian Nallonal Congrl.'ss !tnd Natronal
DemnCftdlL PitHy 01 H.llllllll1ta , (v) ('alrl) 10 attt'nd 11ll" 41h
Ruling NUllunal ()emm.: ralj( (laity Ctllllcl'I'nCl.' on hl'hull
01 Indian Nlilintlill Congrl'l;l;,(vi) JL'rsy Itl :1I1l'nd ['.Xl'l' UIIW
Cnll1rnillL'l' IlIt~l'IIJ1)! oj ('qmmollwl'allh Palliillllt'1l 1ar y
AI'IS(Klillillll, 19H1l. (viI) I ,t) nddn II) dlll'lll! thl.' Anllual
Con It' I e Ill't' 01 COlllIlll)1l Wt" itll h r:L1 Iill mt.: n iii J Y A SM ll: III lion,
19H(I , (viiI) furkl'y 10 atll'nd 671h Annivef'lalY 01 I Uf"I"Ih
ParllilIHl'llt 19K7, (ix) Mulay!')ia 10 :IIIl'Jld Ihl I ',Xl'l'ut tVI:
('CUllIllltlt'l' til COl1llllonwealth !';lflr:lfllt'nl, ny
1llt.'l'iIJlg
A~sodallqn and Ihl' Annual COIlit'n:ncl' 01 COlIlJlUlflWl'alth
Pariianll'nwl'Y A!t~tH:ialJt)fl 19H7, (x) MtJ!'Il:l)w 101 thl'
IIHluguraliol1 01 Stit'JlL:t:' &. I t:'('hIlOlllgy ' ,xllIhllillll as a pill I
01 Indian r'nlival in U,SS R 19K? ant! (XI) Port 1)1
Sp:un, ' I nuidad &. tohago In IlLll'nd 1',xt'L: utivt· COlllflllII l't."
meel inil, 01 ('1)1111111 HI WI.' II It h I'll rI i aUlell1 My A !')~UL:Htllt 111. 19KI'{:
nOIllIlHlIl'd 10 Ihe PUlwl til Vict, Chalfllll"n, RaJya "'inhhu,
IlJK2-X'~i I)c.:· ptlly ('h:linn:ll1, R:IJY:L Silllh" lrom.l:ullHIlY
2;, 19M, III 1"I1L1'1I Y1£1, ILJHh ilnd IIg:tllll'll'(ll·t!OIl NOVl'JIIhl:1
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rt;' ~ l'Il't lt·d In July , 19H(),
('II/In ML"lllht' l , Pll'~ iLh'nl'y Radio ('ILlIl I
(i) IhHllhliy
HIIJIllmy alld (II) SCII Itw:k II ott.' I Clull, HomhllY
JItI\'I'f~ 11/1'(1(111 IrUtl AI!J,hlllll!)lIJlI, ")!tuttl AluiJiu, Illlya
SYIIIL tJ I , I fdnU' It:dy Wl'~1 ()t'IIlHLIlY, liSA I 1I1I11ll" ,
I gypl 1111110,,:1 , ( 'YIlI L1~ , lJS~I{ ilnd 1{l)lHanlli
118 RAJYA SABHA
Accomplishment in arts and science: Specialization in
Science and passed an examination of Royal Drawing
Society of London; got Pil. D degree at the young age of22.
Publications: Published,(i) i2 research papers in indian
Science Congress. (ii) research paper on the Scientific
research on heart in Anatomical Record, Philadelphia,
U.S.A. and (iii) many research papers in Foreigo and
Indian Journals; written in many Indian and foreign
magazines mostly on political issues and women's progress
and problemSj; Editor&'P ublisher of the Indo-Soviet Women's
Magazine named 'HAMARJ GOSHTHT' (Quarterly) since
1986; Author of a bOOk: 'India's Progress in Science &
Technology, Continuity & Change'.
Special interests: Promotion of scientific knowledge,
secular values and upliftment of women and international
understanding.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading and Writing;
free-lance Journalism; collecting music of various languages
and countries; sports and games took active part in
Badminton and Squash.
Permanent address: Heptullah Park, 2nd Hasanabad
Road, Santa Cruz (West), Bombay-400054 (Maharashtra).
WIIO'S WHO
HUSAIN, SHRI M.'F.: (Nominated); awarded Honorary
Doctorate by Banaras Hindu University, lamia Millia
Islamia University and Mysorc
University; s. of Slui Fid<l Ilusain; b.
at Pandharpur. Mnharashtra.
September IS. 1915; m. Shrimati Fazila
Husain. March II, 1941; 4 s. and 2
d.; Artist (Painter), started career by
painting cinema posters. billboards and
ha "nerS:ln d su bseq til.! n t Iy swi tc~ed over
to designing toy~ and furnit ure in 1941 in
Bombay; was conferred, (i) National
Award in 1955. (ii) Tokyo
Bienalle, 1959, (iii) "PADMA
SHREE" in 1968, (iv) National
Award for Film. 1968 and (v) PADMA
BHUSHAN in 1973; his film 'Through u1e Eyes of a
Painter' won the National Award and the "Golden Bear"
at lnternational Film Festival in Berlin in L967; held several
one-man shows of his paintings 1948 onwards in different
cities of India. Europe. U.S.A., Canada. Middle East and
South East Asia; participated in National and International
Exhibitions; his paintings were exhibited as a Special
Invitee Artists along vith Pablo Pisasso in S~lO Paulo in
1971·, made twelve Short Films since 1967; executed murals
in major cities in India and abroad; FellOW, Lalit Kala
Academy; Life Member, India International Centre;
nominated to the Rajya Sabha in May,1986.
Travels abroad: Travelled extensively all over the world.
Publications' (i) 'Story of a Brush'. (ii) 'Poetry to oe
seen', (iii) 'Husain', (iv) 'Lellers', (v) 'Triangles' and (vi)
'Retrospective' .
Special interests : Films and Poetry.
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120 RAJYA SA BIIA

ISLAM, SHRI UAI1ARUL: MA . I L.B , ('ung' c" (I)

Fa 11011 ritt' pawi",,, and reCf'f!llfio" .- Reading und t rave I.
(Alls,u'1): .. on 01 IHIC T~lIl1Jil Ail: horn at Villagl': UUriJIHI.
Dil\(I. Ka1l1rup . AII .. :llll. MiJrch I, 191R;
Permanent address . 11. Jolly Mnker Aptlrtmcnts 1.
cd. al GlllUUI1 "iSh School. Nalhtln.
119. currcPa,adc. B0 1l1nay-401M105
C'ollon College. ('lmhtlli any Aligurh
Mu ... 11111 Univcr ... ity ; 111 . BC ~lIlT1 Sah;ha
, ... lam.March 2f1 , l l)4t' ;2"',lInd 1 d,

Founuer MCIl1!11.:1 of Snt.:iHII,' 1'111 ty

of Imliu (AIISfllll HHlnch) :1I1U Ml?l11bcr
0 1 its Exccutiw tlnd II" TlclI,urcr
(194H -56): "c, igncd fl'0111 tln: S(reia!!,'
1':lIly lind Join!;d Inuinrl Nutlol1ul
Co ngrc" in 1(9) ~ II tcr il'; i ICl'Cplttn CC
of ~or.:i:di ... n' tl' it... goal:
Memher. A"!sum P(,C (1961 -67) uf the
Execu tiv e ("'If the (iaulwli DC": u niJl1ll1lllu .. ly c lcr tl'd,
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for Assam, Mcghalaya. Manlpur, Tripura, MI/OTam and
Arunachal Pradesh,
Participated In international Conference.. held III
Rangoon, (January. 1953); Moscow (l.aw Seminar. May
19R2); Baghdad (1983); World Peace Conlerence al BeiJing.
19R~; Centenary celebration of the Indian N"ltional Congress
held in BuuapN (Hungary). 19R5.
President of thl: following non-official orgalll/<ltions.(i)
Society for l.aw and Justice (India), (ii) Unity Intertwtlollal,
(i ii ) UOity India and (iv) Foreign Afhlirs C lub of IndIa e tc.
Ch"irman. of (i) the Committee for Social Security to
Legal Practitioner ... and (ii) Committee for Legi ... latinn for
the Ifandicapped
Delivered Fourth Motilal Nehru Memorial Leclure
organised by thl! Indian In ... tilute of Constlluttonal and
Parliamentary Studies on the Comt ltut ion of India and
Nallonal Unity. Dec. 9. 19R7
Travels abroad.' Burma. Malaysia. Switlerland, USSR.
FRG. France. England. Italy. Iraq . Saudi Arahla. Chma
anJ Hungary.
Special imerest, Social uplift.
Permafleflt addreJ.5,' Dr. B.K,Kakoti Road, Rchabari,
Guwahati·781 008.
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JACOB, SHRI M. M.: M.A .. LL.B .. Diploma in Income·Tax
Law and Certificate in Social Science~ Congre:;s(l) (Kcrala);
s. of Shri Mathew; b.at Ramapuram ,
Di"lricl Kottayam . Kerala. August 9,
1928; ed. at (i) University College.
Trivandrum. (ii) S.H. College,
Thevara. (iii) Loyala College, Madras.
(iv) Lucknow University and (v) The
University of Chicago. U.S.A.: m.
Shrimati Achnmma (since deceased),
November 28. 1955; 4 d.; Advocate;
Political and Social worker;
participated in the freedom
movement during student days; held
various elected positions in the
College Unions: actively a~sociated
with Youth & Sports activities; social se rvice through Bhoodan
Movement. Bharat Scwak Samaj (B.S.S.). Red Cross. etc.;
organiIJcd and conducted a large . numb~r of students and
Youth Camps. through B.S.S In vanau"" parts of the
country, 1954 64; held various positions in Indian National
Congress "incc 1952 : Convener, Ideology Cell of Congre~s
Party at State Level. 1971 ·72; Adviser. Youth Work Camps
in Sri Lanka, representing International Work Camps
Committee of UNESCO, 1960: took active interest in
Cooperative Movements ; ~emher " (i) Rubber B~ard. (il)
Coffee Board , (iii) TourISt AdVISory Board. (IV) COIr
Board, (v) AICC since 1971. (vi) Indian YouthDelegation
at World Youth Festival in Moscow,1957. (VII) General
Purposes Committee, Rajy,a Sabha,198~~85. (viii) Business
Advisory Committee. RaJya Sabha, ~lnC~ 13th Febr~ary)
1986 and (ix) Committee on Rules" RaJya Sahha., sln~e
{jth February, 19H6; visited North Vletn;:,~, an~ China, In
Youth Delegations. 1957 ; partici~ated In, <,I) tr~lnlng
programme for youth leaders and socla,l workers In Chlcag?,
U,S,A., 1961 , (ii) International Seminar on "Partners In
124 RAJYA SABI-IA WHO'S WHO 125

a Developing World" held at Bo nn , Wesl Germany, 1968 ; Publications ,' Articles and booklets in Malayalam and
attended International Seminar on Social Science and Social English .
Work in Cleveland, U.S.A., 1976; Delegate to (i) the U .N.
General Assembly, New York. September-December, 1985 Special imerests ,' Social work and Youth welfare.
anrl (ii) Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in London
in September-October, 1986; Managing Director, Favourite pastime and recreation ,' Reading .
"Veekashanam"-a National Daily. in Malayala m published
from Cochin, 1982-86; Chief Editor and Publisher "Congre .. Permanent address,' 1- I , lawahar Nagar ,
Review" fortnightly published from Trivandrum, 1979-84; Trivandrum-695003. (Tele ; 61393).
President, Kerala State Cooperative Rubber Marketing
FedefOtion for 6 years; Chairma n, (i) ChitraLckha Film
Cooperation Society, Trivandrum, (ii) Kcrala Pradesh Sewa'
Dal Board,1973-75, (iii) Plantalion Co rporation of Kerala ,
1974 78 and (iv) Committee on Subordinate Legislation,
Rajya Sabha, 1984 86; Director, (il Indian Overseas Bank ,
Madras, (ii) Hindustan Latex Ltd., Trivandrum and (iii)
Pilai Marketing Co-operative Society. General Secretary.
Kerala Pradesh Congress (I) Commi tt ee, t978-84 ;
Treasurer, Kerala Pradesh Congress (I) Committee sin ce
1984; Leader, (i) Indian Delegalion to Sri La nka for the
International Seminar on Natural Rubber Producing
Countries in 1980, (ii) Disarmament Symposium of U.N.
and Inter-Parliamentary Union in Maxico in May , 1985 and (iii)
Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Zaire in October, 1986;
Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sab" a from 22nd February, 1986 to
21st October, 1986; Mini"er of Slate in lhe Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs since 22nd October. 1986: e leeled 10 the
RaJya Sabha in July, 1982 and re-elected in July, 1988.

Travels abrvaa : Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium , China,

Cyprus, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, Gennan
Democratic Republic, Greece, Egypt , France, I fong Kong ,
(Ialy. Lebanon , Malaysia, Netherlandt" North Vietnam,
Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, U.S.A
and U.S.S.R.

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JAMIR. SHRI S. C. : B.A. LL.B; Congress(l) (Nagaland); rndonesia, Singapore, Japan etc.
~. of Shri Senayangba Jamir ; b. al Village Ungma, Nagal;:JOd.
OClOber. 17. 1931: cd ., (I) Favourite pastime and recreation: Tree Plantation and
Government HE. School. hunting.
Mokokchung, Nagalanll. Oi) SC01ish
Church College. Calcutta and (ii,) Special Interests: Social Service and Football.
Allahabad University; m Smt.
Alemla. February 14 . L959; 1 ,. and Permanent address: Nagarjan, P.O.-Dim.pur,
2 d.; Lawyer; previou~ly a..,sociated Nagaland.
with the Naga National Council,
President , Students Christian
Movement , A!lahabad, 1955·56;
General Secretary, S.C.M.,Allahaoad,
1956-57 ; Joint Secretar~,Naga People's
Convention. 195M; Chairman.
Boundary Commi\\lon, Nagi.lland;
Vice-Chairman. Mokokchung Town C'ommillcc, 1960;
Member. (I) Negotiating Body of the N.P.C which mel
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1960, resulting in the creation
of "lagaland as [he sixteenth State of the fndi<ln Union.
I
iii' Interim Body of Nagaland, (ill) Indian Delcg,lllon 10
United Nations in 1962 , (iv) Indian delegation for Social
Welfare Conference at Manila , 190H. (v) Inulan delegalion
10 fL.O .,1969 and (vi) Second, Third and Fourth Lok
Sahha,1901-70; Parliamentary Secretary attached 10 Ptlndu
Jaw(Jharial Nehru in the Union Mini··ary of External Affairs ;
Deputy Minister in the Union Ministries of Railway ... ,
L~jhour, Employment and Rehabilitation :lnu Food &
Agriculture, l1J68---70; Minister of Finance, Government
of Nagaland, 1974; Depuly Chief Mini.,er , Nagaland 1977 ;
Chief Minister , Nagaland, 1979 and 14H£--H6; elected to
Ihe RaIY. Sabha in July , 1987 .
Hohhy ' Reading .
7 raVl'I.5 abroad ; U .S. A., U , K ., France, Germany, Italy,
'iwit7...erland, Burma, Thailand , Malaysia, Philippines,

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Baoslade.h . P:llt\' (HlqW'i lhun) , ... , {II 1 hulo..lJr Sardur Singh. b HI
\dlagc~ l H" 1I1 , l1, ... t, IlI- Hull11el ,
favourite pastime dnd r-ecreatlon : Games, dance, music R;qtl ... thdll , Jallllill\' 1 , II,nH ~ cll at
and foll"01'1!' . I\ltl yo {\llkgc, Apne! . .JllInt SC!vu.'c"
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(i\.;nnatllkil). s. \If Shri PaLimanabh<ljah: b. <.\{ Tumkur.
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t\L\\'. 4. Ii).'!; ed. at ~iHn,Haka CO\l"!l.L',
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*JAYALALITHA JAYARAM, MISS: Matric; AIADMK Group in the Rajya Sabha; eleered to the Rajya Sabha
(II ) (Ta mil Nadu); d . of late Shri R . Jayaram ; b. at in April , 1984.
Mysore City, Feb. 24. 1948; ed. at
(i) Bishop Cotton Girls' High School, Clubs,' Patron and Member of Tamil Nadu Cricket
Bangalore , ( ii ) Sacred Heart Convent A ssocia tion .
Church Park , Madras and (iii) Stella
M aris College. Madras; joined Tra vels abroad ,' Japan , Singapore , Thailand . Hong
Pre-Uni versi ty Course in Arts in J 964; Kong, France and U.S.A.
unm arried; Powerful ' speake r in
English, Tamil, K annada. Telugu and Publications.' Author of Books in Tamil, (i) Man~thai
Hindi ; retired from films and dan cing Thotta Malargal and (ii) Ennangal Sila and Novels , (i)
career; brilliant academic caree r , Uravin Kaithigal , (ii) Oruthike Sontham, (iii) Nenjil e Oru
always topped the Cla ss, stood first K anal and (iv) Nee Inri Naan Illai; contributed arlicles to
in the State in M atri culation numerous leading periodica ls in English and Tamil; awarded
Examination; awarded Government commendation award by the Madras District Writers ' Circle,
of India Scholarship fo r highe r studies 1981.
but had to give up further st udies in order to pursue rilm
career; started lea rning dance from the age of five; performed Favourite pastime and recreation: Horse riding, Chess.
her A:angetram (stage debut) in Bharata Natyal11 at th e Swimming, Throwball , Basketball and Cricket.
age of twelve; proficient in Kathakali. Kuchipudi, Kathak.
Manipuri and studied all forms of Cla!-isica l dances; started Special interest:,: Readin g and Music .
learning vocal, carnatic and classica l mu"ic from childhood;
sung some songs in her own films: cut ,Iscparmc disc of Permanent address: "Veda Nilayam", 36, Poes Garden,
devotional songs for Colu mbi a; played the lcmale lead in Madras-600086.
115 fi lm s in Tamil, Telugu, Kan:lada and one c(lch in
Hindi and Engli sh; won several awards for acti ng; was
awarded 'Kah.limamani' title 1971-72; Linguist, cy uall y
proficient in Tamil, English,llindi, Kannada, Tclugu and
Malayalam; joined AIADMK on June IH, I"H2; elevated
to the post of Propaganda Secrel<uy, A J;\ DM K on .J anu ary
2H, 19H3; Member, (i) Tamil Nadu Gov!. lIi gl, Leve l
Committee to oversee Ihe implemcnlalion of the Nutritiou"
Free Meal ... Scheme and (ii) Parliamentary Committee on
PublIC Accounts, 19R4-R5; Deputy I.e.der AIAJ)MK (II)
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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Backward
Classes.
Publicalions .. (I) 'Role of District Collector'-published
in 'M -P - Sandesh' ,(2) •Administration of Peripheral Urban
Areas' and (3) A number of articles and papers on public
administration.
Favourite pastime and recreao'oll " Riding and swimming.
playing badminton, reading ana .hikar
Permanent address: C·6, Residency Area, Indore (M, P,),
WIIO'S WHO 141
'JOHN, OR. VALAMPURI: M.A. (Public Administration),
B.L., M.L., Ph.D. (Business Administration), D. Lit!.
(Comparative Literature). Diplomas
in Gandhian Thought and Journalism;
AIADMK (I) (Tamil Nadu): s. of
Shri A.D.C. Fernando; b. at Uvari,
District Tirunelveli. Tamil Nadu ,
October 14, 1946: cd. at (i) St. Xaviers
College, Palayarn Kottai and (ii)
Madras Law College; 111. Thirumathi
Mary Banu Valampuri John, April
6. 1972; 1 s. and 4 d.; Advocate
and Journ;'llist; while a student actively
parlicipatcd in the Anti-Hindi
-
Agitation and was imprisoned;
organised movement for change
of medium of instruction from English to Tamil;
winner of UNESCO and Kasturi Award etc. for oratory
in Tamil and English: adjudged best speaker in Tamil in
the Madras University in 1972; as Student-Chairman actively
espoused the cause of students and as a Labour Leader
was associated with Provident" Fund Organisation Workers
and lor Workers: represented India at the International
Subramaniya Bharathi's Centenary Celehration in England:
Patron . (i) Cultural Association for Tamil Youth. Nnv
Delhi. (ii) Delhi Music Association and (iii) Gfilduate
Pharmacists Association: President . (i) Indian Blut: Cross
Society and (ii) S1. John Industrial Training Institutel
Chairman. (i) fnstitute for National Resurgence . (ii) Tagorc
Literary Society, (iii) Bharathi Lite rary Forum, (iv) Thinkers'
Academy, (v) IOC Employees Union and (vi) Provident
Fund Employees Union: Vice Chairman. National
Association of Fishermen; EdillH. Thai. a Tamil Weekly
'Saba tham'. Tamil weeki\'• in 1472-14 Jnd 'Drummer'
'Included on the bRSi~ of 19~h Fdition

142 RAJYA _SAB HA
English monthly: Editor and Publisher. (i) Maruthani,
Cinema weekly. and (,',') Metti. a monthly:
Journalist-Sub-Editor "DINA MALAR' in 1971,
Publ! sh~r-Proprietor of 'Kavitha Banu'--<>ne of the leading
publlshmg houses in Tamil ; Special invitee. Backward
Classes Commission from Tamil Nadu: Member. Legislative
Council. Tamil Nadu. 1983-84; elected to the Rajya Sabha
10 April, 1974 and again elected in April. \984.
Travels abroad: U,K .. France, Germany, U,S.A ..
U,S.S.R. and South East Asian countries.
Publications: Author of more than 40 Books in Tamil
and 3 in English. a number of articles. poems, short stories
and novels including a voluminous work on Poet Bharathi;
'B harathi Oru Paarvai'i wrote a Centenary volume on
Poet Bharathi: wa~ conferred V. G. P. Foundation Award·•
has rendered Robert Frost and Kahlil~Gil~ron in Tamil
viz. Chinthanai Chitthar, Jlaiyor ChemmaJ Thirukural Neri
Parappalar: leading Essayist and columnist in 'Murasoli'
and 'Alai Osa;' and other leading Tamil and English
News papers, 'Nann Kazuthaianapothu' (When I became
an ass) was adjudged as the best Indian work in 1985 hv
World University, Arizona: his 'Ranges of a Rascal' . ~I
collection of rendered poems in Englil)h was best seller:
also composed lyric and dialogues for films and wrote 7
well known Tamil plays including 'State Secret' which is
a record sette r and Ballad-'Nam Nadu': also a prominent
broadcaster.
Favourite pastime and recremiol1 . Rescarch in Nutrition
and Indian Medicines. dil)cus\ion ... on grc<JI topical Inh:re ... t
and comparati\ e !-ttudy of religion.;;.
Pem-ufllenr addre,H: 122, Pcriyar Pashai, Choolaimeuu.
\ liJdras. Tamil :--Jadu-tlO()()l)4 .
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JOSHI,SHRIMATl SUDHAVUAY: B.A.(Hon.); Congress
(I) (Maharashtra); d. of Shri Vishwanath Rangrao Chitnis;
b. at Bombay , June 10, 1940; ed. at
(i) Parle College, Bombay and <ii)
University of Bombay Department of
Economics; m. Shri Vijay Chin taman
Joshi, May 13, 1964; I s. and I d.;
Social Worker; Active Worker of
Mahila Congre!'s since 1972; Stage
and T.V. artist. winner of several ,
State Awards for acting in Marathi.
Hindi and Sanskrit plays; Organised
Mahila Seminars, Conventions. etc.;
/1I
Running a gymnasium, dumb and deaf
school, Library, K.O. Classes and
Diploma Courses Training in Lokmanya Seva Sangh Vile
Parle; Director, (i) Maharashtra Tourism Development
Corporation 1982-85 , (ii) Nationa: Federation of
Labour Co-operatives and Chairperson of its \\'omen's
Wing and (iii) 'Udyogini' an institute running women's
hostel in Bombay; Chairperson of the Committee appointed
by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for providing
better services to LPG Consumers, 1986-87 : General
Secretary , (i) Lokmanya Seva Sangh Vile Parle 1981-83 ,
(ii) All India Mahila Congress since 1984 and (iii) 'Pravasini'
since 1978, an All-India Institute for promoting tourism
habits amongst women; Convener, (i) Bombay North West
District of Mahila Congress and (ii) Bombay Pradesh
Mahila Congress since 1978: Party Observer for Assembly
and Parliamentary elections in Punjab in 1985. Haryana
& Nagaland in 1987 and Meghalaya in 1988; Special
Invitee . Executive Committee of Congress Party in
Parliament: Member. (I) Executive Committee of the
Lokmanya Seva Sangh Vile Parle 1979-~5. (Ii) Advisorv
Panel of Central Board of Film Cen','r l'iXlH~4,(li!) Hous~
Committee, Rajya Sahha 19fi-l-Xh and since July, 198X
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KADHARSHA, SHRI M. : B.A.; A.I.A .D.M.K. (II) (Tamil

and (iv) loint Committee on Offices of Profit from 1986;
Nadu); s. of Shri K. Mohammed; b. at Nagavakottai.
elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1984 .
District Anna. Uctober 6. 1935; ed.
at (i) Board High School. Batlagundu.
Travels abroad: U.K .. U.S.A .. France. Holland.
(ii) SI. Xavier's College. Palayamkottai
Switzerland. Italy . Canada. Czechoslovakia. U.S.S.R.,
and (iii) Jamal Mohamed College.
Cuba. Nepal. Zaire. Kenya and Spain.
Trichy; m . Shrimati Laila. February
10, 1969; 2 s. and:! d.: Agriculturist :
Fm'ollrire pastime and recremion : Reading .
takes active intcrr:st in Cooperative
Movements: associated with many
Perm(l1Iellf address: 115. Shivanand Pl ay Ground Cross
cultural and literary organisations:
Road. Vile Parle (E). Bombay-400057.
Student Leader from school days ;
associated with D .M .K. since its
inception; imprisoned seve ral times j
in polilical agitations launched hy
D .M.K.; sentenced to one and a half years' rigorous
imprisonment in the anti-Hindi agitation: President. Dindigul
Cooperative Marketing Society, 1971 76: Secretary.
D .M .K .. Dindigul Taluk. 1959 7..1-: at prese nt Treasurer,
Madurai District A .I.A .D .M .K. (!I) and General Council
Member, A .1.A .D .M .K.; Member ,(i) House Committee,
Rajya Sabha. 1984·85 and (ii) Committee of Privileges. Rajya
Sabha. 1986·87; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1974 and
agai n elected in luly , 1983 .

Clubs: Officers' club and Cos11lopnlit::ln c1uh. Dindigul .

Travels abroad: Australia , New Zealand. Philippines.

Indonesia . Thailand, Malaysia , Singapore. Sri Lanka . Japan ,
U. K., Franceand West Germany .

Publicatio"s : Contributed articles of political interest

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Special imerests: Upliflment of weaker sections.

eradica tion of illiteracy and agricultural developm ent.

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WI-IO'S WHO ,47
Ful't.-'Ilr;tt' pasrime and recreation: Swimming, riding.
tcnni, .md all other SpOfh. KAILASHPATl, SHRIMATI : Intermediate; Congress (I)
(Uttar Pradesh); d . of late Shri Chhanni Das Chaudhary ;
Pen1JI1IJt'1J( tldlin'., ... .'"'il.
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~ . R, P'<I ,, I. ' d'19U I-1.-'_'"
' D In " 'OIl'.' b. at Lucknow. December 19. 1913;
(Tamil :-Iadu) , ed. at Lucknow; m. late Shri Ram
Dulare. November 4. 1955; Political
and Social Worker; helped the flood
affected people in Lucknow in 1969; -'
,
worked in Harijan Sewak Sangh,
1971·74; courted arrest twice at the
time of arrest of late Shrimati Indira
Gandhi in 1978; Co nvener. (i) District
Women Congress. 1971. (ii) Young
Women Co ngress (U.P.).1972-74, (iii)
Women Youth Congress, Uttar
Pradesh. 1973-76. (iv) Harijan Sub-
Committee. 1977-78 and its Joint Convener; Generel
Secretary. (i) All India Mahila Congress and (ii) U.P,
Congress (I) Committee. 1985-88; loint Secretary. All
lodia Congress Committee: Treasurer. Baba Saheb Dr.
Ambedkar Samiti. 1971-75 ; Member. (i) Uttar Pradesh
Legislative Assembly . 197-1--77. (ii) Parliamentary Committee
on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
1980-82. (iii) Seventh Lok Sabha 1980-84 . (iv) Committee
on Subordinate Legislation. Rajya Sabha. 1986-87. (v)
Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Geneva and (vi) Uttar
Pradesh Congress (I) Working Committee. 1982-84; elec,ed
to the Rajya Sabha in January. 1985 and re-elected in
April. 1988,

Travels nbroad: Geneva, Dubai and Moscow.

Special interests: Agriculture and Welfare of Women,

Haripns and the poor.

fm'(lunte p(lstime fllId recreation: Social ... ervicc .

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Permanent address: Raniganj. Kailash Bhawan, Subhash
Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
KAKODKAR, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM : Shastri;
(Nominated) Congo (I); S. of Shri Keshao Vishwanath
Kakodkar, b. at Kakodem, Post
Curchorem , Goa, May 18, 1913; ed.
at (i) Colegio Antanio Jose '0'
Almeida, Ponda, Goa (Lyceum Course
in Portuguese) and (ii) Gov!. Sanskrit
College , Banaras (Queens College);
m. Shrimati Kamala; 1 s. and] d.;
Social Worker; was in Sewagram
Ashram Wardha of Mahatma Gandhi
for 18 months,J940-4J; worked in the
All India Spinners Association
(Founded by Mahatma Gandhi) for
18 months (194J -42); participated in
the "Quit India Movement" and was an undertrial in
Belgaum Central Jail (1942-43); worked underground as
a freedom fighter (1943-45); Founded "Goa Sewa Sangh"
to prepare the people of Goa for the " Freedom Movement"
which started on June 18, 1946. was arrested by the
Portuguese Rulers on August 9, 1946: court-martialled on
September 27, 1946 and sentenced to 9 years of exile;
deported to Portugal and exiled there for about 10 years
(partly in 'Peniche' Fortress Jail and partly confined to
Lisbon); returned to India on May 16, 1956 and was again
detained for 4S days in Goa for resuming the Freedom
Struggle activities in 1958 and detained further for 4 months
in 1961; closely associated with the Indian National Congress,
now Congress (I); President, (i) Pradesh Congress Committee
of Goa, Daman and Diu 1963, 1968-72 (elected), (ii)
1978-80 (nominated), (iii) Freedom Fighters' Association.
Goa, 1981-85 and (iv) Goa Konkane Akademi, Secretary.
(i) All India Freedom Fighters' Organisation, 1980-88 and
(ii) Advisory Committee of the First Ll. Governor of Goa,
Daman and Diu; Stale Convener, (i) Monitoring and
Implementation Committee of Congress Centenary

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Celebra(ion~ <1110 (ii) Goa, Daman and Diu Pradesh Congrc:s.:-.
ad-hoc Committee, lO start and organise Congress activities
in 1962; Associated Life Member. Indian Parliamentary
Group; Member , (i) All India Congress (I) Committee.
(ii) Fifth Lok Sabha. 1971-77. (iii) National Harbour Board .
197 1·77, (iv) Nallo nal Com mittee for the commemoration
of the 40th Anniversary of India's Independence and
Jawaharlal Nehru Ce nte na ry and (v) Commiltee on
Petitions. Raj ya Sabha, 1986·8Rjnominatcd to th e Raj ya
Sabha on January 5. 1985.
Travels abroad: New York. U,K,. West Germany
(invited by West German Gov e ). France. Italy, Australia,
Spain. Portugal, Nepal and Thailand.
Publicmiolls: Articles in Periodicals,
Special ",teres, : Social work.
Perma"ent address : 12.
Mag,ln lal Sada n , Swami
Vivekanand Road. Panjim, Goa-4030!11.
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KALDATE, DR. BAPlI: D .A .S.r . (Bol11ahy): Jallal a
(Maharashlra); s. of Shn Ram Rao ; b. at (sthat:. Distril't
Seed. Maharashtra . Decembe r I .
1929 ; cd. al (i) High School.
Panclhanpur and (ii) T . R . Ayurvedk
College. Pune ; m. Shnm<lli Dr . Sudha
Kaldatc . August I , 195H: :! d.; Social
Workt.:r: ParliclI')at cd 111 'Olllt India
Movement' of 1942. assisting
underground 1110V~Il1~nt ; illlpri ,oncd
for six tirl1l..:s in dirfere nt agi l<.llio n:-.
rega rding priCl.!s. farm ers' c.krnH11 d:-. •
and Samyukt Maharash!fi.1 Movement
elc,; was impri'inrll!d during
Emergency. October. 1975 to Jan uary,
1977 : participated in lon g ll1 i:1 rch of Ki ~a n i .e. ·Ki!>.i.11l Drndi'
in January , 1980; wa !>. associateo with (i) Sm.:iall . . t Part\
(ii) Praja Socia Ii ... , ano Samyukt Socia li . . ! Part y, (ill) H.'lShtl'''
Scva Dal. (;\') Coo pcri.ltiVL' and h.l ucatlonal irrstl tUl cs and
(v) Janata Party : trustee. (I) Rashtr;.r Sc:vcl Dal, 19HO ;lIld
(i l) Daily ' Marathwada' !o> in cc It.)H6: Prl!sioent, (i) Rashtra
Seva Dal. t97~-75. (ii) S.S.P Mah;rr;rshtnl. (iii) Sodalist
P,rrty, Mah arashtra. IlJ67·7l alld (IV) Sane Gurull Kath dl11;!I;r.
Chairman. (i) RlIf ..r1 st:ttlernCllls for ma.;,lt:r plan 1)1
A llr .. ngabad~Jahnw Region, (ii) Gove rnin g ('olille il, Yuvak
l3iradari and (iii) P;rrliamcnwry C'on1l11ittc,,·c 011 Puhltc
Undertakings. 1979: Director. (i) Coope rative Printin g Pre:-o:o.
:llld (ii) M"h HIi.lS htra ' I)urislll DL've[opllll'nt n ,rpo r:llu111
[Y7H~HO: (Jene ral SClTL·tary. Jal1i.lt~1 P:lrty. Il)X{I-H(): Advisc,,'1
Rural Fdll cHlimHlI In stitllh:, Iked, ('O Il Vt:Ilf..'J'
Com mOil we il 1t 11 Pu r Iiii men t ary A ';soci;ll ion. Mil h tlr:lSh I ra
lY67.7:!; Bun.:au
, Memhcl. Int l.!' ll1 ational Uniun of Sodalrst
Youth, 1962·64; Mcmb cr. (i) Pul"die Accoullts Cu mmit lL'c,,'.
Maharashlr.1 i ,cgis latun.:, [c)6K70. (ii) Co rnrnitt c,,'c on
Landless Labourcrs, Miil1<lri.lshtra, ll)h9-7~, (iii) CO lllmitt L'c,,'
(1Il Upli ftll1cnt of SdlcoulL'd ('asll's. Mahilf<lShtra IY7{17~ .
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(iv) Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. 1967-72. (v) Lok
Sabha. 1977-79. (vi) Committee on Absence of Members .
Lok Sabha. 1977. (vii) General Purposes Committee Rajya
Sabha since October ~ 1986, (viii) Parliamentary Board of
lanta Party. (ix) Raj Bhasha Committee of Parliament. (x)
Press Council of .India since 1986 and (xi) Committee on
Papers Laid on the Table. Rajya Sabha. sin~e luly. 1988;
nominated to the panel of Vice-Chairmen. Rajya Sabha.
1986-87 and 1987-88: elected to the Rajya Sabha in April.
1984.
Travels abroad; lsrael, Sri Lanka. Norway. Sweden.
Denmark. U.S.A .. U.K .• U.S.S.R.. Germany. France,
Italy, Belgium, Austria. Greece. Switzerland. Yugoslavia.
Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Philippines. Malaysia
and Thailand.
Publications: A book based on speeches made in
Assembly.
Special interests: Reading and sight seeing .
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading and playing
Indoor games.
Permanent address: 6, Sanmitra Colony.
Aurangabad-43LOOI (Maharashtra).
WHO'S WHO 153
KALlTA, SHRI BHUBANESWAR: M.A .. LL.B: Congress
(I) (Assam); s. of late Shri Krishna Kanta Kalita; b. at
village Pub-Sitara, Rangia , Assam,
April I, 195 I ; ed. at (i) Cotton College.
Guwahati University. (ii) P.G . Classes,
Guwahati University and (iii) Law
College, Guwahati University; m.
Shrimati Rwitticka Kalita. October 14.
1986; 1 S.; Advocate; Lecturer in
A.V. College. Guwahati; President ,
Assam Pradesh Youth Congress (I),
1983-85; General Secretary. (i)
Assam Pradesh Youth Congress (I) .
1981-83. (ii) Guwahati District Youth
Congress. 1975-78 and (iii) Indian
Youth Congress (I). 1985-87: Secretary. (i) Cotton College
Students Union. 1970-71. (ii) Post Graduate Students Union.
Guwahati University, 1972-73. (iii) University Law College
Students Union. 1973-74 and (iv) National Students Union
of India. Assam. 1974-75; presently. loint Secretary. All
India Congress Committee (I); Executive Member. (i)
Guwahati Lawyers' Association , 1980-82 and (ii) All Assam
Lawyers' Association. 1982-84 ; Memher. (i) Central Silk
Board, 1985-87 . (ii) Employees State Insurance
Corporation, (iii) State Planning Board. Government of
Assam, 1984-85, (iv) State Level Advisory Committee for
20-Point Programme of Assam . 1983-85 . (v) State Supply
Advisory Committee of Assam. (vi) National Integration
Committee, Assam, 1983-85, (vii) Railway Users
Consultative Committee. N.F. Railway Zone. 1980---8:2,
(viii) Committee on Government Assurances . Rajya
Sabha,1986 88 and (ix) House Committee. Rajya Sabha.
since July, 1988; participated in, (i) Indian Youth Delegation
to Oman 0'1 Omani National Day and International Youth
Meet at Muscat in November. i 983. (ii) International
Solidarity Meeting at Pyongyong (D. P.R. Korea) . 1986 and

RAJYA SABHA
(iii) World Federation of Democratic Youth Meeting at
Budapest (Hungary) in 1986; led the Indian Youth Delegation
to. (i) International Preparatory Committee Meeting for
World Festival of Youth and 5lUdents held at Moscow
(USSR) in 1985 and 1987, (il) Study Tour on l"vltatlOn
of ACVPL (U.S A) in 1985, (IIi) Non-Aligned Youth
Congres.~ at New Delhi in 1985 and (iv) International
Youth and Students Meet against Apartheid organised hy
U.N Special Committee against Apartheid at London
CU.K) in 1987 and presided over its working session:
elected Secrelary~General of the international Youth
Conference against Apartheid al New Deihl in January.
19R7 cJcClcd to the RaJya Sahha In April 1984.
ha,'eis ahroad: Oman. U.S.S.R .. U.S.A, DP R.
Korea Hungary AWltria, Finland . Sweden, U.K. and
federal Republic of Germany.
Spe(wl IIIlere!Jf Social work
FUllOurue pmflme and recreation 'Jravelling and rcarling.
WHO'S WHO 155
KALMADI, SHRI SURESH : Graduate of Nahonal Defence
Academy; Congress (I) (Maharashtra); s. of Dr. K. Shamrao'
h. at Pune, May 1, 1944; ed. at (i) ,
SI. Vincent High School, Pune, (ii)
Fergusson College, Pune, (iii)
National Defence Academy,
Kharakvasla and (iv) Air Force Flying
Colleges, Jodhpur and Allahabad; m.
Shrimati Meera, April 23, 1971; 1 s.
and 2 d; Bl1smcssman~ Pilot in Indian
Air Force. 1965·75 and retired from
Ih~rc <l~ Flight Lil:Ult!llant j President;
(i) Amart:ur Athletic Federation of
India. (11) Pune Youth Congress,
J 977. (iii) Maha ra:-.hlra Pradesh Youth
C()ngn.::-.~. ItnH ,!'Ill a,nl! (IV) Indian Youth CongresseS).
lYXI - Xt), M<lIlil~lI1~ 1 rll~lcc. Pune International Marcllho'l
lrust . Vil:C Prr.:slllt:nt ~Iilhar .. shtra OlympIC Assol:iation:
Mt!mhcl' (I) ('(lllllllitlcl: un pclilinns, R'-ljya Sabha. J4~4-H5
iJnd (II) Ctlllll11illL'C IUl SUbl\nlinatl.: l ~1~/;Jlll>n, Rajya Sahha.
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 RAJYA SAIl IIA WIIO'S WIIO I ~7

KALVALA, SURI PRABliAKAR RAO: B.Sc .; Telugu
Oc~nm (Andhnt Prude~h) ; 'i. of Shri N:uuhnri Rao; h. al
Mothkur . Nalgonda Di~trict. Andhrn
Prade,h, Augu'l 20. 1938; cd . al (I)
High School Bhongiri and Hyderabad
and (ii) Governmenl N. G. College,
Nalgonda ; In , Shrill1l1li Arun:! Devi,
March 22. 1966 ; I s. lind 3 d.;
Agriculturist; 'lucia! worker , village
developmenl; Sgl. Majol' in Army
(N .C.C. Orgllnisalion) 1962--64;
previously in Congrcs!\ Pnrty . Block
Co ngress Presidenl f!'Om 1978101981 :
joined Telugu Desllill in 1982:
Cons titue ncy Pres.idcnt uf TeJugu
J)csam Party for some Lime ; District Convencr and District
Pres id enl (1984-- 1986): e lecled 10 Ih e Rajy" $lIbhu in April.
I'JH6.
KAR, SHRI NARAYAN: B. Sc.; CPI(M). (Tripura): • .
of laiC Shri Alai Behari Kar: b. at village North Bamaija .
P.O. Fulgali. Districl- Noakhali,
B,mglade,h. April I, 1949: bachelor:
cd . al (i) !olaibnri High School and
(ii) M.B.B. College, Agnrtaln; Social
worker; Mcnlhcr, Commillcc on
Pnpcrs Laid 011 the Tllblc, Rajya
Snhhu, since July. 1988; elecled to
Ihe Rnjyu Snbhn in April. 1986.
rfmmU/('1I1 Village and
fit/tiff'S,\':
P,O. Oehdaru , South Tripurn.

SpecwI Iflll'rews : Agrieul! ure :ll1d Rural Developmcnt ,

N,vouY/le pawime and ferrr(lt;OIl : Socinl lIerviee 10 poor

\c(.;liolh of ~ocic ty .

Pert;uml!1If lIddre,H: Villagc- Molhkur, Yin Bhongiri,

Di \j II'lCI Nalgondfl, Andhnl Prad esh.
 RAJYA SABHA •

KESRI, SHRI SITARAM: Congress (I) (Bihar), s. of late Shri WHO'S WHO 159
Bulkan Shah; b. at Dinapore Cantt., Patna. November. 1919;
ed. at Rashtriya Vidyalaya of Bihar. and (iii) Patliamentary Affairs from 15th September. 1985 to
Dinapore and Bihar Vidyapith; m. 22nd October. 1986; elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 1971.
Shrimati Kesher Devi, 1932, 1 s. and in April 1974. in July 1980 and agaln in April, 1988.
2 d.; social and political worker;
connected with various educational -. ~rave/J·.
abroad: Japan. Hong Kong, Philippines ,
and cultural institutions; was I hailand. Smgapore , Egypt, Lebanon, U.K .. West Germany,
imprisoned seven tinies in 1930 (for Sweden, France, Italy, Poland, Latin America and U.S. A.
6 months). in 1932 (for 6 months).
in 1933 (in connection with Ranchi Favourite pasthne and recreation: Cultural functions.
Conspiracy case), was beaten in Jail swimming, gardening and Ping Pong.
and kept in cell for more than one
month, in 1935, detained for 6 months, ,n a (B'h
Permanefll address: Dinapore Cantt .. Pat ,ar.
)
again arrested on 1st April, 1937 and
jailed for 3 months, remained undcrgound from July, 1938
to August. 1939. in 1940-41 for individual satyagraha.
detained for nearly 10 months and in 1942 during "Quit
lndia Movement" convicted for 2 years; lost father while
in jail but even being the only son, preferred to remain
in jail rather tban to be released on any undertaking;
Delegate to A.I.e.e., Bombay in October. 1934 and
delegate in many other sessions; President. P.C.C . Bihar.
1973-1977; Organising Secretary, P.e.e. Bihar 1964 67;
Secretary, D.e.C .. Patna 1958-M; Observer. (i) A .l.e.e. ,
Maharashtra . 1979-80 and (ii) A.l.e.C. and Returning
Officer, U.P . • 1972-73; Treasurer. A .l.e.e. since December.
1979; Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Poland,
1979. (ii) Lok Sabha. 1967-1971, (iii) Public Accounts
Committee. 1979, (iv) P.e.e.. Bihar since 1934, except
for a few breaks, (v) A.l.e.e. since 1964 and (vi) Business
Advisory Committee. Rajya Sabha. 1980-82, attended
UNCTAD Conference at Santiago (Chile in 1972); Union
Minister of State, (i) Parliamentary Affairs from 3rd March,
1980 to 14th January, 1982 (ii) for Shipping and Transport
from January IS, 1982 to 28th June, 1983

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'04 RAJYA SAIJHA WHO'S WHO 165

Special in/eres/ : Upliftment of Women, Backward Classes
and Adivasi Harijans,
Permanent address: Ward No.7, Balashat, Madhya
Pradesh.
KIOWAI, DR. MOHO. HASllIM: B.A (Hons.), M.A.
(PoiSe.). Ph.D.; Congre" (I) (Uttar Prodesh); s. of
Shri M Abdul Majeed; b. at Lueknow,
March 31.1921: cd. at (i) Government
High School. B.'/I, (ii) Government
High School, Saharanpur. (iii) Islamia
High School, Sahamnpur. (iv)
Govl!rnml!nt J ligh School. Sitapur,
(v) Lueknow Chri'ti.n College and
(vi) Lucknow University; m . Shrimati
Zuhra Khaton, October 30. 1946; 2
s. and 3 d.;Tl!achcr , retired from the
Aligarh Muslim University after
serving for 34 years; participated in
national ... truggle ~lnll Congress
a(,;tivitic~ from ... llu.!cnl davs dunnA prc~indcpcndcncc period
and had personal contacts with national leaders; organised
election campaign ... of Congress and natIOnalist Muslim
Candidates during prc-plirtilion days under the guidance
of 1~lc Shri Rafl Ahmed Kidwai: Founder, U,P N~ltionali ... t
Muslim Students' J'cderation; President. A.M U. Teaching
St;:lff ASSOCiation, 197H-1979; Vice-President. Ahgarh C'ity
Congress Commith.:e: (Jl!ntTll Sccretary, Lucknow Students'
T-"cdcrution (('ongrc<;<;) 1938 42~ Treasurer. A M,U , Relief
<lnd Rehahilitation Committee; Warden. Amin Hostel
Mu",lim UnlVCr'd!y, 19S2- ·1963; Incharge, Youth Congrcs"i,
A,M,U. Univcr"ity Provost, MOh."iinul Mulk I lull, Muslirr.
UniYcr!-lity. l'llll- 19f1H; Proctor Mw.:!im University,
11.)65- -19M~; Convl:l1cr, Mi1lJlalHI Al.lItJ Centenary
Cdchrafion Commltke of the Congrc'is Keeper, Duty
SCll:lcty Mu ... llm University, Aligarh 1974- IIJHn; Memh(:r.
Ii) lourt oj AIJ~arh Muslim University sinc.:e 19H4, (ii)
U I' Studcnt·, h'der<.llHm Council. 19JX- 1945. (iii) U.P.
Youth Congress J3()~m.l. 1952· ·19tlO (IV) Committee: on
Papl.'r<; Laid nn the lahle. Rajya Sahha, 19H()-- XX Clnd(v)
Committee on Peillions, Rajya Sthh;1 ,inel' July 19X,Io(,
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\1\ ludi,\ llamll\ln1ll Bnard, tv) Wlhllk'n \)l'H'lilPlIIl'lll
t'11Utll'II, (vi) IIVlll'IIIhml .. \s!>.l·mbly . II»)," lind (VII) MV~il\l'
,",' ... l'mbl) \,1"17: eil'dl'd hI II\\' R'lj\';\ Snhlill 111\1'"1 Il)h~.
11,..' dl'Ul'd III ,\pril . Il)74 ,1\1\\ ilAnin 11\ .\plli. 19S,~

J'r'mhm"tIl {Irldn'" .., II 1(. N(' I. A n 1-\ Flills . Sir "j' rllllll II'''' {I cfell'( 'S," "ad}.~II\, 1)1 ... ltll'l (iulll(II!t",
S\'l!lI Nuv,ilr. Ah~ttfh (ll r ). h..11 IHIlIlk.,1.

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1611 RAJYA SABHA
KQYA, SHRI B.V. ABDULLA: Muslim League (Kerala);
s. of Haji S. V. Aboobacker; b. al Calicul. Dec. 20. 1914:
ed. at (i) Himayathul Islam High
School. Calicut. (ii) S.D.V. High
School. Alleppey. (iii) Zamorins
College. Calicut and (iv) Government
Mohammedan College. Madras; m.
Shnmati K. Kun Lachumma. June 3,
1937: 4 s. and I d.; Merchant and
Industrialist; Managing Partner.
Minerva Textiles. Calicut; Chairman,
, (i) Kerala Financial Corporation from
, 1971 to 1981. (ii) Sideeo. Kerala , (iii)
I Mohan Tools Ltd . and Sidkel
Televisions. Manycri: served as
Director, (i) Western India Steel Co. Ltd .. Feroke (Kerala).
(ii) Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd .• KOllayam . (iii) Premier
Cable Co. Ltd .. Angamaly. Kerala. (iv) Kerala Handloom
Development Corporation. Cannanore, (v) Malapputtam
Cooperative Spinning Mills Ltd., (vi) Periyar Chemicals
Ltd .. Cochin and (vii) Premier Morarji Chemicab Co. Ltd .,
Trivandrum; Direch.>r. Muslim Printing & Publishing Co.
Ltd .: President. (i) Calicut City Mus!im League. 1960-74
and (ii) Cali cu t Handloom Factory-owners' Association;
Vice-President. (i) Cali cu t First Class Magistrate's Court,
1951-53. (ii) Tirurangadi Orphanage's Committee. (iii)
Pocker Sahib MemorialColiege Managing Co mmittee. (iv)
Kerala State Muslim League since 1962 and (v) All Kerala
Sa les Tax Ce ntral Co mmittee. 1963-64: Member. (i) Muslim
League .;;ince 1937 . (ii) Executive Committee . Malabar
Chambe r of Co mme rce. 1946-75. (iii) Hlmayathul Islam
School Commitl ee \ii nce 1950. (iv) Coir Advi~ory Board ,
Madra, . 1951 - )5. (v) Coir Board a nd Cardamom Board .
Government of Ind ia. 1954-57. (vi) Roulathul Uloom Arabic
Coll ege Committee c;ince 1WlO . (v ii ) Coir Advi ... ory Board.
KcrJliJ. 19f1l - 71. (viii) Kerala State Education Advisory
WHO 'S WHO IhO
Board. 1961-63, (ix) Kerala State Handloom Advisory
Board since 1967. (x) Calicut Universities Syndicate and
Senate. (xi) Calicut City Improvement Trust. (xii) State
Haj Advisory Board. (xiii) Parliamentary Committee on
Salary. Allowances and Pension of Member!) of Parliament ,
1982·83. (xiv) Committee on Pape" Laid on the Table.
Rajya Sabha. 1983-85. (xv) Committee on Petitions . Ralya
Sabha. 1986-87, (xvi) National Integration Council since
1986 and (xvii) Joint Parliamentary Committee on Bofors
Contract: elected to the Rajya Sabha in April . 1967. April.
1974. April. 1980 and April. 1986.
Travels abroad : Ceylon. Syria , Iraq. Lebanon. Saudi
Arabia. Kuwait. Bahrain . U.S .S.R. U.A.E .. Oman and
Qatar. Japan , Malaysia . Singapore and South Korea .
Clubs: Cosmopolitan Club (1959-66), Lion's Club
(1961-66). Malabar Cricket Club (1963-65) and Merchant's
Club.
Special imeresls : Social service and education.
Favourite pastime and reerealion : Reading , travelling ,
tennis. badminton and table tennis etc.
Permanem address : 111129, Kariyadan Villa. Convent
Road. Calicut-32. Kerala .
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KULKARNI, SHRI ARVIND GANESII :1l.Sc (Chcnmlly): • WH(YS WI to 17t

Congrc~, (I) (MallJra~htra) ..... of Shri Ganc ... h; b at
lchalkaranjl. 0, ... , net Kolh:Jpur. KlINJ<\C1mN, SURI P.K. : C.P.1. (M) (Kera)a): ,. of Shri
March I. 11:)17: cd ...It Willingdnn Kunllra: b. at Ihlruvi.dll.l Taluk, Allcrpcy DI!>lrict. October
Coll~gc and Fer~u ..... nn College; m 2R. 1~25 ed itt (i) S.M V. HIgh
Shnm<ltl Malall A Kulkami. hill\..' School. Trivanurul1l. (ii) Government
l~. 19-1-1; ~ \. and I d .. SOCial worker High SdllJol. Chcngannur, (iii) High
,lTld ,m<111 ... cak Cl1trC'rH"t.'nclIr: ..\CIIVL' SChlllll. ThiidlYO,H' and (iv) University
work~r ;n CO-OraiHlvc.: Orgalli'i.11IOn" Collcgl..·. Triv.mdntm: 111 , Shrimati
Prel;idcI11 . Chairman. Vict>Chairl1l<lll V.K, Bha,\IHu Dc vi, 19:"7: I s. and I d.;
and Dtn:ctor rd' Coopcl'alive
Vi;ln()lI\ P\llitll::d W\lr~Cr; prcviously a~sllcil.lted
; Organi"at;oll,: travelled :., .. with C\mgrcss lind lalef' on with C, p, J .;
Parliarnl.!l1wry c.ll-legalc to ilctivuly parliclpqll'U in the Freedom
r n Ie rna tiona 1 Pi:! rl ia mel1 t jJ ry slruggJc and un(h!rWCI1I ilnprisonmenl;
A"sociation MCL-Ilng; delegate 10 hati bl..:Cr1 pilrtkipal1ng in ::,lruggll..:s or
(i) UNO'..; Environment Confefcncl: 111 Sweden and (ii) peasants. agricultural workcrs and thc
internaunnal Co·op. Leaders Meet in Japdn; represeTlted wurking cia" pel1plL-. wa~ il11pri~onlJ.d
thl' (J(lvt 01 India in tht." J4th General Confcrcnct: of .,~vcral Ilmcs and \\1..'111 ulllh.:rgmund twice (toWI period
U.N 0 in I 97l); iJl,o vi'lletl USA. Europc. Tokyo, Far 1".,llI1g Inr IlHUI..· Ih;m l\\o \I..·:\P,) dllli h,I\ hl.'cn working for
l-.<I ... I 10 negotiat e cnllahoratioll of rertili/ervpaper fauorics; Ihl..' upllil 01 Schl..'dukd 1 nbc" III viuiou . . CiJPi1~llics: Gelleral
nnmll1i:IICd til the Panel of Vice-C'h<lIrmen, RajY~1 Snhha Sccn.:wry. All Inc.lla Agricultural workers Umon; Secretary.
hn the vcar> 1'I7X·7~. 1979·RO. I'JRO·RI and 19HI-R2: elected h.clill.l Sldl\..' 1\t.!ri~;ultl1lid
Lilbnun.::r, lInlon; (\)I1\'I..'I1CI. Pial
,
tn the ~aJya Sahha r,,'m Api'll. 1967-70. 1970-70. April. !';<;lhlOt IthlulI' Cnmll1l1lcl'. f'yh:l1Ibcl. (I) Ilarijan Wellarc
lQ7~ -x-t and III July. jQR6, l:.v;tluallon ('OI11I11III1.:e. (ii) Bac"waru Cla,~I..:!> RI..' ... crvi.ltion
Cqllll11l,.,itUl. Kcr;Ild, (iii) Kl'r~Ila Lcghlillivc A,,,.;rnll!\.
CIII"s . ('~ll1cl:!e Sporh Cluh....
1954 ~l)
and (;v) Rajya Sahhu 1973-79 and again elected
101111: R:ll\;1 Sabh:1 III l\ugu ... L 19HX .
rrm't',," abroad, Sweden. Japan. U.S.A. FulOpI..' and
F:u E.",t counlric ....
Pllhfil.,·a1iO/l; Printer and publisher of "K:u1-oI;h
akatho/bil1" (:1 lllag<l7,.illc in Malayalmn) from Kera lu.
F({I'm/rife (lu,I'llme (111<1 reCfI!w;rm RCHuing Hnt!
P{lIHH.:king

P{ 'rmWll'111 tlr/citn\ 41. SllIv;qi Nagur . Sunp:ll "lIvollrift' "fI~llme (Ifill recrt,'{/Iiof/ : Rcading.
(Mahara ... htra).
P("I'",a;I<'/I( atlrfl't'l.\· : Peace Den. ThilliJmcl ChengiJ.nnlH.
KI.!IJla

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J72 RAJYA SABHA
KUTHlRAVATTOM, SHRl THOMAS: B. Com.; (Kerala
Congress); s. of late Shri Thomas Verghese; b. at Kallissery
(Chengannur), June J, 1945 ; ed. at
(i) High School Kallissery, (ii) S.B.
College, Chenganacherry and (iii)
N.S.S. College, e henganacherry ; m .
Shrimati Liz)' Thomas, March I, 1973;
2 s, and 2 d .; Politician; Patron, Boat
Race, Mannar and Chcngannur:
President, Kerala Students Congress,
1970 ; Working Chairman. Kentla
Co ngress, 19M7: Founder Leader.
Kerala Students Congress, 1964;
General Secretary. Kcrala Congre.,.,
since 1976; District Secretary.
•
Alleppy
Kerala Congress. 1973; lonvener, Kcrala Youth Front
(1972): Member. (i) Managing Committee, Indian Orthodox
Church since 1971. (ii) loint Committee to enquire into
Bofors contract and (iii) Committee on Subordinate
LegISlation, Rajya Sabha since July, 1988; elected to the
Rajya Sabha in April, 1985.
C1L1h" : (i) Lions Club and (ii) Y's Men Club.
Travels abroad : U,S ,A • WCM Germany. France GDR
and Switzerland ,
Puhtiratirms : Chief Editor, Kerala Life Wt;t;kly ,
Special inlf're,\'1.\ : H~lplng the poor Clnd downtrtHJek'll,
Favour;/(' pawme and recrl'ation : Cil1l.:m:t PIcnic
Rl'ading Clnd Writlll!! .
P"""UHlf!t1l addff'\'S ~ KuthtrHvattathu Iiousc. Kallis'icry.
P () Chcngannur ·6H91 24
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WHO'S WHO t73
LAKSHMANNA, PROF. C.: M.A. (Sociology), D.P.A.
(Public Administration), D.F.A. (Diplomacy and Foreign
Affairs), Ph. (Sociology); Telugu
Desam (Andhra Pradesh) ; s. of late
Shri C. Papanna; b. at Vajra Karur ,
February 18, 1935; ed. at (i) Loyola
College, Madras (Madras University)
and (ii) Lucknow University; m.
Shrimati Mamata Lakshmanna.
November 20, 1964; 2 s. and 1 d.;
Teacher; presently Professo r of
Sociology and Director, Centre for
Population Studies and Population
Education, Osmania University;
specialisation in, (i) Social stratification,
(ii) Caste studies. (iii) Social change; (iv) Weaker sections, (v)
Sociology of Deve lopment, (vi) Education and Society, (vii)
Urban Social Processes and (viii) Political Sociology and
Sociological Theory; Research Activities. (i) research guide of
about (5) Ph.D. research scholars at present and (15) students
already awarded Ph. D. Degrees and (ii) conducted 15 Research
Projects sponsored by American Institute of Ind ian Studies.
PhlladeJphia (U ,S.A.), Planning Department of Gov.ernment
of Andhra Pradosh, ABOCS (Indo-German Research
CollaboraLion). Indian Council of Social Science Research.
New Delhi, University Grant~ Commission. New Deihl.
Central Social Welfare Board, New Deihl, A.P Social
Welfare Advisory Bomtl, Ilytlcrahad. Osmania University
and ACildcmy of Gandhinn Studies, Tirurati: presided over
<I section of National S~ll1illm on SnciHI In~4ualily; dirt::C:led
a National JC'SW Seminar on 'Child' Challl'Tlgl of
Tomorn)w (1t}71)~ Vi!"'!,.' Pn!slllcnl ·rhiru WIHld
(Sociology) As~o('iittttlll ;11 MI.!,'(ico City J)l'an , Colkgc
Development t'oUlH:il \ :'l'cn.'wIY, 11.:lugu J)l·... ,Hn
Pilrlinrncn lary PUl'ly (IW~4 onward"i): OrJ.t:lIliscd :\"i Im'al
Sl!crt'tury, (i) X All Judi:t Slll'Hlln~ll'al Cnnh:rl'T1l'C at
li4 RAHA SABHA
Hyderabad (1~70), (ii) National Senllnar on Sociology of
Science. 1970. (iii) National Seminars on Weaker Sections
at Tenali. 1971. (IV) Post Congress SesSIon of X World
Congress of Anthropology on 'Hunger'. 'Work and Qualtty
of Life' at Hyder.bad and (v) Anthropology Seclion of
Inman Science Congress at Osmallla UOIversify. 1979;
dehvered, (i) Shri N. S. Sundravadtvelu Commemoration
Lecture. 1982 on 'Methodology of Social Sciences' at
Madras University. (ii) Keynote address for Kerala SocioLogy
Conference. 1980 and (iii) National Seminar on Migration.
Madras University, 1982 and 1983; visited West Germany
to negotiate a research projeot under Achen Bochum
Osmania Co-operative Scheme; invited to and attended.
IX International Conference of Anthropology at Chicago
(US). Paper presented is published in 'Language and
Society'; under sponsorship of [CSSR, (i) Visited several
Universities to deliver lectures, conduct Seminars and hold
discussions wIth AcademIcs (1973). (ii) 8th World Cungress
of Sociology at Toronto. Canada (1974). viSited several
Universitie~ ill Canada and U:S.A, on Invitahon to deliver
lecture,. (iii) invited as an International delegatc to the
International Symposium on "Natural Hazards" 10 Australia
WIth Commonwealth Foundation Grant 1970. visited
Singapore and Malaysia for lectures, (iv) Invited to Cha,,·
a Session (SympoSIum IX) at 9th World Congress of
Sociology at Uppsala. Sweden: SessIOn on 'U~es of Sociology
in Planning and Monitoring Development Programmes'
(1978), Presidential address of the Session tranSlated into
Bulgarian language . (v) invited to Chair a Se<.;,ion (Se~sio n
9) of X International Conference of Anthropology at New
Delhi on 'Proces!o. of Untouchability in ThIrd World
Countries'. New Delhi and (vi) IOvlted to organise and
chair a Session on 'Releva nce of Sociology' to Third World
Countnes' (Ad-Committee 17) of X World Congress of
SOCiology al Me"co Universily (1982); visited (i) GDR
3' a Leader of dclegation of educationi\1'i and inteJleetuab
,
and (ii) B~H1gkok as a member of Parliamentary DelegatIon
tu lnter-Parliam~ntary Union and \\'as a member of the
Drafting Committee on (i) Iraq-Iran conflict. (ii) on
Apartheid and (iii) Ethmc atrocities; Founder and Executtve
President. Indtan Imtitute of Development Research.
Pre!o.idcnt. A .P. Sociological Society; Chamnan. (i)
Committee to report nn schools set-up at O~mama Univcr~lt\
and (ii) Indian Chapter of Rescarch Committee o·r
International Sociological Association: DIrector, (i) Centre
for Population Studie~ and PopulatIOn Education. O~manli.l
Univer~ity. (ii) Girijan Corporati0n Limited. Government
of Andhra Prade~h and (iii) Academic Audit Cell. Osmania
University for 3 Yt Years; Fl)Under Principal. School for
South Indian Languages. Lucknow. 1961-63; PrinCipal.
Univer~ity COllege 01 Arts and Social Scicnce~. O~mani<l
Univer\ity for :! ~ ye ..n,; Professor and Head ()f Department
of Sociology f~)r 12 years; Assi"tant Profe"'ior and ASSOCIi.lk
Profe~"or. And h ra Pn.hje" h Agricul fur.11 U 111 vcr"lt\' .
Hydcrabad for ~ years: Visltmg Profes\or. UnlH'r\ity ~)I
Pltt3burgh. l! S.A .. L97·L Reader and Hcc:!d of Dcpartr;lcnt
of Sociology. O,mamil Ul1Ive"itv for .' Yr;ns; Lcctunn.
Lucknow Umverslty h.)r 3 yca.r~; Ft"lundcr ~kmhcr. (il
Society of ScicntiMS' h.lr Advancement ('If Agriculture, (Ii)
J\.1ahila Ahhyudaya Sarn;:\tha (InMituk f\,r Advancement
of Women) anJ (IiI) Rur'll Development AJvj\on SOl.:te!L
Member. (0 ExecutIve. lnJian Sociological SocIety: 11.)74- 7~,
(Ii) UGC Panel 011 Snciolo[!,y and Anthn)p"lngy (t'lin
tern,,), (iii) UGt' Panel on Anthropology. 1~7" 79. (1\)
Nat ionLl1 Sekt't ion Corn mi ttcc (11' M ysnre l1niverslt). 1l)79--..~,~.
(,) Committee nf Andhra Prade~h Government hl rcJralt
Syllabu, or Soual Studlc:-,. I Q'13-7n. l \i) AdVisory (\11ll11litlcl.'
01 \ P Govcrnmcnl on Trihal \Vclfare ;Jnd Trih'll RL'Sl.'arch.
(Vii) All Indw Radio Con\nll;lti\.'l· ('omI111111:t' (In UnivI.'I~lt\
Sciencc and l'I..'('hl1olng\ Pmgramlllt.'. ('Iii) AIlOeS.
O\I11aOla tlt11\l.'r~it) (lndn tit:rnwil ('ol1<1\1\'Irathln). (i\)
Advi\(lT\ B,l;l'd nr ( t'ntr.d rnson Hvdcrahad. l \) \d\,lM'I'
 176 RAJ'o'A SAHIIA WIIO·S WlIO 177

Board of A.P. Government on Correctional Administration, Democratic Planning, (iii) Depressed Group Students, (iv)
(xi) Minimum Wages Committee of Paper Industry of A.P. Society in India and (v) Harijans and Social Discrimination;
Government. (xii) Committee to evaluate the Women Edited 5 books in Telugu; published 75 articles and 60
Welfare Programmes of A.P. Government, (xiii) Committee research papers in National and International Journals and
to evaluate the Balwadies (A.P. Government), (xiv) A .P. books on different aspects of society in the field of
Social Welfare Fund Committee. Government of Andhra Sociology, Education, Philosophy an<l Political Science.
Pradesh, (xv) Andhra Pradesh Children Board, (xvi)
Organising Committee of XII Worle! Congress of S~ciology Special interests: Weaker Se~lions. Social Reformation
(1986) held at Delhi, (xvii) Administrative Comm.ttee of Movement, Regional Development and Political Process.
Literacy House, Andhra Mahila Sabha, (xviii) State Advisory
Board for Correctional Administration, Government of Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading. writing.
Antlhra Pradesh, (xix) Academic Council, Osmania music, fine arts, sports, games and discussions .
University, (xx) Senate, Osmania University, (xxi) Academic
Council A.P. Agricultural University, (xxii) Faculty of Permanem address : 'Madulika', 9. Newfoundland
Arts, Annamalai University. Chidambaram, (xxiii) Academic Colony, Habshiguda, Hyderabad-500007.
Planning Board. Autonomous P. G, Centre, Anantapur.
(xxiv) Faculty of Social Sciences. Kerala University,
Trivandrum. (xxv) Bt Idrd of Studies of many other Voluntary
Organisation .. , Sl' al Univer~ities and examinations at
local and National level. (xxvi) Central Advisory Board
of Education. 191\4-85, (xxvii) Library Committee of
Parliament. (xxviii) Parliamentary Committee on Public
Undertakings. 1986-87 and (xxix) Committee on Government
Assurances, Rajya Sabha, si nce May , 1987; elected to the
Rajya Sabha in April, 1984.

• Travels abroad: Various countries in Europe, U.K.,

France, Italy, Switzerland. Denmark, Sweden. West
Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Singapore. Malaysia,
U.S.A" Canada, Mexico, Visited China in 1985 under
Indo-China Friendship Association and also
Bangkok(Thailand); was on inaugural flight from !eddah
to Hyderabad and visited Saudi Arabia.

Publicalions : Published 5 books (in English) including

two monographs (i) Caste Dynamics in Village India, (ii)

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LATHER, SHRI MOHINDER SINGH: B. $c .. LL.B.:
Lok Dal (Haryana); s. of Shri Lal Singh Lalher; b. al
Kamal (Haryana). December 15.
1932: ed. at (i) S. D. College. Ambal.
Canl! .. (ii) D. A V. College. Amb.l.
CilY and (iii) Law College. Delhi
University; m. Shrimati Chander
Lalher. November 12. 1960; 2 s. and
1 d.; Advocale praclising since 1958
at District Courts;· Municipal
Commissioner. Kamal. 1961-1973;
Presidenl. (i) DistricI Markeling
Co-operative Sociely. Karnal. 1967-73
and (ii) DistricI Janat. Party, Kamal,
1977-79; Chairman. Haryana SIal.
Agricullural Marketing Board. 1987-88; Member. (i) Markel
Comminee. Karnal. 1971-74. (ii) Sixlh L.ok Sabh., 197&-79
and fiii) Northern Railway Users' Consultative Committee,
198&-89; elecled 10 Ihe KaJY' Sabh. in April. 1988.
Clubs: Ex-member. Lions Club. Karnal; Member. (i)
ROlary Club. (ii)Karnal Club. Karnal
Special interest: Music.
Favourite pastime and recrealion : Painting. SculptUring.
Clay moulding. Reading and playing Bridge.
Permanefltllddress : Randhir Lunc, Karnal (Haryana).
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WHO'S ~HO
LAXMI NARAIN, SIfRJ : MaITic; Congress (I) (Delhi); s.
or lale Shri Hari Singh; b. al ViII. Murthal. Disn. Sonepal
(Haryana). Sepl. 16. 1927; ed. al (iJ
Middle School. Murthal, (ii) H.R.A.
High School. Narela and (iii) S.M.
Hindu High School, Sonepal; m .
Shrimati Kasturi Devi. June, 1946; 3
s. and 5 d.; Labour Law Consultant;
aClively participated in 1942 Quit India
and other movements for freedom
struggle; President. (i) Internationol
Airport Authority (MQ) Bmployees
and Workers' Unions, (ii) Rural
Blectrification Corporation Employees
Union. (iii) All India Bank of Baroda
Employees Congress, (iv) e. W.e. Employees' Union. (v)
l.N.T.U.C. (Delhi State), (vi) Indian National Food &
Drinks Workers' Federation and (vii) All India l.T.D.C.
Workers ' Federation; ChaITman, (i) D.T.C. Employees'
Congress and (ii) Punjab & Sind Bank Employees Congress;
General Secretary, Delhi State Blectricity Workcr~' Union.
Delhi; Organising Secretary, Indian National Trade Union
Congress; Member, (i) Regional Board for Provident Fund,
Delhi Region. (ii) Municipal Corporatiun of Delhi, Delhi.
1962-71 and Alderman. 1983. (iii) ContracI Labour Advisory
Bourd , Delhi Administration and (iv) Committee 011
Government Assurances , Rajya Sabha since July, 1988:
Deputy Chairman, Delhi Transport Comllli".e (DTU).
1964-Q6; Chief Whip or the Dolhi Municipal Congrcs>
Party. 1962-65; attended seminars 011 (i) Trade Union.
West Germany, 1972 and (ii) Functional Lileracy. Thailam.l,
1973 ; cleclod 10 Ihe RaJY' Sabha in November, 1983.
Travt'/.\' abroad: West Germany, fiasl Germany,
Thailand, U.S.S,R .. Geneva, Italy. Austria and Paris .
18(1 RAJYA SAB HA WHO 'S WHO 181

Special ",terest : Trade Union :novement. LENKA, SHRI KAHNU CHARAN: M.A. (Political
Science), LL.B. ; Congress (I) (Orissa); s. of Shri Laxman
Permat1ellt address: 402. 8agh KaTe Kh an. Lenka; b. at Village Arada, Post
Delhi-I 10007 . Sankhatras. District Cuttack, Orissa,
March 2, 1939: ed. at Cuttack, (i)
Sankhatras Hi.;h School. (ii) Steward
Science College. (iii) Ravenshaw
College, (iv) Madhusudan Law College
and (v) Utkal University,
Bhubaneswar ; rn. Shrimati Bijaya
Lakshmi Lenka , March 8, 1967; 2 s.
and 2 d .; Agriculturist; was awarded
first prize by the Orissa government
in 1968 for being the first farmer in
Orissa to cultivate and produce seeds
of hybrid maize and jowar in a scientific manner; joined
Congress Sewa Oal , Orissa, in 1957, in student days ;
organised several Youth Organisations, Destitute Homes.
Adult Education Camps and Relief Camps in drought and
flood affected areas; est ~ .;lished a number of schools,
colleges and other philanthropic organisations and also
Libraries in rural areas; President, (i) District Youth
Congress, Cuttack, 1967-{;9, (ii) Orissa Krusak Parishad,
1982 and (iii) Orissa Pradesh Congress (I) Committee,
1988; General Secretary, (i) District Congress Committee,
Cuttack, 1969- 71 and (ii) Orissa Pradesh Congress
Committee, 1971-74, 1977~0; Secretary , Student's
Congress, 1964 65; Convener, Ne3.ru Study Centre, Orissa
M

Region, 1983; Editor, FALGUNI, Oriya library magazine

devoted to the promotion of arts and science; Member .
(i) Bharat KIusak Samaj (Life Member), 1966, (ii) Pradesh
Congress Committee, 1967-71 (iii) Orissa Legislative
• Assembly, 1971- 73, 1974-77 and again in 1980, (iv) National
Drought Relief Committee of All India Congress Committee,
1987 and (v) Orissa Pradesh Congress Working Committee,
1987; Minister of State, 1974-76, Cabinet Minister, 1976-77,

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1Q~UH\l In Orissa hoilling portfolios of Indust ftCS C·)mmcn.:c

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PuhhC:CltiofH Cnntrihutcu ,1 nUl11hn nl articlL'\ on
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Madani; h. JI Denbund. Di ... tricl
SahHr'lIlpUi. U. P , 1Q2X; III Sill 11111.111
Spt'c'iallflll'rl'Si'i : huming. social work l.I ml ~ pi ri t uali\llI,
• Barirah BallO. 19~h, 4 s. dllO 2 d:
Snci:d WOIk ami 1... 1<11111<..' Theology;
pastime ami recreation , Di"l:ollrsc" on moralitv.
Ftll'(}(lrItf!
mvthology and "pirituali\m.
- Ge 11L' I ,II SCClctary. Jamia!
Ulcma-I-Hmd, 1964 70 and its
President ... incl' 1970; Vice·President.
Permcmrfll acldrrJ,\' . 240/111 n, Aerodrome An~n. lInit U.P Congrcs ... ('011111111t('C: Founucr
I. BhuhHIlC\WIH-7) 1009 .
of Muslim hmd. Dcoband.
S,thariLl1pUI ilntl of a numher of other
sorial ano cultural organisations:
Ml'1II1K'r. (i) A.I.Ce . (ii) Working
Commlllcc of Congrcs... (I), (Iii) COl11l1lillCC on Rule ....
RajYil Sahha, IYRO-X2. (iv) COll1l11lltcc on Government
;\ ... "urancc .... Ralya Suhhil. 19R2-H4 and (v) Court of Aligarh
MU';'[lIl1 Univcr... lty. J9H2-R4: elcl:lcd w the Rajya Sahlla in
I%H 1<l74.1'I81> 1986 and again clccl<d in April, 19R8.

Chlh .lamia! Ulcma-i-Ilind ;lIlt! its .. uh~idiarv.

/'ml'('/.\' Ilhroad: U,K Egypt. Iraq. Syna. Zamhli.l,
lurkcy, S.ltIlh Arahia. South Africa. M~lUl'1tiu .. , Malaysia.
SlIlgapnrc. Burmi.l. Bangladct.;h. Pukisti.1I1. U.S A .. France
ami CiUlada.
Pt~bli('(l'lo1l.\
: A number of pamphlels. and monographs
011 various suhjecls.
Sp~C'ial inlNestJ : Social. economic anu educational uplift
of masses.
f"UVOllfl/(! pa~'t'"'c and ferrelli/OIl Morning walk 111
ci:lrly small hours or dawn and reading.
PumOfltnl (ult/ress : Madani Manlll, Dcoh'.lnd. DI'Hricl
Saharanpur(U. P.) .
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 RAJ\A SASH\
MAHAJAN. SHRI PRAMOD: B .Sc. (Ph)"",), M .A.
(Political Science) and Diploma in ,Inurnnh ... m : BharatiYd
Janata Party {Mnhora\hlrn); s. of Shri
Venkate\h ; h. at ~t"h(lhoohnn~nr .
Andhm Pralle . . h. Ol'h'lll~r )0. Il)~l) ;
ed. at (i) Ynge ... I\\\'uri Vitlyaluyu .Ind
MahmHJynla) i\ , \mhnigHI . Dislril.'l
ShiT. lii) RilIlIIdc (n ... tHute of
Journalism . PUlh.' and (iii)
Marnlhwildn ,Iml Pune LInn (,f"ili('\
uppeared In the ~\I\mllldtiun:-. through
Nnsik ROlld C'l'ntfitl Pri ... on during
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Emergenn: III Shrimiltl Rl'k ha . f'..tafch
1t , 1l)7~: I '. Hod I d; Sncia\ WOl'h'f:
worked II' a renciwf in Khok'h\\ ar
Vidynlaya. 1971-74; wa~ impri'l'ncd In lI,i k Road Lcntfill
Pri ... on during fmcrgcnc). 19-:'5-77; Prl'\iLicnt , Bhuratl\ il
ldnaw YUH' f."tordhl ",joel' )986 (n )oUlh "In,!! 01 Rhnrat1\'i\
J,IIHlla Pml)); Gt;neral Secrclilry. ti) JuniHil Pun"
~t<lhilfi\,hlru Stale. It)7~~~O ilml tii) Rharall) ;l J'1l1.l1,1 Purty ,
Muhnm,htrn Stille. I YHU-K;\: SecrcIM', Bhilf,lIi \il Januttl
Part' . ll)~n b; Sub·Editor. Tnrun Bhanlt . Pune .
\ 1aha Til" hi m. 1l)7U~ 7 1: ~ Iem oer. (i) Ru,ht n Vii SWHYil1n St' Will...
Sangh 'IOl'e l'hildhnoti and (iil C'omnllltCt' on Rule, . RillYil
Su bha, ll)Kh·~7; e leeted 10 Ihe RUJ yH S"hhn in J ul \ , Il)Hl't .
Pf'rmftllf'1I1 uddrfH : f.:. Guru A'hi'h . Ilt:ar Bu,anl Par".
Clwmhur . Bombay-4(Xl071.
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WIIO'S WHO
MAHENDRA PRASAD. SHRI: Congrt·" (I) (Bih"r); ,.
or Inrc Shri Bali Rnm Sharmn : h. at GO\'1mlpur. kh tHlilhad
Diqrict, .Jnnuary ~. Ill-tO: ed . at (il
~liudl(' SdlOlll nnu High Schonl. O"ari
Hod (ii) Pilton C'ont~g(', Patna : nl
Shrilll1111 Satllill De\i: :h . :lAgril:nlturi~t
ilntl Politicul \\\lr"cr: ~kmber , (i)
S(,\'t~nlh Luk Sahhn, tll~O-~-L {ii)
C'ollunitl(T 011 Rules, R,ljyn Subhi. l .
11.)~l't-~7. (iii) \11 Inliul In . . tHlltC' III
Medicnl Sl'il'nce, . (IV) Imlinn
Pnrliamcntary OOll'glltilll'l tn Fralll'c.
Belgium, U.K. anti NClheriands , Junl'.
1l}~O Hnd ttl t\ustra!m nnd Singnpl'n..' .
Mny ~ .Iunc, Il)~-lllnd III Soviet Unll)ll.
Ma\,. 1988, (v) Illlit ,11l A,sociatinn 01 Parlinll1Cntnrinlb l\1l
PopUlation nnd Devch'pment Deleg.ltion to China • .Il11lt:' ,
IQ85, (vi) A ... illn Forulll of Parlinmcnlitrii\n, un
Populi-ltlon Hnd Dl'velnpment Deit'gatlon III Illllonr....... iil.
October. Il)H6. to Thailnnd . February . 1l)~7 lind 10 Chllli\.
September. IllS7, (vii) Pnrliamentarinn~ AClion ror Rem(wnl
or ApartheId Delt:'garion 10 'Vest (ierm<lll). f'mnct' ,
Netherlands. Sweden Hnd N\lrwny. r..tm-. Il)~7 lind (\iii)
Association 01 West [urnpeun Purhllmt:.·ntarinn, fllr Al' tillll
against Apnrtlwid f)ckgntinn to Zumhin lind Zimhnb\H.· ,
.I nnull rv, 19H8; Vi"ill'd (i )TlIl\znnin to Ol tend 751 h t\ n(l\Vl'r,, !\l'\
or Arril:nn ~Htil)IHlI (\lngrcs~, Dccemher. 1l)~7 lind (ii)
OxfonJ (Englnnd) fO nttcnd GlobAl Cllnfl'renCl' or Splritunl
nnL! PlIrlimn~lIlnr\' h'Hlkr.s on Human Survivul. '\pril ,
Il)8H: c!eclt:.'d In Ihl' RniVIl
. Sablm in .Innunrv.
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1l)~S lind
re-dcctt:d III Junt' , I (}Hb.
{ral,t'I.\ ahroad : ;\u . . lmlin. f\ustrin. Bt:lgilllll. Cnn;ldu ,
China. Dt..'nnlill'''. I gyp!. I'nglund, Flhllpin, Finlnnd. Frnnl't'.
(iermnny , Gn..'t:L'l· , I hIll!! Kong. Indnnt''''I~I . IInl)" Lipan ,
Kenya, KII\\illt , 1 uXl·mbt1\lrg . r..tuhl\,. . in . Nttht,rlillhl . . .
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I RAJYA SABHA
Assembly. Karnataka. 1983--85. (iii) Public Accounts
Committee of Kamataka Assembly. 1983-84 and (iv) House
Committee. Rajya Sabha. since October. 1986; Government
Chief Whip. Legislative Assembly. Karnataka. 1984-85;
elected to the Rajy. Sabha in April. 1986.
Clllbs : Secretary. Mankind Club. Bangalore. 1965-67;
Member. (i) Davangere Club. Davange,e and (ii) Rajaji
Nagar Sports Institute. Basaveswara Nagar, Bangalore.
Travels abroad: U.S.S.R. and Bulgaria.
Special interests; Social Servic.e. organising ryots and
agricultural labourers.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading . music and
cultural activities.
Permanenr address: No. 135. V Block, Rajaji Nagar,
Bangalore-IO.
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WHO'S WHO '89
MAHIsm, DR. (SHRIMATn SAROJINI : M.A .. LL.B ..
Ph.D., D . Litt.; Janata (Karnataka); d . of Shri Bindurao
Mahishi ; b. at Dharwar, March 3,
1927; ed. at (i) Government and
Kamataka High Schools, Dharwar,
(ii) WillingdoD College, Sangli,
Maharashtra, (iii) R. L. Law College,
Belgaum and (iv) Bombay, Karnataka
and Vikram Universities; well versed
in eight languages and recipient of
degree of Doctor of Literature
(Honoris Causa); Unmarried; Teacher '
and Journalist; Fellow and Lecturer,
Willingdon College, Sangli; _,
Maharashtra; Assistant Professor of
Law, Karnataka University for six years; Professor, Law
College, Dharwar; awarded, (i) 'Union Education Ministry
Award' for 'Atithi Salkar' & 'Yeb Hamare', (ii) 'Kamataka
State Award' for her Third and Fourth collection of Poems.
(iii) 'Vidiwal Rathna Award' by Mantralaya Sanskrit Sabha
and (iv) "Sahitya Vachaspati" by Akhil Bharatiya Hindi
Sahitya Sammelan. Prayag; connected with a number of
cultural, educational and literary organisations and
associations of Women . Children and Youth both in the
rural and urban areas, in a variety of capacities, running
Primary Schools, High Schools and Training Colleges for
Women, along with Vocational Sections; Commissioner
for Girls' Guides in Karnataka ; Presided over, (i) Short
Story Writers' Conference at the Kannada Sahitya Sammelan
at SeHary, (ii) Literary Conference at Dharmastala, South
Kanara and (iii) A ll Mysore Wom en's Conference at
Hejanadi , South Kanara, 1960 ; President , (i) Karnataka
Sangha, New Delhi, (ii) Dharwar Distri ct Women's
Association and (iii) Sansadiya Hindi Parishad ; Executive
President, Pracyavani, an Organisation for the spread of
Sanskrit. Indian culture and philosophy etc.; Vice-Chairman,
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'MAHTO, SHRI RANDIIU: M,I\ (f n~I"h). B I . anti
Dlplnnld in Pducalion, Congrt.'''''' (I) (Ilihttr); S pi Shn
Chaudhary M(dlhl~ h III Villll~c
K4pan P 0 Singhlil~hht, DISH
SanHt"'lIpUf (Bihar). N\Ht:mhl;r 10.
1~14. '·u a'(Ii I r .N.S III~h S~h"\)1.
Narhil.n, (II) Stunrt\lIp" r (,olll;~"·.
S"ma\llpur. (Ii.) I . S ('\ll"'~c.
MUlaffarpur (ind (IV) 1Hllning ('l1l1~gl<,
Turki; m I\hrtmatJ Shul I>t·\' I , I()"'~;
2" and I d,; ('ultivI:IWr; worlo..lI1g i~)j'
the wdfaH~ of tht' IllnS\\'\ hy I uOlllng
night \('hv(ll\ hlr Ctdutls MHI \olwd
water pwbkm b~' diggIng ""dis with
thl' vpl'rution pt (. iu\'\'rnnwnt S~h~,ltll";
100Wtlcd 1\lf the opl:nmg ut Pnlll<tf~ \lh\I\1Is, MI\ldk S,,'ho(ll,
<tnd High \l'h(I()ls, l)tfi:rnl his H',i"h:JlH' hI! thl' \)ttk\' ~It Hthar
Pf,tdl·,h (\Ingrc" Cummlttl.'i,.' wh,,'n \,Iddk.at ,hr,tHl \\;\,
\;,tpIUrcU b., the Lhs Congu.."" (HIm 1"J7~ to 1~I'tO. ('h<tHUMU,
Hlhdr Raj.,a Ketlil. Al.:adcmy l)IIC\"t(lf AII,th"n,,(1 H,Ulk..
(Jcn-e-ral \c(·rctary. (i) L'lIl1gH'" ... uty III thl' [)I'tlll't
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WI\O'S WHO
MA.lIII . SIIKI I'KITIIIIII : 1l,1\ : Congress ( I) (1\"'111):
.... uf Shri l3ir!\lIl g M,IJhi; b, at Oibrugarh. A .... i.lnl. January 24,
It)~I, I..'d. Oil (I) (invcrnrnr.:nt noy,'
I I. S. SI.:ho(ll. J)lhrugarh lind (Ii) D,
II S, Kanni Colll..'gl.:. [);hl'ugilrh, 111,
SIHimali Anita M;qlll, h:hrulIl'Y ~7,
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l)l:Pllly (,hil'l I ·H~CIIIIV\..' Councillnr,
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Pnri";:ld, (rl.'llI:r;t! Sl'I..'I!.:I:II~, (i) I\",S:II11
'[-ea 1',mploycc,ll1dllstr;;11 (\)()pCnllIVt;
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1·lI1ployl.'l· ... Union ,lnd (ii) ,\II,\SS;"l1
S:llllhal ('0I11111itICI.:; Sl'Crl.'[illV, t\ ...... am
Il'(I (ialdt!1I & I ~x-' I ~I'I Ciilnh:n Trihl.'s Studell\'''' t\~~odation,
I)ihrll~nlh; Advl'l'1'. (i) Adibasi StH:in, !·.dm:atulna! rind
Cullum! A",sol'ialioll. Assdm .lntl (ii) Oil (Oil Imlla l.td )
I l1lplnycl.: ... llnuUl, Dliliapll (J),brugarh): C'h:lirmnn,l_ilhoul
( 'l'Il. A\sal1l Pradl..',h Congn.: ...... ('Oll1mllh:c (I); f-\l'l'lJtI\I:.'
Ml'1lIhl", A"',I111 ('hah Ma/lioOi Sangh;, (I N'll Ie).
I)lbrllgilrh; lVh:t1Ih~r , (i) I lindi Salah,,"'al Sa11lit~-, I\II1H~tl'\
of AgriCUlturl' and Rum l Dc\~lopnl~nl. (tI) RL'gIPrl,,1 Dll~l't
IdX.:, AdVI'tHV ('nllllllltlc~, Shtllonp.. (IiI) lea Bomd
(!9H6 S7). (IV) Advi~ory (\Hllmitlcc. Tclccommunic"llon~,
A ... satn, (v) 1\11 I ndia Sp;c\.!s I)l'vclopn1l.'11t Council. (vi)
Boanl o f \'llvironll'lcnt of FnrC~·;1 and Wild life and (vii)
('{)I,ltllillt!L' nn Petitions, Rajya Silhhll, si ncc J ul y, ll)rj8:
l'1l'CIf..'d to t h ~ Rujy" Sahh;, in April~ 19~4,
('111/1 . Khonikllr Navjyotl Sangha.
S/J/'('/(// ;"It'n'~'I,\ ' ~lll'ial
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h/l'O//IIII' /1{I,'lillll' (lwl n'('/'('(llIolI : Rcading,
PallllUlt'//' wid Ie" 1 ~kai VilLlgl', P.O Scs~a,
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194 RAJYA S~B H A
MALAVIYA, SHRI RADHAKISHAN: B.A., L.L.B.;
Congress (I) (Madhya Pradesh): s. of Shri Chhotelal
Malaviya: b. al Village Bhicholi Hapsi,
District Indore. Madhya Prades h. July
S, 1943: ed. at (i) Government S. G.
H. S. School. Indore. (ii) Government
Arts and Commerce, Coll ege, Indore
and (iii ) P.M.B. Guja rali College,
Indore; m. Shrimati Shantibai
Malav iya, April 30, 1962; I s. and 4 d .;
Agriculturist and Legal Practi tioner;
participated in the activities for the
welfare of Scheduled Cas tes,
Scheduled Tribes and Agriculturists:
Presidenl , (i) Dislrict Co ngress (I)
Committee. I~dore. sin ce 1978, (ii) Mad hya Prad esh Harijan
Sewak Sangh, Indo re, since 1982, (i ii ) Saini Vidya Niketan,
Indore, si nce 1973, (iv ) Indore Districi Balai (Malviya)
Mahasang and (v) District Ind ore Moni to ring Committee
on Government Works; Vi ce-Chairman . Madhya Pradesh
Rachnatmak Karyakart a Samaj; Me mber, (i) Madhya
Pradesh State Legislative Assembly, 1972-77, (ii) Madhya
Pradesh Youth Congress Committee, 1972-75, (iii) All
Indi a Counci( for Technical Education since November ,
1982, (iv) Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for 1986-88, (v)
Hindi Salahakar Samiti for the Ministry of Industry , 1983 ,
(v i) Divisional Railways Users, Consultative Committee for
.the Ratlam Division , 1983 , (vii) Regional Direct Taxes
Advisory Committee attached to Commissioner of Income
Tax, Jabalpur , 1982, (viii) Telephone Adviso ry Committee,
Indore, 1972-1975 and since 1983, (ix) Senate, University
of Indore , (x) Central Jail Administrative Reforms
Committee , Indore, (xi) Adult Education Committee,
Government of Madhya Pradesh, 1984, (xii) Gramin
Mazdoor Sangh (lNTUC) , Indore, 1972, (xiii) Indore
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Division Gram Panchayat Selection Committee, (xiv) Indore
District Anti-corruption Committee, (xv) lnd~re Distri~t
20 Point Programme Implementati on CommIttee. (x~~)
Madhya Pradesh Scheduled Castes Parishad , 1982-83, (XVII)
Advocates Bar Association. District Court, Indore . 1978,
(xviii) Janpad Panchayat , Indore , (xix) Janpad Panchayat
Sanwar District , Indore ., (xx) District Panchayat. Indore .
(xxi) Indore District Salahakar Samiti. (xxii) Public Accounts
Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislature , (xxiii) Committee
on Public Undertakings, Madhya Pradesh Legislature . (xxiv)
Business Advisory Commiuee, Rajya Sabha , since July ,
1988 and (xxv) Committee on Rules . Rajya Sabha. since
July: 1988; Union Deputy Minister in the M.inistry of
Labour since February, 1988; elected to the R'Jya Sabha
in April , 1982 and re-elected in April , 1988.
Travels abroad : Italy , France . England, Netherlands
( Holland) , Amsterdem and Yugoslavia .
Special interests: Village development work and welfare
of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward
Classes.
Favoflr; te pastime and recreation: Games. Reading and
Agriculture.
Permanent address: (i) Village Bhicholi , Hapsi , District
Indore. Madhya Pradesh and (ii) 19 , Tilak Nagar , Main
Road . Indore .
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"IALlK, SHRI :l<IUKHTlAR SINGH: B. A , I I..B ,
Cll ngrc ...... (I) (Haryana); .... of Ch Shl\· Da)i.lI ; h . ;:11 village
Bhagan, July 3. 1912 ; eo a' (,) IImou
College. Delhi ,'"0 (,i) l.aw College,
Delhi ; Widower ; I d .; L..:g ..11
Practitioner ; devntc ... lime to educate
farmer) In modern method... of
agriculture. for the upllfll11cnt of
Harijan... and to preach agi.l11 I ... t
untouchahility ; rrcvioll ... ly a"'Mlcialcd
with JHIl Sangh and Janala P.llly; Wi.\'..
Prc,iden" (i) C R .A . College, (i,)
CRZ. Iligh School, Soncpal .
1956-73 , (II') Ilarya"" Ja" Sangh
Pari) , 19610 h'l and 19n 75 ano ('v)
I faryana Janata Party , I 97K-XO; Ex · Prc ... ldcnt, 'Ilka Ram
Education Society, Soneral: ("halrman, f Jaryana Slare
Minor Irrigation Corporation. 19XO -X2; General Secretary.
/.i:lm lOd ~lr Party, Punjah . 194X- 52; Memher, (i) PunJah
Lcgi ... lativc A\\cmhly. 1962· .(l6. (ii' I faryan .. 1.c..'I! I... lativc
A"embly, 1966·67 and I%!\- 71. (II') t.ok S"hha. 1'171 79,
(ov) Est,ma,c; Commlt'ee, Lok Sal1ha, 1'177· 79, (v) Railway
Cnnventuln Committec. 1971- 75, (vi) ('Ol11l1llllee un
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l'ommillcc on Pe tition .... Ralya Sahha "'Illce July, II)XX.
e lected to the Raj ya Sahha In 19(17 (1M illHI aV:1I1l c..'lcclc..'d
111 April, J9K4 ,
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Shri Budh SlIlgh ; h . al \,ill ,lgc •.tntl
P.O III ... awada . Di,lriL"t f\.1cerul
(lI.P) .lui) ~4. 1<)41>; <,<I a' (i)
MG M lntcr·('ollcge. Dhakauli .
lV1cenlt . (Ii) Meerut Colkgc. ~1cenll
:m d (III) In ... tllulc..' 01 (·on ... titutional
ilnd Parilillllc..' ntary Studl\,.' .... Ne\\ Dc..'Ihl .
III Shnmatl Iqhal t\1 .. 1I\.... ()el:e111 h\,.' r
14 . 1\)72: l"armct; trnpri ... olled lll ill1\'
IIrnc..·... 11\ ... tmk' llh· ami nw ...,
lllo\'cllll'nh ; Pr\,.·... ilkill . Studenh
UnulIl. Mcc..'rul (,olkgc. MCe..'rul .
19hh-h7 and 1')hto\-h9 ; (icncnll
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200 RAJYA SABHA

Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading and l istening
to the Indi an Classical Music.
Permanent address: Village and P.O. H isaw'lda. District
Meerut (U. P.).
• Parliament \988-89; Member. (i) Madhya Prad esh Congress
I in April 1978 and again elected in April . 1984.
MANHAR, SHRI BHAGATRAM: B .Sc. (Agriculture):
Congress (I) (Madhya Pradesh) : s. ofShri Raja Ram Manhar ;
b . at village Bhikhampura , District
Raiga rh (M.P.). October 22. 1938:
ed. at Hindu High SchooL Ra ipur
(M.P.) and Col1ege of Agriculture.
Jabalpur University: m. Shrimati
Ka mla M a nhar , May 11, 1973; I s.
and 1d; Cultivator: wo rked in Bhoodan
at Jabalpur Camp for 15 days in 1956 ;
Trustee Member, Guru Ghasidas
Smarak Samiti, Raipur . (M.P .) since
\981; President . Bilaspur Nagrik
Sahkari Bank Ltd ., Bilaspur;
Secretary, (i) M .P . H a rij a n Students
o rga ni sa tion , 19 56~57 a nd (i i) Akhil Bha rat Anusuchit
latiya Parishad ; Convener of Scheduled Caste s and
Scheduled Tribes Cel1 of Madhy a Pradesh Congress
Committee. 1977-78; Treasurer. Congress (I) Party in
(I) Working Co mmittee and Madhya Pradesh Congress ( I)
Committee since 1977 and (ii) State Level 20-Point
Programme Committee since 1980; Fifth Lok Sabha,
February 1974 to January 1977: elected to the Rajya Sabha
Special interest: Upliflment of down-trodden people.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Rea ding. gardening
and indoor games.

Travels abroad: Nepal. China, Hong Kon g. Thail a nd .

Kenya, Dubai . Singapore. North Korea. Jap a n , Saudi
Arabia, U.K., Ca nada , U.S.A., France. Australia a nd
Bangia D esh .
Permanent address: Village and P.O. Champa, District
Bilaspur. Madhya Pradesh .

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WIIO'S WI to 2O.l

"MARAN, SHRI MURASOLI : M.A.; D.M. K. (Tal11il Nadu) ;

!<I. of Shri Shanmuga Sundaram; h. at Villctgc Thirukkuvalai .
DisH. Thanjavur. 1917; cd. at (i)
Board High School, Tiruvarur. (il)
Govt. College. Kumhakonal1l, (iii)
(the th en) Municipal College. Salem.
(iv) Pacha;yappa\ Coliege and (v)
Law College, M<lurl.ll.,; 111 . Shrimali
Malliga ; 2 :0,. and J d .; Journali",;
arreMed in 1965 during anti·! lindi
agitation for hi:-. arliclcl.,; dctuincu
• under MISA for one year duril1g
• I Emergency; participated in the
A(,C"OIlIpIHllm(,II' If/ (Ir1\ (II/(/ w·rel/c(' : Journali\t: mnhor
and ~creen-playwrighl: provu.led ..,crcell play and ~liah~gul.!~
for l110re than 20 film~ in rami! ; dm;:cl~d two ~lIlm' t Ih~
Sangcct Natak Ak~HjCll1y confcrreo the title 'Kal<II.N:"llilnl
in 1975 101 hi.., c.:ontrihutlon to ~crccn·phJy ano dJaI()gu~
writing.
I'"hlinll/Of/\ : MallY hook~ 011 politi c~ anti ..,llOrt ..,tory
c.:o l1ccliom ill Tamil ; hook on State-autonomy. (Manda
Suyatchi) ;I rc..,cHrch work Oil Centrc-Slatc Iclatl()ll~ .
/>('1'111011('11/ mlrJrt,.\.\ : l :diIOf , ' Mul'a~{lli ',

Seminar of Ilarvard lJl1ivl! r~ity K()dulllha k kalll Iligh Road , Mad r",·oOO!n4
conducted hy Dr, Ilcnry Khi:-.ingt.:r in
1968; Trustee, Pachaiyappa\ Trust Board . 1970-7H alld
ill., President in 1976: Editor, (i) 'Mural.,oJi ' Daily in Tamil.
an orgttn of the D.M.K. Party and (ii) 'The Ri~ing Sun',
a weekly in English; publbher, ' Kungumal11', 'Muththaram'
and 'Sumungali', Ihe large selling magm,inc!, in Tamil :
M ember, (i) Committee On Subordinate Legi~lalion Rajya
Sa bha. !'incc July , 1988, eii) Commiltee on Puhlic
Undertaking!, for three lerm.\, (iii) Fourth I.ok Si.lhha.
I96H-70, (iv) Firth Lok Sabha. 1971 77, (v) Executive
Committee and the General Council of the D .M. K.. (vi)
Committee on the WeJfarc of Schcdulcc.l Ca!,tc~ iJnd
Scheduled Tribe" 1982,83 and 19R7-8H and (vii) General
Purposes Committee, Rajya Si.lbha, J9RO ·H2j now leader
or the O .M .K. Parliamentary Party in both the llouses;
elected to the Rajya Sabha in July. 1977 and ,e-e lected
in July, 19H3.

Tra vels ahroad: EuJ'Opc , U.S.A., Singapore, M ;]lay~i;J t

J 'nng Kong , Japan , Sri Lflnka and I.~a~t Africa .

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\IASODKAR. SHRI BHASKAR ANNAJI : M .A .. LL.B .: the Rajya Sabha In July, 1986.
Congre,,\ (I) (Maharashtra): .... of Shri AnnaJI Ramchandra
Masodkar; h. al Villa g~·Loni, Clllb : Cricke, Club of India, Bombay .
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Taluk· f\h lrs l. Di ... lri ct Amraoti.
Vidharbha, Maharashlr.l. AlI gu~t l.l, TrOl 'els ahroad: U.K .. U.S.A., France. Italy and New
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- C('IlIege and Ll\\ Collegc. ~agrur. Law . (ii) Supreme Court on Election Law (Lawyers Hom e)
:\lahara~h'Ti.L In Shnmall Samlh\;l. (iii) Law of Meetings in India . (iv ) The Society, Stale and
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prenou",h .tSS(ll'hned \\ il h I ndi ..1n to defection ([986); earllcr worked 011 the Editorial Board
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struggle: ,tacted k~al pra~tll'l' in 14:"3 dailies published from Nagpur (1941>-50).
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ZOR RAJYA SABHA WHO'S WHO 209

~IATHUR, SHRI MANMOHAN: B.A.; Congres< (I) Favourlle pastime ami reaeation:
(Orissa): s. of Shri Chandu Lal Mathur: b. at Bhawanipatna. Gardening. -
Readmg Clnd
District Kalahandi. Orissa. August 16.
1946; ed. at (i) B.M. High School Per",allelll address: Statue Para. P.O. Bhawanipatna.
and (ii) Kalahandi Science College; Dbtt. Kalahandl. Or;",,-76600 \.
m. Shrimati Laxmi Mathur. April
21. 1969; 3 s. and I d.; Agriculturist;

,
~
-- organised social. cultural and political
activities right from student days;
established Youth Organisation.
"Yubsamaj" in Kalahandl. 1967;
\ organised massive relief work at
Khariar in Kalahandi in 1966-67;
courted arrest on a number of
occasions for participating ir,
agitations; Chairman. (i) Bhawanipatna Municipality.
1979-83 and (ii) Committee on Petitions. Orissa Legislative
Assembly. 1983-84; Founder President , Town High School.
Bhawanipatna. since 1981: President. (i) District Congress
Committee. Kalahandi. 1977-83 and (ii) Kalahandi Cricket
Club. 1967; General Secretary. (i) District Congress
Committee, Kalahandi, 1971-77, (ii) Kalahandi Science
College Union. 1968 and (iii) Kalahandi District Athletic
A'i~ociallon. 1970-71; Secretary, (i) Kalahandi Science
College Athletic Association, 1967 and (ij) Kalahandi Cricket
Club, 1966; Editor,oriya Weekly Newspaper, "CHARCHA ";
Member. (j) Executive Committee of Pradesh Congress
Committee. Orissa, since 1971. (ii) Legislative Assembly,
Ori'isa. 1980--85. (iii) Public Accounts Committee, Orissa
Legi,lative Assembly. 1980-81 and 1982-83, (iv) Senate,
Sambalpur University, 1982-84 and (v) Governing Body,
Rourkela Engineering College. Government College.
Women's College. B.Ed. Collcge and Law College in
Ka!ahandl; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1988.

Special mlereSfS: Games. sports and travelling.

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 RAJYA SABHA
MATTO, SHRI GHULAM RASOOL: Matric; National
Conference (J & K); s. of late Haji Mohammed Shah
MattD; b. at Srinagar (Kashmir),
March 23. 1925; ed. at Government
High School. Baghi Dilawarkhan.
Srinagar; m. Shrimati Fatima Ghulam
Rasool Matto. August 8. 1943; 2 s.
and 3 d.; Industria li st; Managing
Partner. (i) Matto Brotliers Whole-
sale Shawl Manufacturers and
Exporters and (ij) Kashmir Trading
Corporation, Srinagar; Treasurer.
Joint Secretary. Secretary-General.
Vice-President and Presitlenr of the
Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, Srinagar (4 terms); Vice-President, (i) J . & K.
Productivity Council and (ii) J. & K. Management
Association; Managing Director, Matto Worsted Spinning
and Weaving Mills Private Limited; Director, (i) India
Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), (ii) J&K
Financial Corporation Limited, (iii) Himalayan Wool
Combers Limited (J&K Government Undertaking). (iv) J.
& K. Cement Limited, Srinagar and (v) Norplex Oak India
Ltd., Srinagar; Treasurer, S. K. National Medical Institute
Trust; Member Executive, State Branch, Indian Red Cross;
Member, (i) Northern India Local Board, Life Insurance
Corporation of India (Three terms), (ii) Northern India
Local Board, Reserve Bank of India , New Delh-i, (iii) J .
& K. Wool Board , (iv) Export and Import Advisory
Council, Government of India , (v) Indu stries Advi so ry
Council, Government of India, (vi) Small Scale Industries
Board, Government of India, (vii) J. & K. State Planning
Board, Srinagar, (viii) State Small Scale Industries Ancillary
Gommittee, Srinagar, (ix) Governing Council, Regional
Engineering College, Srinagar, (x) Governing Council,
In stitute of Medical Sciences, Sri nagar, (xi) State Board
WHO"S WHO 211
('()'~mittee. Al~India Tuberculosis Association , (xii)
Advl'>ory Committee. Doordarshan Kendra. Srinagar. (xiii)
Member of the Delegation for the promotion of Kashmir
Handicrafts to Europe, America and Japan in 1970. (xiv)
Cultural Delegation to Russia sponsored by Indo-Soviet
Cultura! Society in 1974, (xv) Central Silk Board and (xvi)
Committee on Rules , Ralya Sabha, 1983-84 and since July ,
1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1982 and
re-elected in April, 1988. •
Club : Member, Executive Committee. Nagin Club.
Srinagar.
Travels abroad: Middle East. Europe, U.S.A., Japan,
Kabul , Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan , Dagestan and Moscow
(U.S.S.R.), China, Saudi Arabia (Jeddah. Mecca and
Madina) Visited Britain. Canada, Australia and Japan
as a Member of the PARA (Parliamentary Association
for the Removal of Apartheid) delegation sponsored by
Government of India in 1987 to interact with Fellow
Parliamentarians in these countries on the issue of Aoartheid.
Also visited Hong Kong. Vi~ited Libya as Indian delegate
to ~he In~ernational Conf~r~nce on Palestine held in Benghazi
(Libya) In 1988. Also vlSI'ed Jordan and Iraq in 1988.
Publications: Has written articles in some periodicals .
Special interests: Economics, finance and commerce.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Classical music ,
particularly Kashmiri, Soofiana music, Mysticism and Sufism.
reading books and interested in visiting and seeing natural
beauty spots.
Perman em address: Mirzabagh, Nagin Lake. Post Office
Hazratbal , Srinagar (Kashmir).
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WHO'S WHO 213

MEENA, SHRI DHULESHWAR ,M.A. (Geog.); Congress

Committee, (xi) Committee on the Commissions of Inquiry
(I) (Rajasthan); s. of late Shri Hurmaji' b. at Village
(Amendment) Bill. 1969. (xii) Committee on the Welfare
Khokhadra, Post Office Kherwara.
of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes , 1970, (xiii) All
District Udaipur (Rajasthan). August
India Handicrafts Board. 1967-71. (xiv) Rajasthan Housing
5. 1935; ed. at (i) Keshenyaji Middle
Board. Jaipur. 1970-71 , (xv) Rajasthan State Roadways
School. Rakhabdeo . Udaipur. (ii)
Corporation. Jaipur. 1966-68. (xvi) Committee for Central
Kanwarpada High SchooL Udaipur
and Zenana Hospital. Udaipur. 1970-71. (xvii) Rajasthan
and (iii) Maharana Bhupal College.
Public Service Commission, 1972-77. (xviii) Advisory
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Udaipur: m, Shrimati Dhuli Bai, May
Committee on Railways Western Zone. (xix) Divisional
24. 195-1; 4 s. and 2 d.;Agriculturist;
RaHways Users Consultative Committee (Ajmer & Kota
se rved as Sr. Teacher in Govt. Higher
Division), since 1-9-1983, (xx) Hindi Salahakar Samiti (a)
)
~ Secondary School. Gogunda. DiSH.
Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and (b)
Udaipur. 1961-62: Y./<IS Clctivc Congress
Ministry of Irrigation, (xxi) Committee on Government
Worker from 1957 to 1l)72 before
Assurances, Rajya Sabha. 1982---S4 . (xxii) Committee on
joining R.P.S.C. CIS its Member and
Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha. 1984 86. (xxiii)
again since 1978 worked for ·the upliftment o~ the. trihals
Lok Sabha, 1962-67 and 1967-70, (xxiv) Central Advisory
and down-trodden in Rajasthan; President. Akhil Rajasthan
Committee for the National Cadet Corps. 1982-83 (xxv)
Meena Sangh (Regd.); Convener. Sub-Committee of
Zonal Railways Users Consultative Committee,Western
COilgress Pan), in Parliament on Scheduled Tribc.s. 1967;
Zone, Bombay, (xxvi) Committee on Petitions. Rajya
Life Member of the Bhartiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh,
Sabha, 1987-88 and (xxvii) Non-official Member of the
New DeIhl. since 1964 ar.d its Honorary Secretary, 1970-71.
Advisory Board for the District JaiJ (Nominated by the
A.LC.C. Observer for Santhal Parganas District in Bihar
Rajasthan Govt .. Home Department); participated in the
for Mid-term Assembly Election. 1968: Member, (i) Joint
Indian Labour Conference held at New Delhi as a delegate
Parliamentary Committee on the Comptroller and Auditor
in 1965; elected to the Rajya Sabha in July. 1980 and
General's (Duties. Powers and Conditions 01' Service) Bill.
re-elected in July, 1986.
1969. (ii) the Crimmal Law (AmendmenT) Bill. 19RO. (iii)
Joint Commitlec on Metropolitan Council, Delhi. (iv)
Club: Member. M.P's. Rifle Club.
Telephone Advisory Committee. RI-.lJilsthan Circle (Jaipur),
1964. (v) Contral Tribal AdvT,,'rv Board. 1966-67 and
Publication: Wrote an article on the 'Industrial Growth'
1967-68. (vi) State Planning Advisory Council, Rajasth.sn.
highlighting the. industrial growth, policy and planning
1967. (vii) Joint Committee on Kerala Legi51ation Com~illt.'e
under late Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister
during the President' ... Rule. (viii) E5timatc ... Comm ittee.
to observe 1982 year as productivity year.
l')fl6-67. (ix) The Hlnlalav(ln Border Di:-'Illllt.' Committee
101(,0 \l'oIll:t1 ~LfA;J :; rt:pr~,enldll\l' of Ihl. "'-Iud)- (1ft1l!P
Travels abroad: Singapore and Malaysia as a Delegate
hc.:adetl hv l;Ltl: Shn Kf' ·hod \Iurtl Ran. Dl.put) Sr~ d·, I Ill\.
of the Study Group of Parliament for the Shipping
Sahha l'\t;\\ Dt:lhil Ix1 \\1.:~(~f11 71) [{<Iii", ~\ l,er'
Corporation of India, 1970 .

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216 RAJYA SABIIA WIIO'S WilD

Pub/,eal/om In Engh~h and GujarcJlI ' (i) " Agrarian MIRZA IRSHAI)"AIG, SIIRI: BSe .. LL.B .; COl1grc"
prohlem, of Saura ...hlr~", (Ii) "Let/nom;, Prohlem, 01 (I) (Gujarat); s. of Shri Mirza Aiyuhbmg Mohd . A.I<II11haig ;
Saunl,htra", (iii) 'Proh[em, of Middle Cla\'ic'i", (iv) b . al Mod<lsa (S . K.), Ciujarat. October
" undament" I, of MarXI ... m·· and (v) 'I fi ~h I aXCi1l<Jn I .Cil(h 3. IY49; cd. at (il Moda"'lli gh School.
to '-.V"'UJn. ('" rfuptl or and Smuggling' M{)da~a , (ii) GliJarat College. Gujanu
UniVCf\lty and (iii) Sir L.A . Shah
Sociolngy, Phil",ophy IIJ "Iwry, I,a bour
SpecwJ mtere.\fl I.aw (,ollc~l.! . Ahm e dahad ; m
i.mU Ki,an Movement ... , Shrinwti Sact.:'dH lkgilm , May [1,1975;
2 \.; Agriculturist ; AW>ln.lcU Ni.llional
and
FavOllrll(' fJa\fime rf'f'rr'ullf}1/ H.cadlOl:! on ( urr enl Intl!grHI inn A..,..,em hly AwanJ ( [9H7-RR):
Socin, Economic problem, wotl/(i) CiujUl':ll Universit y M ~l hi:1d cv
()c:-'ll i 1,' [OClJlilll1 Troph y. [1)68, (ii)
Perm'UU'lIf mldn'H 0) SWlion Piol J)hor:IJ 1J.' l1 Ciuj:lI:tt l llllVl'r,ity Bhakta Bhola
Ra)kot ((,uja rat) and (it) ),·2. 1 "dau, 1·lal" Kh:tIlJHII j ' lm,: uIHHl I tophy . (iii)
[t)(IN ,1110
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adJudgt,.·d BI.'\' Spcnl-.cI llf, ( i) Mmja..,a College, 1965-66
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2tK I~I\JYA SAHIIA

MISHRA, StlRl CtlAl'URANAN: Studied upto Martric;

(ilnning and Procc"lng Cotton ('o-opcrativc Sncu.: ly . CPI (Bihar); s, of lalC Shri Bachananand Mishra; h, at
t971-7:L (iv) S(ll1<lrkantha 1)"lrICI Panchayal. 1975 -XO, ViiI. NHh;u, P.S, Pandaul , Distt ,
(v) Naliomti Ilarhour Hoard IlJK1-X4. (vI) Madhubani (Bihar), April 7. 1925;
Developme nt Council, Sugar Indu'lric' (a ... RrlJya 5"hh:. In, Sml. J lemanti Mishn\ in Dec.,
rcp rC\c nt:lllvc) . (vii) Nalionali"lcd Bank ... Co-o.',<.lLnl.ltinl1 1946; I s. (I nd 4 d,; active In social
Committee (Gujarnt Stale (iovcfnmcnt). (VIII) JOInl service nndlradc unions; W;J!'<! arrested
COlnlnlllCI.! of PHrliam cnl on Waqf Amendment Act. (ix) in August. 1942 "Quit India
Olficial Language COI11Il1IIlCC (llJH6). (x) Joint Movement " while studying in
Pmlialncntary C()l11l11 l ltcc II) cnqUlrc Into Bofor"i C'nntfiJct. Matriculation ; freedom fighter , badly
(Xi).I01111 {'olTImi1lcc of IhL: J iou"c'i on the 1.,t1i;H) Mcdi c;d injured in lathi charge in Darbhanga
('(lundl Amenument mil, 19H7. (xii) Pl'Ognol1n1c Jail. 1943 and hud to leave India and
lmplcmcnt(Jlion Committee. "inec 19M? , (xiii) .loint stay in Nepal during Qllit India
Committee of P<.Irliamcnt on Railway Arnclldmcnl Act. Movement; actively helped in opcning
19M7, (xiv) Ilind i Sal(lhkar ('olTIl11itlee oj th e of, (i) Giridih Women's Staff College,
Nnn~C()nventional Energy Sources (Minis tl Y of I-:' ncrgy) (ii) Baniadih lIigh School. (iii) Bishweshar II .E. in ViiI.
and (xv) C'ommillcc on Government Assurance .. , Rajya Nahar and (iv) Nalya Parishad nt N;:lhar ctc.; connected
Sahh". IYK6·KR; v"itcd. (i) M,l\cOW (USSR) in 19K3 '" with, (i) A,N. Sinha and L.N, Mishra Institute of Research,
Lead er of the.: Indi an Youth ( 'onJ.:res'l (1) DclcAation and Patm, and (ii) Jngjivan R<lm Institute of Parliamcnwry
<lg~lIn in July, IlJK5 to Hllend the 12th World Youth I-'c:-.tival Work, Patna; President, (i) Distt . lIarijan Sewak S1Ingh,
ih a delegat e of th(.: Youth ('()n~res .. <lnd (Ii) Jeddilh in 1977- 80 and (ii) AITUC. SlIlce 1983; elected Chairman,
J)e c~m bcr . lYK:ci. mo, an invit ee of the IndlHn Alrl1I1C .. on it ... Coal Commission of Miners International , Moscow, 1964;
IIlaugurill nlAllt . ' lI yderah;t(J~Jcdd<'lh': cil:ct(.:d 10 th e RajY<l Chairman, Lihrary Committee; Founder GenerHI Secretary.
S.. bha in Arril. IlJH1 and re~c lc c tcd in April . 19H4 , Kcdar Das Institutc of Lahour and Sodnl Sciences. AihM;
Leader, CPI Group in Oihar Assembly for 10 years and
Travel, 1I1JrntuJ : USSR and Jeddah (Saudi Arahw) , Deputy Lcnder for two years; was Mcmber. (i) Bih"r
Legislative Assembly Committee on Public Undcrtukings
Special illft'l'{!,\ H : 1\1'1, ('uilurc Hnd Mu:-.ic . and (ii) Anti Corruption Commitlec; Member, (i) NlltiOntl1
Council, C.P.I., since 1964, (ii) Alternate Member of the
FlIvrmriu' pa,\'finw (JIlt! rl'('f('lIfio/l :Readirlg. Executive Committee of World Federation of Trade Unions,
(iii) Bihar Stllte Seett. C.P.I.. (iv) Bih.r Legislative Assembly
PemUm('1I1 addre,\'.\ : Mirl.ll (':HllP , Mmlns<:l . SlIh(lrkantha. for three terms, (v) Porlinmcntary Committee 011 Public
Gujarat. Accounts, 19H4·H5 unci (vi) Committee on Government
Assurances, Rajya S"l1ha, 1986-87; auended 1.1..0.
Convention on Mines; electcd to the Rnjyn Sabha in Arril.
1984.
 RAJYA SABIIA
Frtll'e!.\ U.S.S.R.. Hungary, Bulgaria,
ahroad:
Clccho~lovakia. G.D.R .. U.K., France, Italy, Switzerland.
Nepal. Rumania and China,
Pllhliullioll"':Varioll". Trade Union booklets and a
Novel ha"eu on reports on Dhorhl Mines Accident,Novels
In Maithili. one Novel' Kala'. published hy Millthili Academy,
regular contrihutor to Bihar Dallies and periodicals like
lan-Shakti, Mairhila Mlhir. M<.lithilic Academy Journal,
Aryavarta and Indian Nation; Editor of Hindi "AITUC
~AMVAD".
Sp~cia( ifllerest . Stud,c!'. in Socia-Economic Conditions
of India.
Permanent address: ViII, Nahar, P.OBhagwatipur-
Nahar Via Rampattl, Dislt Madhubani (Bihar).
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WHO'S WHO 221
MISHRA, DR. JAGANNATH: B.A. (Hons.), M.A
(Economics), Ph. D.; Congress (I) (Bihar); s. of laic PI
Rabinandan M,shra; b. at Basanpalti
(Saharsa), June 24, 1937; ed. al (i)
H.E. School. Balua Bazar (Saharsa),
(ii) T.N.J. College, Bhagalpur and (iii)
L.S. college, Muzaffarpur (Bihar
University); m. Shrimati Veena
Mishra. June 22, 1959; 3 s. and 3 d.;
teacher in College and Reader in
Economics in Bihar UniverSity; social
worker; actively participated in
Bhoodan Movement and toured
I
various parts of Bihar and I
neighbouring States with late !\;;"arya
Vinoba Bhave. 1953 60; worked for teachers' welfare
programmes; associated with Congress Party, since 1953;
founded, (i) Ghoghardiha College, Ghoghardiha. Dislncl
Madhubani, (ii) L.N Tirhul College. Muzaffarpur. (Iii)
L.N. Mishra Collcgto! of Business Management, Muzaffarpur
and (iv) L.N. Mishra Institute of Economic Development
and Social Change, Patna; Chairman. 16th National Foothall
Championship for Sanlosh Trophy held al Paino in 1976;
Mt:mbcr. (i) Senate and Syndicate. Bihar University. 1966,
(ii) Bihar Vidhan Pari,had, I %8, (iii) Bihar Vidhan Sahha.
1972-88, and (iv) Bihar Research Sociely, Palna (honorary)
and Life Member of I. .N. Mithila University Senate; was
Icadcr of the Opposition in Bihar Vidhan Sabha during
lunata rule; Cabinet Minister of Bihar Government, 1972-75;
Chlci Mini""r of Bihar, 1975-1977 and again 1980-1983:
dectL'd to the Rajya Sahha in April, 19R8.
Accomp/i.'1hm~IIIS i" Arts & Science: Guide for twenty
Ph.D. dissert.lIions on Economics.
Tral't" tlbrotld: U.S.S.R .
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226 RAJYA SASI-IA
MOHANTY, SHPl SUBAS : M.A. (H"tory); Congress (I)
(Orissa); s. of Shri Kishore Chandra Mohanty: h. at Tigiria.
Distt. Cuttack. January 7. 1949; ed.
at (i) Gov!. College. Phulhani, (ii)
Banki College. Banki and (iii)
Vanivihar (Utkal University); m.
Shrimati Kabita Mohanty. Jaouar\l24-.
1981; I s. and 1 d.; agriculturist:
joined Congress in 1971: President,
(i) District Youth Congress, Cuttack,
1975. (ii) Orissa State Youth Congress
(I), 1981 and (iii) Regional
Co~operative Marketing Society.
Athgarh, Cuttack, 1983;
Vice· President, Tigiria Block Congress
Committee, 1971; Chairman, (i) Tigiria Block Panchayat
Samiti, 1975 and (ii) Panchayat Samiti, Tigiria. 1984;
Genera l·Secretary, Orissa State Youth Congress (I)
Committee, 1978; Member, Committee on Papers Laid on
the Table, Rajya Sabha, 198(Hl7; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April, 1984.
Special inrerests: Tree plantation. socia l-service, rural
development and spreading of ed ucation in rural areas.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading magazines
and travelling.
Permanent address: At & P.O Tigiria, Disu. Cuttack
(Orissa).
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WHO'S WHO 227
MOHAPATRA, SHRI BASUDEB: B. Com., LL.B .;
Congress (I) (Orissa); s. of late Shri Bamdev Mohapatra ;
b. at Village Sogal , District Cuttack
(Orissa), April 8. 1932 ; ed. at (i)
Balikuda H . E. School. (ii) Christ
College, Cuttack, (iii) G. M . College.
Sambalpur and (i'/) M . S. Law College.
Cuttack; rn . Shrimati Salila
•
Mohapatra , 1957 ; 2 s. and 1 d .:
Advocate and Social Worker;
associated with establishment of (i)
Janata H .E. School. Kothi and (ii)
Balikuda College. Balikuda . Cuttack;
President , Cuttack District Congress
Committee, 1978-82; Chairman. Public
Undertakings Committee. Orissa Assembly, 1974-77:
Pro-Chancellor of Orissa University of Agriculture and
Technology for two years; General Secretary. (i) Cuttack
District Congress Committee. 1970-77 a nd (ii) Orissa P.C.C.
(I). 1985-88: Secretary. Congress Legislature Party. 1972-73
and 1974-77; Member. (i) Pradesh Congress Committee
Executive, 1974-77 and 1978-82. (ii) Pradesh Congress
Committee Executive of Congress(I). 1983--88 . (iii) All India
Congress Committee. since 1983. (iv) Public Accounts
Co mmittee. Orissa A sse mbly , 1971-72. (v) State Transport
Authority. 1972-77, (vi) Telephone Advisory Committee.
Orissa. since 1988 , (vii) Governing Body of (a) S.C.B.
Medical College, Cuttack and (b) Balikuda College, Balikuda
and (viii) Orissa Legislative Assembly . for three terms
1971-73. 1974-77 and 1980-85; Cabinet Minister in Orissa
Government with portfolios of Agriculture and Cooperation,
Revenu e and Transport. 1980-85; elected to the Rajya Sabha
in July . 1986.
TravelS abroad: U.S.S.R .. Japan. Thailand, Hong Kong ,
Philippines and other East Asian Countries .
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WIIO'S WilD
Marx-Engcls-Ll::nin-Stalin on W0111 cn'~ Ouc~tions
(Bengi.l1i), (XI\) Nirbachita Cialp.l lCollc.:ctillll 01 Benga li MUKHERJEE. SHRI SAMAR: B.A.; c. P. 1. ( M) (West
Stories). (xv) ' Marx leader Alokc' (Collection of Bengali Bengal); s. of lall.' Shri Sachindralal Mukh e rj·"e·.
... b• <.I t
mlieles) and (xvI) 'Pragatl Sahltycr Dhal'a BCYl" (UI~rar~ Village PUntS, Amla Taluk. l-Iowrah
l'f1licism): Pamphlet" in Engli"ih. (i) Women'''i movemcnt Distri cl. West Bengal, November 7,
in India. (ii) International Women ', Ycar and Oursclve~ 1913; cd. at Calculla University;
and (iii) Smritir Monikothay (Mcmoir~ 01 ~omc great Bachelor; Political and Trade Union
patriots and Marxist leader~. jointly written with her worker; previously associalccl with (i)
husband Shri Saroj Mukherjee) . Indian National Congress upto 1944
and (ii) several Trade Unions since
Special ifl teres' : Lite rary wri t i ng . especia 11 y j ou rn al i~m . 1984; imprisoned several times <1nd
remained underground for a long time.:
FOl'o/lrife pastime allli recreafioll: R!.!ading literature . before and ancr the Independence;
especially poems. General Secretary of Centre of Indian
~radc Unions. since 1984; Secretary.
Permallelll address: Horne address: Vill . Bahadurpur, (I) Ulubcria Sub-Divisional Committee
P.O. Era!. DiSH. Burdwan (West Bengal) ; Calcutta address: of Congress. 1942 '14 and (ii) United Central Refugee
Block A. Flat No.7. IS Beehulal Road . Calcutta-7000 14 . Council; ExecutIve Mcmhcr . Howrah District C'omlllillCC
of Congress, 1934 44; Member . (i) S(:-lIC Commillcc of
c.P.1. (M). West Bengal from 1956 to 19H5. (ii) West
Bengal Legislative Assembly. 1957---62 . (iii) PolIlll'al
B.ufcau. ~ommunist Party in lndia (Marxisl) '1inee I<.J7X. (1\')
Fifth. Sixth and Seventh Lok Sahha (March. Ill71
10 January . 1977 . Mardi 1977 to August, 1979 and JilTlUary.
1980 to December, 1984); and (v) General Purposes
Committee. Rajya Sabha. since July. 1988; Leauer 01
c. P .1. (M) Grollp in Parliamenl. 1977-84 al presenl
Leader of C.P.I.(M) Group in Rajya Sabha; elected to
the RaJYa Sabha in December . 1986 and fe-elccled in
July. 1987.

A TrO\~~/s abroad: U.S.S.R .. China. North Korea . JapiJn ,

fghalllstan, France. haly and East European eOllnlric:-. .
•
Special illtereSfs : Political and Social aClivitic:-..
Favourite pasfime and recrearion : SlUdy.

rermallellf tIlldress : 9, Dulkusha Street. Calcut ta- 700017.

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~, lind .\ d,; h\l~II\1.'".. lI1iHI !llId "'~ll'iill
work\..'I: lllg;UII:-.\..'d I,nmhm..ln
Communil\, i\nd ~Ol il int:lmkd 111 th"
list of Sdl\..'dukd Trilws III 1l)7(l:
underlook lOur, in varii.HI'" dislrich
in thl.' \..'Ollllirv In \..'lCl\lc aWilk~nillg
among trihlll ... ilnd lllh\..'r hll('\..wurd
d;b't:~: Presidellt, (i) 8fhli COllgr~" Cnmlllltl(,c, Il)Sl) -64,
(ii) Andhrn Prndc~h BOIlJHf;l (1 nmhndn) Snngh . . in~c 197t1,
(iii) All Indin Bnnjnrn Snll111lclnll, ,incc Iln l) and in 1111,
I.:'npncity nrgnm,cd tl Confcrc:nl.:'C' III Ne\\ Odhi in Septemf,cr,
1{)7Q, (iv) N;Hinnnl Cnnhxkrntinn or ('cntrnl GOVl'rllmCnl
Employee ... "\ndhrn Pn\tk~h Branch. "inl'e 1t)~7 and (v)
l'\\..h1l BhnrnllYll Vimul..li.l Jatl Sc\"u\... SlIngh ... ince Il)~7;
ChUlrmnn, State Commillce of Andhrn Pr:h. lc:~h Congrc ......
(1) M Po" In Pnrliamcllt slIle\..' May, 1985: Gencral Secretary,
(i) Bnllpra Samuj Pragati Snngh (Telcngnnn) 1l)()3-70.
(Ii) Kh.lirawhnd Mnndnl Congrcss Commitlec (Hydcrabnd
Cily). ll)b4 70 i.lnd (iii) Wnru nngrc\\ Committce,
\ll1l~(.'rrCI. Ilydt:'rnhlld Cit)', 1970-78: Sccrt:'lnry, (i) ArYll
SnmnJ. Bnpu Ni-Ignr, HYlkrnhnd, from 1\)50-55 and (ii)
Al..hil BhMuliyn Adivnsi Vikas Pnri!.'hau: Auvi,or. All II1lJii.l
\,muk'n lilti Cell A.I.e.e. (I). 1982-85: Member. (i)
E\.t:'cuti\"c Commiltee Hydernhnd City CI,.\np,ress, 1976- 78,
(ii) Andhrn Prade"h Congre~s Cnml1llllCe, 1l)76-7H, (iii)
Joint Committee on \Velfarc of Scheduled Castes lind
Scheduled Tribes IQRO R::!. (i\') Committee 01\ Suhllrliinalc
Legislation, Rnjya abha, IQ8~--..~4 and ngalll since May
WI/O'S \\ 110 '\7
Il)H7, (\') NalilHlIIl ()l'Vl'hlpl1l\..'nt (\lllnni I'm S\l~illllld\l"'II\,
19K4-RS, (vi) NlIlilHHtI Advl'ol'l1Y (\lUIll'iI I'll! MUH:r;Lb, "'LlllT
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<..'0111l11ll1l:c. Andhra Prndl'~h Cill'll' ,hll'\..' ~Lt\', P>H7 iLnd
(xii) CCPlral J)nHl~llI Relid (\l1l1 111 I ttc\..' of AIt'C tl) ,illl'\..'
Il)H7: dCClt'd tl' Ihe RujYH SnhlHl III Aplll. 19HO IIl1d
re-elected in Il)X{l.
Pllhlicurioll I~ditlll', Banjnrn Irihulll'. Fmtnighlly,
Ilylicfllhlld.
Spt'ci(ll il/u'n'w: Advnncclllclll 01 IlIhlll..; in Alldll1;t
Pradesh !Inti other purts of Ihe country IIlid uphftlll\..'nt 01
lhe down-trodden.
Accomplishmew ill Achil'ved di~tim'IH)11
flrfS mltISC;"IICI' :
III drnnta~ rlml songs during Aryn Snll1llJ Mnv\..~m\..·1l1.
Ffll'Dl4ritt' pllsfim~ (lllti (('crelltioll: Sol'inl Work and
Community Service.
Pemuml'lII address: House No, 7-1-632/107, BupIIllngnl'.
P.O. SUlljecvn Reddy Nngnr, Hydertlbnd-500()3H.

238 RAJYA SAB HA
NAIK, SHRI L. NARSINGH: M.A .. M.Phil.. B .Ed.:
Telugu Desam (Andhra Pradesh): s. of Shri Harilal : b.
at Rajan aik Thanda. Yerkaram Taluk,
Suryapet, Nalgonda District. (Andhra
Pradesh). October II, 1938: ed. at
(i) Osmania University and (ii)
National Institute of Rural
Development. Hyderabad' University:
m. Shrimati L. Rangabai, May 29.
1959; 2 s.; Lecturer. worked as a
Teacher. 1958-71 and as a Lecturer,
/. 1971-82; made efforts for the inclusion
of Erukula. Yanadi and Lambadi
Communities into Scheduled Tribes
in Andhra Pradesh: Chairman,
Girijana Co-operative Corporation, Andhra Pradesh ; District
President, Telugu Desam Party; Member, (i) Board and
Municipal Corporation. Triumala and Tirupati Devestams ,
(ii) Legislative Council. Andhra Pradesh. (iii) TRIFED.
India, (iv) State Level Disciplinary Commiuee, TeJugu Desa m
Party and (v) State ad-hoc Committee. Telugu Desam
Party; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1988.
Publications: Thesis on Rural Development (Impact
of Welfare Activities on Tribal Economic Development).
Special interests: Rural Development and upliftment of
downtrodden.
Favourite pastime and recreation : Book Reading and sighl
•
seeing.
Permanent address: 22-68. Saraswatinagar,
Gaddiannaram, H yderabad-500660.
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NAIK, SHRI R.S., S.S.c.: Jan ata Pa rty (Karnataka): s.
of Shri Shivappa Ramayya Naik: b. at Village- Bargi,
Taq-Kum13 , District Uttarakannada.
June 6. 1933 (11. Shrimati Leelavati.
May 24. 1962: I s. and .j d .: Trade
Union Le .. der and Industrial a nd Social
worker: formerly associated with the
Congress Party; worked in Congress
Party at MandaI. Taluka and Districi
levels; joined Congress '0' (Samsta)
after split in Congress Party and
worked as Secretary at Taluka and
District levels then as District
Vice-President and State Councillor
in Karnataka Pradesh Pany; worked
in West Coast Paper Mills. Dandeli as an Honorary Second
Grade Officer of the Labour Departmenr. 1957-86: working
for the betterment of the downtrodden and has been
conducting workers' classes at Regional Workers' Education
Centre, Hubli since 1962 (sponsored by the Central Board
for Workers Education); started the Indian National Trade
Union Congress movement in North Kanara District in
1957 and worked as its Organising Secretary I Vice-President,
Secretary and Treasurer, 1957-1974; Organised Workers'
Welfare Council in 1960 and worked as its General Secretary:
worked as President. Secretary and Member of the
Betterment Committees in a number of Educational
, Institutions; President,{since 1974) of) (i) Karmik Sangh.
(ii) Rashtreeya Mazadoor Sangh. (iii) Hindustan Steel
Construction Company Employees' Union. (iv) Damodhar
Rope Camany Union of the Hindustan Steel Construction
Company Ltd. (A Government of India Undertaking), (v)
Kagaj Mill, Karamchari Sangh and (vi) District Janata
Party Uttarakannada, 1984--86; Vice President,(i) District
Congress Committee, 1973-77 and (ii) District Janata
Party; DlTector Kamataka Forest Plantation. t 983--1986;
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240 RAJYA SABHA
Secretary, (i) Mandai Congress, 1957-1960 and (ii) Haliyal
Taluka Congress CotnrrUtlee , 1961-1968; Executive Member,
Pradesh J anata Party, 1977-1979; State Councillor,
Kamataka Pradesh Janata Party, 1979-1982; conducted
unit level and area level Adult Education classes for
industrial and general workers and thereby created leadership
from the rank and file; Member, (i) Karnataka Second
Backward Classes Commission since 1983. (ii) Engineering
Recruitment Committee P.W.D. (Government of
Kamataka), 1983-1986, (iii) District Development
Committee and (iv) Sahitya Pravartak Saogh Uttarakannada
District, 1964 69; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, J 986.
Accomplishment in arts and science: Organised drama
troops at Dandeli in 1963 and got the Academy Award
in the District Drama Competition in 1973; acted in drama
and 'Yaxagana', 'Ramaleela' and 'Rasaleela' and built up
Trade Union leadership from the rank and file.
Publications: Published 'Dandeli' Newspaper
(fortnightly) from 1962 to 1965. [Writing poems and articles
in the Kannada language since 1957].
Special intereJls: Upliftment of the poor and the
down-trodden.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Sports. drama,
yaxagana and social work.
Permanent address .: P.O. Dandeli, Township
District-Uttarakannada, Karnataka-58 I325.
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WHO'S WHO 241
NARAYAN, SHRI R. K. : B.A., Conferred D.Litl(Honoris
Causa) by Leeds (U.K.), Delhi, Sri Venkateswara and
Mysore Universities; Nominated; s.
of late Shri R. V. Krishnaswami lyer;
b. at Madras, October 10, 1906; ed.
at (i) Christian College, School,
Madras, (ii) Maharaja's high School,
Mysore and (iii) Maharaja'S College,
Mysore; m. Shrimati Rajarnmal (since
deceased) July 1, 1934; J d.; writer
and widely read author of novels and
short stories in English; worked as a
teacher in High Schooh awarded
PADMA BHUSHAN; Fellow, the
Royal Society of Literature (i) United
Kingdom and (ii) American College. Washington DC; was
invited by Michigan State University and Columbia University
of Kansas as visiting Professor; visited Philippines to write
biography of Ramon Magasaysay; Member, American
Academy of Arts and Letters, 1982; Nominated to the
Rajya Sabha on May 12. 1986.
Travels ahroad: U.K., U.S.A. and Far East.
PubIiC(l(iOIlS : Published several novels and short stories
in English viz .. (i) 'Swami and Friend'. (ii) 'The Bachelor
of Arts', (iii) 'Thc Dark Room'. (iv) 'The English Teacher'.
(v) 'An Astrologer's Day and other Stories'. (vi) 'Mr.
Sampath' which was filmed in Hindi and Tamil. (vii) 'The
Financial Expc:rl'. (viii) 'Waitlllg for the Mahatma', (ix)
'The Guide', won Sahityn Academy Award, 1960, which
was adopled for Singe and enacted at Cambridge and
Oxford and was also filmed in India in English and Hindi.
(x) 'Dodu and other Stories'. (xi) 'Malgudi Days'. (xii)
'Cyclone ~Ind otlll'r Storie,,'. (xiii) 'Lawley Road', (xiv)
'NcxI Sunday', (xv) 'Datele," Diary', (xvi) 'A Tiger For
242 RAJYA SABIIA
Mulgudi', (xvii) 'Gods, Demons and Other', (xviii) 'The
Vendor of Sweets'. (xix) 'A Ilorse and Two Gont~', (xx)
'The Rumayana', (xxi) 'My Days' (Autobiography), (xxii)
'The Painter of Signs', (xxiii) 'The Mahabharata', (xxiv)
'The Emerald Route', (xxv) 'Underthe&nyan Tree' and (xxvi)
;Talkative Man',
Special ;ntcrest: Literature.
Favourite ptlslime and recre(lfion : Music,
Perm(lIIelit address: 15, Vivckan<1nda Road ,Yadavagiri,
Mysore-570020.
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WIIO'S WIIO
NARAYANASAMY. SHRI V. : B.A" 13. L; ('ongn: ... ~ ( I)
(Pondichcrry); .... of Shri Velu Muthu KUll1ara~nI11Y. h. at
Pooranan-Kuppam, May 30,1947: cd,
at (i) Arinukullom Gov!. high School,
(ii) Tagorc Arts College, Pondicherry
and (iii) Law Degree from Madras Law
College; m Shrimatl KHla; Sclvi. June
19, 1977; I .... and I d,; Advocate;
Presidcflt, (i) Amhcdkar Mandram
(VILLIANUR), Pondicherry, (ii)
Ilospital Emrl{)yl:c~' Union ~il1ce 19H3,
(iii) Amudha Surahhi Employec ... '
Union :-.incc Il)H4, (iv) Marketing
Federation (Co-operativc) since 1984
..
and (v) Federation ofCentnll and State
Governmcnts Employees Worker~ since 19X5; 11onornry
Presiden!, (i) Tcachcrs' Federation, (ii) flcctricity
Fmployec ... · Union ... incc 19RO and (iii) Agriculture
Employee ... · Union Party ~II1Cl! 19H2: General Secrctary of
INTUC. Pondichcrry Region .... ince 19H1; Secretary, Lcgal
Aid C'cll of Ihe Congre ... ~ P;.arty ; Membcr. (i) Pondicherry
PrHde~h C()ngJ'e~~ Party "'Ince 1969 , (ii) Working Commlttce
Pondichcrry Praclc~h Congn.::~:-. ('oml11lllee, (iii) The
BHckwan.l Clas:-. Cell of the C()ngrc~~ P;:II'Iy ;1Ilt! (iv)
Committee on Governmcnt A ... :-.urHncc~, Rajya Sahha.
19H6-~7; particlpaled in Ihe 20-Poi"1 programme propagulllia
;.tI District levcl Illt.:eting!-.; underwcnt lI11prblllllllellt when
Latc Prime Milli~ter Indira Gundhi was arrested in 1979;
ClCC1CUIO (hI.: RHjya Sabha in JLtly. II)R5.
Special illtl're.\"~ : Trade Union activitit.:s and Agricu1tllrL"
FtIl'(Wrill' pm fill//! WId "(fcN'arioN : Billiard~ Hnd Volil:y
Ilall .
IJl 'l'lIIw/{'l1f addn'y\ No.9, Ellamlllan Klli! Strl'ct,
Pondichcrry-60500 I
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WIIC)"S WHO 24<

*NATARAJAN, SHRIMATI JAYANTHI: B.A .• B.L.;

PACHOURI.SHRISlRESH: II £0 (Mechanlc;oI);Computel
Congre" (I) (Tamil Nadu); d. or Dr. C R. Sundararajan;
Course (Basic programmIng); Congress (I) (Madhy" Pradesh);
b. at Madra,. June 7. 1954; cd. at.
s. of l<tlc Shri Kalika Prasad; b. July
EthirClj College and Madra!> Law J, 1952: cd at M,wlana Azad College
College: m Shn V K Nataralan. of Technology. Bhopal. Madhya
June 9. 1974, I ,., Advocate; engaged
Pradc!th: Bilchclor; \1<.."thanicaJ
in Social Work in All India Women\ Lnginccr ti'ld Social Worker;
Conference: Environmental SOcit:ly associated wllh Congre')s and Youth
and in the work o[Jegal aid ror the poor; Congrcs'5 .,Im:c 11.)72: orgi:2ni~ed
Member, Ci) (Jenera I Body or the election C<impalgns of ... lOdents unions
Central Social Welrare Board ~incc of ('olleges '.lnd (1nivcrsities in Madhya
July. 198X and (II) Committee or Pradc ... h J 97<:;; arranged meeting') and
I

Privileges, Rajya Sabha. since October, di ...cussions for Vocational Guidance

1986; elected to the Ralya Sabha in 10 youth for ..clf~cmpJoymcnt, I97tl:
July. 1986. im angcd fori nightly informal
ol .. cu,sion<; Dn Youth Prohlem .. , 1977·7X; worked a~
Club : Z"nta Club ror Women. Madra,. Corrc<.,pom.lcnt, All India Youth Congress, il monthly
mag<Jzinc or Madhya Pr,uJesh 19R1; Gencr<J1 Secretary. (i)
Travels abroad: U.S.A. Canada. Sn Lanka. Nepal Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress (I). 19XI --83 and (il) All
and number or European Countries. India Youth Congress (1) and Jnchetrgc Devc!opment ( entre
I ndJtJn Youth Congress (I). JlJH5· ·Hk; Prc'Ildcnt I
AccomplHhment in arls and science: To play the VccmL Madhya Prade,h Youth Congress (I). 19H3---X5; Memhcr. (i)
Committee on PetItIon,. Rajya Sabha. 1986-87, CIi)
Special interests: Environment. Legal Aid and Womcn'\ Committee on Papers I.aid (m the Table. H.aJya SabhiJ. !-.incc
Right') with ~pecial reference to Li:lw. July. 19RR and (iii) 2(J·Point Programme Implementallon
Committee (Provincial); vi<;iled USSR. <1" a Lc<&d'.!r of thl.:
Favourite paHIme and recrealion . Reading of b...,ok~ on IndiCin Youth Dclcgl:ltion; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April.
Philo~ophy. Poetry and J lumour. Mu~ic. Theatre and 19M
Amatcur Dramatic~.
(Iflh (jymkhalH.I Cluh, Bhopal
Permanent address: 'Sadri' 47. Warren Road, Mylaporc. •
Madra•• Tamil Nadu-"(J(~M4. 'lrul-'el\ ahmad: U,S.S.R.. Clecho~Jovakja and
Cypru,,_

Pubiicullom : lonlribullon to various Magazines VIZ.,

YUVA PRA(iA'1 I and ·SPIRIT'. 1975 (Youth Magallne)

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246 RAJYA SABHA
WHO'S WHO 247
besides Articles in 'ALOK' and 'NA VBHARA r ctc.
PAHADIA, SHRIMAT! SHANT! : Undermatric; Congress
Special interests: Programmes for industrial development (I) (Rajasthan); d. of late Shri Sona Ramji; h. at Village
and export Oriented Commercial Projects for young Rasldpur. Tehsll Mahuva. District
entrepreneurs for self-employment. Cadre building and Sawai Madhopur, August I, 1936;
organising training programmes; Farmers problems, Housewife and Agriculturist; m. Shri
Journalistic and literary activities: Promotion of Engineering Jagannath Pahadia, March, 1950; 2
Developments: Organisational Work; ' development s. and 5 d.; participated in social
programmes in State, to maintain harmony by Public activities such as adult education
Relations, Computer and Basic programming and particularly women's education; raised
voice against child marriage. purdah
monitoring.
system and dogmatic traditions and
Favourite pastime arid recreation: Writing and Public took part in activitie~ connected with
Relations. Cricket. Football and Badminton, Tourism and rural development; Member. (i)
Legislative Assembly, Rajasthan from
Cultural programmes.
May to October, 1980, (ii) Mahila
Permanent address: Cottage No. 10, Opposite Old Sangathan, (iii) Mahila Virtyapeeth. Bhusavar. District
Secretariat. BhopaL Madhya Prade"h Bharatpur. Rajasthan. (iv) National Consumers'
Co:operative Federation (NCCF), (v) Committee on Papers
Laid on the Table, Rajya S2bha, 1986-88 and (vi) Committee
on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha since July. 1988:
elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1984.

Travels abroad: Russia, England, America, Canada,

Germany. France, Italy, China. Japan. Hong Kong and
Thailand.

Special interests.- Rural Development and Social Welfare,

particularly upliftment of weaker sections.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Discussion and

exchange of views on various problems, embroidery,
weaving, etc.

Permanent address: Bhusavar, Distt. Bharatpur,

(Rajasthan).

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PALANIYANDY, SHRI M.: S.S.L.c.; Congress (I) (Tamil
Nadu): s. of Shri Maruthaiya; b. at Tiruchirapally. December
10. 1918; ed. at E.R. High School.
Tiruchirapally: m. Smt. M.
Punithavalli. Feb. II. 1951: 3 s. and
1 d.; Social Worker: has been taking
part in tr~de union a~tivities. Kisan
movement and Welfare of Harijans:
was President, (i) Tamil Nadu National
Cement Workers' Federation
(lNTUC). (ii) Tamil Nadu National
Sugar Workers' Federation (INTUC).
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
; Member, (i) Tripartite
Cement Committee. 1953. Cii) Coir
Board, 1958. (iii) Southern Regional Technical Education
Committee. 1959. (iv) Madras Legislative Assembly .1952-57.
(v) Second Lok Sabha. 1957--{i2 and (vi) Committee on
Rules, Rajya Sabha since July. 1988; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in June. 1986.
Travels abroad: U.S.A., U.K .. France. Italy. West
Germany, U.S.S.R .. Switzerland and Greece.
Special interests: Rural Development. Trade Union and
Harijan Welfare.
Favourite poslime and recreation: Music. dance. drama.
working amongst Harijans and Labourers.
Permanent address: C-159, 9th Cross, Thillainagar,
Tiruchirapaliy-18 (Tamil Nadu).
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WHO'S WHO 249
·PANDEY, SHRIMATI MANORAMA: M.A.. LL.B.;
Congress (I) (Bihar); d. of late PI. Rama Kant Pandey;
b. at Buxar, July 23, 1932: ed. at (i)
Central Hindu Girls School. Varanasi
and (ii) Banaras Hindu University;
m. Shri J.N. Pandey. June 10. 1954:
3 s.; Chairman, Bihar State Finance
Corporation, 1977-78: Member. (i)
Bihar Legislative Assembly. 1957-77.
(ii) Library Committee of Parliament.
1980-81, (iii) Joint Parliamentary
Committee to review the Dowry
Prohibition Act. December 26. 1980
to August II. 1982. (iv) Rules
Committee, Rajya Sabha. 1981-82. (v)
Committee on Petitions. Rajya Sabha. 1982-84. (vi)
Committee on Papers Laid on the Table; Rajya Sabha.
1984-85 and (vii) Committee on Government Assurances.
Raiya Sabha. 1986-87; Parliamentary Secretary. Finance
and General Administration. Bihar. 1961-66: Deputy
Minister. Information and Home. Bihar,1972; State Minister
of Education. Information and Home. Bihar. 1972-74:
elected to the Rajya Sabha in July. 1980 and re-elected
in July, 1986.
Travels abroad: Kuwait. Italy and West Germany.
Special interesls : Sports and gardening.
Favou,;te pastime and recreation : Gardening.
Accomplishment in arts and science: Bachelor Degree
in vocal music.
Permant:n1 address: Nehru Nagar, Patna-800013.
-Included on lhe basis of 1986 Edition .
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magazine J the third volume of 'Tulsi Granthavali' and
hook entitled 'Prem Chand Pratima'; Pu"lished about 30
hooks.
Special interests: Study in literature, culture, music, art
and the nature of the poor, temples. mountains and oceans.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Meditation
Satsang. study and writing. public relations.
Permanent address: K·64/44, Go1a Dinanath. Varanasi
(U.P.)
PANWAR , SHRI B.L.: B.A., LL B.; Congress (I)
( Raj as th a n); s. of S ~ri Lal Chandjl l'anwa r ; b. at Bagri
Nagar , Tehsil SOja t, District Pali
( Rajast han). Augu" 3. 1933; cd ilt
Ja\wanl College. Jodhpur; m. Shrimali
Radha (seco nd marriage). Augu ... t 14,
1979; 2 s. and I d.: Senior Advocate,
and Sup re me Co urt of India; wa\ a member
of the Raja"it han Judicial sl!fvicc,
1950·62; courted (.Irr!.!s! during the
JaniJliJ regime in prolt.:"il again..,t the
arrest of late Shrimali Indira G~lndhi;
worked. (i) for the welfare of the
displaced persons from PakiMan in
14..J7. (ii) for the Improvement of slum
.m.:as .md (iii) for aduh educCition: took pari in dramas
III d,,,,trict level "choal tournaments; Trustee.(i) Samanwaya
Sew ... Kendra, Jodhpur. affiliated to Ex, J.GS .. (ii) SWlJml
Satyamitra f'landgiriji of BhlJrLltmata Mandir, , li.lrdw~lr anu
(iii) Marudhar Ke",ari M<Jrasha Shri MishrimalJI Guru Scwa
Samil!. Patron. (i) Rajasthan Sain (Barner) SClmaj
Development Committee. (ii) R'lja<;th<.ln other Backward
(,1"lss Federation and (iii) S ..linkul PurniiJ Samaj;
PatrcmlPre,ident, IntcrnLitional Bh«rtiya Sill" SamaJ. New
Delhi ",ince November. 19Rn. co-ordinaled S;'lIn SamaJ
throughout India; Convener. Legal Cell, Rajasthan Pradesh
CongrcS'.. (l) Committce. Jaipur; President. (I) Municipal
Council. Jodhpur (Raja'than). 1973-74 and (Ii) J odhpur
City Congress ( I) Committee. Jodhpur (Raja"han). "nee
Apfll. 19R6; Vice Pre,iden!. Jodhpur City ('ongrc" (I)
Commlltcc,Jodhpur; General Secretary. (i) Rajasthan Sain
Sik<.;han S:In'ithan and (ii) Tree Plantation and Protection
Committce. Jodhpur; Member. Committee on Government
Assurances_ R:1Jya Sabha <.;ince July. 19RR; elected to the
Rajya Sahha In Juno. 19R5 and re-c1ected In July. 19H6 .

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PARMAR, SHRI RAJUBHAI A: B.A.; Congress (I)
Trm'els abroad: Nepal and Bhutan . (Gujarat); s. of Shri Arjunbhai Parmar; b , at Ahmedabad,
Gujarat. June 27, 1950: ed. at Shree
Publication : Ree.ional Editor. 'Accidents Claim Journal', Vivekanand Arts and Commerce
"
Delhi. College, Ahmedabad ; m. Shrimati
Neela, January 16, 1980: 2 s.; Banker,
Special interests: Tree Plantation . Improvement of Social Worker and Trade Unionist in
Environment, Sports and the upliftment of the down-trodden Banking Sector ;elected to the Rajya
people. Sabha in April. 1988.

Fat'orlrite pastime and recreatioll : Pilgrimage alongwith Special iflleresls : Po litics,

tou rism throughout India . in search of Indian culture and. upliftment of Harij ans, Girijans,
old heritage. financially weaker section s of the
society and uphOlding rights of workers
Pennanelll address: Katla Bazar. Jodhpur, through trade union activities.
Rajasthan-34200L
Favourite pastime and recreation: TraveUing. Social
work and Music .

Permanent address: F-4. Sanskruti Apartment, Near

Rachana Society. Satellite Road . Jodhpur.
Ahm eJabad-38001S (GUJARAT).
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PATEL, SHRI CHHOTUBHAI : B.A .. Diploma in Teaching Favourite pastime and recreation: Rural Development
and NOS Cel .ificate ; Congress (I) (Gujarat); s. of Shri work, Cricket and VoHey Ball.
Sukhabhai Vallabhbhai Patel; b. at
Bodali" Taluka Navsari, Bulsar. Pennanefll address: ViUage Bodali , Taluka Navsari,
Gujarat. March 8, 1939; ed. at (i) District Bulsar. Gujaral.
Navsari High School, Navsari , (ii)
N.A. Arts College, Vallabh
Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat and (iii)
Sardar Patel University. Vallabh
• - Vidyanagar , Anand , Gujarat; m .
Shrimati Kanlaben C. Patel, January
- I 23, 1969; 2 s. and 3 d.; Farmer;
working for poor people. down-
trodden and women's upliftment. con-
nected with ed ucational development
activities and institutions: full time party worker: Associated
with Rural Development Schemes of Central and State
Governments; Trustee. Dahyabhai Lalbhai Patel Educational
Trust, Bodali. Gujaral si nce 198-l; President. District
Education Committee, Bulsar,Gujarat from March, 1976
to February, 1987; Sarpanch, Village Panchayat , Bodali ,
Navsari. Gujarat, 1970--73; Convener,Kantha Vibhag Yuvak
Mandai, Navsari. Bulsar , Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat;
Secretary, (i) South Gujarat Students' Association,Valiabh
Vidyanagar, 1965 68, (ii) Seva Sahkari Mandh, Bodali ,
1969 74, (iii) Gram Seva Samiti, Bodali , 1969 80 and
(iv) Gujarat State District Education Presidents'Association ,
1980 87; Joint Secretary, Patel Samaj. Navsari; Member,
(i) Gujarat State Granthalaya Board, (ii) Gujarat State
Text Books Board, Gujarat, (iii) G.P.c.c. since 1964 and
(iv) District Working Committee; G.P.C.C. Delegate since
1972; elected to the Rajya Sabha in August. 1987 .

Special interests: Reading , Travelling, Social work.

Sports and Cultural activities.
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PATEL, SHRI VITHALBHAI M.: Intermediate (Art'):

Congress ( I) (Gujarat); s. of Shri Motibha, Patel; b. at PATIL, SHRIMATI PRATlBHA DEVISINGH: M .A.,
Village Nar, Di..,trict Khcda. Gujarat. LL. B.; Congress (I) (Maharashtra); d. of Shri Narayanrao ; b.
May 4. 1927; m Shrimatl at Jalgaon , December 19 , 1934; ed. at
Sharmi..,thaben. February H, 1952 ; 2 M .J . Coll ege, Jal gaon; m . Shri
s. and 1 d.; Journalist. Film Critic. Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, July
Story and Script Writer; worked in 7, 1965; I s.a nd I d.; Social Wo rker ;
newspapers, (I) "Gujaral Samaehar", Organised Women Home Guard in
(ii) uJai Hind" , (iii) "Ja n<.;atta " and (iv) Jalgaon District and was their
• "Sambhav" ; has written social and Commandant at the lim e o f Chinese
political column<.; in ncw<.;papcrs ; was Aggression; was champio n in Table
Chi ef Reporter of the fir\ l Engli ... h Tennis during College days and won
Daily of Gujarat, 'Guja rat Hera ld '. shi elds in Inle r Coll ege Tournaments; I
published from AhmcdabHd: Patron. Chairman , Committee o f Privileges, ,
Society of Cincgocr .. anti Gyan Bharti Rajya Sabha from November, 1986 to
Education Society; actively associated with Sunav and November, 5,
Mah arashtra
1988. President,
Pradesh Congress"
\
Talood Education Societies: participated in,(i) " Quit Ind ia
Movement" in 1942. (ii) Maha-Gujarat Movement and Committee ; Vice-Chairman ,
(iii) Satyagraha: jailed for three month~ in Sabarmati Jail: National Federation for Co-operative
wa~ President. Press Reporters ' Guild: was Secretary. (i) Urban Banks and Cred it Societies; Managing Trustee,
Socialist Party and (ii) P.S. P.; Secretary. (i) Ki .. an Panchayat Shrama Sadhna Trusts; Established a Hostel for Working
and (ii) Maha Gujarat Janala Pari .. had: Member. (i) Pre\') women in Bombay and an Engineering co llege at Jalgaon
Assoc iation of India. (ii) Press Club of Indi a. (iii) Committee for the benefit of students in rural areas; Member . (i)
on the Official Language since 19R2, (IV) Hindi Salahakar Standing Commi uee of All India Wo men 's Conference
Samiti, Ministries of Steel and Mines, Health and Family (i i) Maharashtra Legis lat ive Assembly, I 962...jJ5,
Welfare and Labour. (v) Tobacco Board , (vi) Zona l Railway (iii) Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha
User~' Consultative Comm itt ee. We~tern Zo ne and (vii) from November, 1986 to November, 5, 1988, (iv)
Telephone Advisory Committee. Ahmedabad; elected to Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha from November, 1986
the Rajya Sab ha in April. 1982 and re-elected In April , 1988. to November, 5, 1988 and (v) General Purposes Committee,
Rajya Sabha since November, 1986; Deputy Mini ster in
Club; Press C lu b of Ind ia.
Mah arashtra Government from 1967 to 1972 with portfolios
Travels abroad : Bulgaria. Cecil hland ... France. Italy. of Public Hea lth , PrOhibition , Tourism , Housing and
Mauritius, Tanzania . U.K .. U.S.S.R., Zambia etc. Parliamentary Affairs and Cabinet Minister with portfolios
Special inlerests : Mu ... ic. Films, Sport ... and Literature. (i) Social Welfare, 1972-74, (ii) Public Health and Social
Welfare, 1974-75, established Mahila Arthic Vikas Maha
Permanent address: 20, Patrakar Colony, Naranpura, Mandai in the State of Maharashtra for the economic
Ahmedabad-380013 (Gujarat). benefit of women, (iii) Prohibition, Rehabilitation and

260 RAJYA SABHA
Cultural Affairs. 1975-76. (iv) Education, 1977-78. (v) U rban
Development and Housing, 1982-85 and (vi) Civi l Supplies
and Social Welfare 1983 85; Leader of Opposition Congress
(I) Party in the Maharashtra Assembly. July 1979 to
February, 1980; attended, International Counci l of Socia l
Welrare Conference at (i) Nairobi and (ii ) PUERTO
RICO ; Leader of delegation to Austria on 'Status of
Women' Conference and went to Bulgaria 'as a membe r
of the A.Le.e. delegation . 1985 : Auended Co mm onwealth
Presiding Officers Conference, London, 1988; Deputy
C hairman, Rajya Sabha from November , 18, 1986 to
November,S, 1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha in June. 1985.
Travels abroad: Austria, Bulgaria , Nairobi, U.S.A.,
Japan, Switzerland, Hong Kong . Italy. Federal Republic
of Germany, Denmark, Norway, U.K. and U.A.E.
Special interests: Betterment of rural economy and
Development of Women .
Favourite pastime and recreation : Music and Reading.
Permanent address: 84, Rajul-B Apartments, 9. Harkness
Road, Ma labar Hill , Bombay-400006.
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PATIL, SHRIMATI SURYAKANTA JAYAWANTRAO :
B.A.; Cong ress (I) (Maharashlra); d. of late Sri Jayawantrao
Pa lil ; b. al Waiphana Taluka-Hadgaon,
District Nanded (Maharashtra).
August 15. 1948; ed . at Marathwada
University; m . Shri R .B. Maske.
January2 . 1966; I s.and 1 d.;Journalist;
took initiative in building Wom en's
Labour Union; Imprisoned three times
during the Janat3 regime and appeared
before the Shah Commission;
President, (i) Nanded District
Co ngress (Women's Wing) since 1971
and (ij) District Journalists'
Association (Associated with Akhil
Bharliya Patrakar Parishad) since 1980; Chair-person, (i)
Mahila Udyog Vikas Sanstha, Nanded. since its formation
and (ii) Multipurpose Labour Union, Nanded; Chairman .
(i) Co mmittee on Subordinate Legislation of the State
Assembly. 198 1-82 and (ii ) Education Commiue e, Nanded
Municipal Co un ci l in 1974; General Secretary, (i) District
Youth Co ngress. 1972-74 and (ii) M .P. Youth Co ngress.
198 1-85; Founder Member, Nanded District Co ngress (I) .
1977·78; Member , (i) Nanded Munici pal Co un cil in 1974
and also acted as Leader of Opposition (Congress), (ii)
Z ila Parishad, 1978 (iii) Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,
1980--85 and (iv) Co mmittee on Rul es, Rajya Sabha since
July, 1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha in July , 1986.
Travels abroad: U .K., U .S.A . and Japan .
Publication: Editor, Daily "Godawari Times" (Marathi)
published from Nanded.
Special interests : To so lve the problems of wo men ,
Labour Movemen t , Rural Devlopm enl a nd to work for
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thl..' uplirtmcnl or the pL)Or and the tlowntmddcn . I'ATIL. SHRI VISHWASRAO RAMRAO: B.A .• LL.B:
JnnnlH (Mnhnrnshtrn): s, of Shri Rnmroo Tatyasaheb Patil;
fmd rt'crratiml: RL'tHling, Music.
Fell'ourift' pu .... 'imt' h. al Kolhnpur. July 8. IqJ4: ed. nl
S\\in\llllng. ShllDling, Tnhk Tennis ullll In enjoy Nnture . (il Shri Shivnji Martllhn High School.
Punc. (in Gukholc and Rnjnrnm
Pnmllllt'lIl addn'ss: "Priyt\llnr~hini". Knilnshnugnf. College, l\.olhnpur nnd (iii) Shnhaji
DI"tril:t Nilllllcd (l\1nhufilshlfil). PIN --OlbO: . Low College. Kolhnpur: m. Shrimnti
Prnmiln \"i,hwlIsrao Putil. May 17.
1456; .., ~. ~IIILI I d: Agriculturist:
Pr('~idcnt. rvlnhnm~htl'n
Rujyn Dudh
Utpnduk Snng,h "ruti Stlmiti; Vict.'-
Prc"kh:nt, (i) \VL'Sll~rn f\luhllrashlril Vij
Knmgnf Silugh nnL! (ii) Imtinn NlItiolln!
Congress. 1l)7.1-7h: (,Ill-lirman,
Rnjnrnmhnpu Snhnkuri Dudh
Snngh: St'l'1'l'lur). Di,tri~1 l'llngn:ss Committee, Sangli.
Il)hll-T2: rrcn:-.urcl' . PaSl'him t\laharnshtrn DcvaSihan
Mumlal , 1972-77: Ch:-Cll'Li 10 Ihe Rujya Sahhn in ·\rril. I t)H~.

li·rll 'l'i.~ abroad: EUfOpeOll l\)unlrics including U.K,

Pamtlllt'''' mltin'ss : At & I\lst Yedcmachindrn. Talukn

Wnl:lwn, Di~lt. Sangli.
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PAITNAIK. SHRI SUNIl. KUMAR: La" Graduate: Fm'(Hlrilt' pasrimt' rlml Ct'cretltioll . Reading nnd Cultural
Congress (I) (Orissa); ~. of Ime Shn Har~kru ... hna Pallnail..: • • •
aC"tl\ltll·S.
h. ,\I Titlagarh Di~lril·t. l\.by ';5. tl)::!..J:
I.:d ;H (i) ScriliJ...dla High Schonl,(ii) Pt'mW"t,,,t adclrt's.\ : P.O . Rairangpur. Districi
Ravcn,h;I\\' College nnd (iii) Mnyurhhanj (Orb.~a) ,
Ruvcn~h~)\\ Law ('olh.'p,c. CUtlih.'k; 111.
Smt. Sail'lhab PUlln;lil...Jutlc :!O. 1447:
3 ~. und 1 lI.: Advncatl~; t.lkl's .... 1..·I..·n
-- intcfcM in Organll'olng. (i) CO-OpCr:Hi\c
SO('iCt1l~:- :unnn~~t tht:' AdlVtl'lt'o nnd
•
(il) Sporh ;lOd l'ulluro\
Horij:lIl:>.
progran1ll1c:-, HI fl,1r:l\ an:u, . (iii) Rchd
work at thl' tunc 01 evdonc:- ami (IV)
Welft\r~ of Scheduled C;\\tcsflrihcs
ernployec~ of Imhun Institute of
Tcchnology. Khuragpur. Wl'st Bcngi.\L a"llciIHeu with thl'
wdlarc of the workers of Ghlltsiit.l ilnd Mu,ah;111i Mint.' ...
in BihM; President. (i) Co-operative $(lI.:II:"l1l.''', Burip,HJa,
(Ii) Athlc:tic Association, R'lirangpur. P))~ -57, (lit) \'ari~llls
('l'I~op~rativC' So(':ietks ;)t R.ur;lllgpur dunng ll}td ----.oN. (IV)
Di~trict ('on~res~ Mayurhhanj .. im:c 1~)Ntl ;lnu (\) Nyaya
Sllh"yaJ... S,lInit\' aou Indiril Tnbal Modl'1 Sdll'l)ls. orR'rililng
in SOIl\C' arl':ls of Ori ..sa. :\.ndhra I'raul'sh ami Madl\Yil
Pr;llksh, for Ih(' wclf;lrc and lIplillll\l'nt or Illl' Trihal~ ~l1lLl
l-tlfijans.. sllll.:C 11:}S,7; Chairman. N. ·\.C R.:urnngpur
1%2· ~n~ Dir(,(,lor, ('unlral ('o~Opt:ratl\'e HanJ... . B,ltIPlhhl.
IlJnN· 71 ~ (,hk~r Advisl~r, AlIlndt;l Sdtnlukd ('a .. t('~rrrih('s
Sodn ~ ('cOIlt)Tnic ilntl ClIIIUr!l11l1'Iiftnll..'n1 Fmum, Kh;lragplIr:
Memher. Orissa Stale Child Wdfarl' I :'l'l'utivr: (\l11lmittcc;
elected III the Rnh'a S;lhha In Apnl. I~)X ..

C1/1~ : \ 'iL'C- Pre ... idcnt, "Chhi\U"

R'liran~l'ur

SptT1II1 ''''t'rl','IIs: Orgi.1TlI ... lng ('lHlpl'ratlvl' Slll·lC'til.' ....

Sport .... Social nnd rdid wluk

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RAJYA SAilllA
POOOAR, OR. R. K.: B.Sc. (lions .), M.Sc. (Physics)
and Ph .D . (Biophysics); C . P.1. (M) (Wesl Bengal); s. of
late Shri Brajendra Kumar Poddar;
b. 01 Village Sagar Kandi, Districi
Pabna (now in Bangladesh),
November 9, 1930; ed 01 (i) Sagar
Kandi Middle School, (ii)
Dubchanchia High School, (iii)
Bangabosi College, Calculla. (iv)
Scottish Church College, Calculla, (v)
Presidency College, Calcutta, (vi)
Calcutlil University, (vii) Californin
• Universily Berkeley, USA, (viii)
Purdue Universily, Indianu, U.S.A .,
(ix) California Institute of Technology
and (x) Cold Spring Harbor Biology Laboralory, New
York ; m . Shrimali Jharna Poddar (nee Sarkar). 1955; 2
s . and 1 d.; University Teacher and Researcher in Science;
had a brilliant ilcademic record; was Pro·Vice·Chanccllor,
1977- 79 a.>d Vice-Chancellor, 197983 of Calcutta
Unlvcr'lly: Profc.!ssor, BLophysics. Univc.!rsity of Calcutta
since In3 ; awarded Gold Medal from Scottish Church
College in 1948 and Arun Chandra Silver Medal from
Calcutta University in 1946; worked as (i) Research Assistant,
1953---58, (ii) Leclurer, 1962-65, (iii) Reader, 1965 68,
(iv) Associale Professor. 1968- 73 01 Biophysics Division,
Snha Institute of Nuclear Physics, (v) Biophysici~t) Donner
Laboratory (Biomedical Division of . Luwrence Rodint ion
Laboratory), Universily of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.,
1958-60, (vi) Research Fellow, Biophysics Laboralory,
Purdue University, U .S.A . , 1960-61, (vii) Scienlific Adviser
of International Atomic Energy Authority, Uniled Nations
al Bamako, Mali,West Africa, 1963, (viii) Research Fellow,
Biophysics Laboralory, California InSlilule of Technology,
U .S.A ., 1970, (ix) delivered leclure al Ihe Internalional
Symposium on DNA Ph'ges al Cold Spring IlarLor
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Laboratory, New York in 1977 and (x) was invited for
talks in various Seminars and symposia organised by Indian
Council of Medical Research, University Grants Commission
and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; underlOok study
lour of Biophysics and Molecular Biology Laboratories of
Ihe Universities of London, Oxford, Cambridge, Sussex
and Patlcrson Laboratories at Manchester (as a Guest of
the Brilish Council), from AuguSl 10 10 Aug'JSI 22, 1975;
visited (i) lhe Inboratories of the Centre National de la
Researches Scicntifiqul! at Gif·Sur· Yvette) near Paris and
the University of Paris in 1978 under the Indo-French
Exchange Prognllll me , (ii) Molecular Biology Depnrtmcnt
of Free UnivLrsity of Bruxelles. Rhode 51. Genese, Belgium,
(iii) Biophysics Department, College of General Education,
Universily of Tokyo, (iv) Institute of Microbiology,
Copenhegen, (v) Biozclllram, University of Basel, Busel,
Switzerland and (vi) Biophysics DepHrtment, University of
Rome in connection with parlicipntion in various
International Congress/Symposia; Chairman, Governing
Council. 5nha Inslitule of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta,
1979 83; Vicc-Chairmun, Board of Trustees, Indian
Museum) Calculi a, 1979-83; Life Member, (i) IndiHIl
Biophysical Society and (ii) National Committee on
Biophysics, IUPAB, 1973-78; Member, (i) CalCUli a
University Senate Academic Faculty Council and (ii)
Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha since OctOber. 1986
and Genernl Purposes Committee, RajYH Silbha since July,
1988; 1l0ll1illntcd to Ihe Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rojya
Sabha on 281h April. 1988; ciccI cd 10 Ihe Rajyn Suhhu
in March, 1985.
Tmvds ahroar/: Extensively travelled throughout the
world .
PIIM'C'fIII 'ms: Rescllfch Hrlkles on various sl'i~nlific
suhJects ... udl ii' Molecular Biology, Din· Physics, Gencla:s
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Medicine. published in various international journals of
repute; also presented papers on similar subjects in various
international conferences and symposia.
Special interests: Science. Technology and Social
Development.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading. Travelling,
Music. Drama and Art Films.
Permanenr address: AAI0n. Desh Sandbu Nagar,
Calcutta- 700 059.
PUGLIA, SHRI NARESH C.: Studied uplO B.Com.;
Congress (1) (Maharashtra); s. of Shri Chunnalalji Rajmalii
Puglia; b. at Arvi, Distt. Wardha
(Maharashtra). May 20, 1948; ed. at
(i) New Engliih School, Chandrapur
and (ii) Janata Mahavidyalaya,
ChandrapUTj m. Shrimati Sheeladevi
Puglia; I s. and 2 d.; Agriculturist
and Trade Unionist; opened new
schools in rural areas at (a) Bamni
aod (b) Pandharkawda; Organised All
I ndia level 'Shramdan Shibirs' at
Somnath Teh. Mul in Chandrapur
Distl. in 1977; President, (i) Youth
Congress. 1972-78, (ii) District
Congress Committee (I). Chandrapur, 1978 82, (iii)
Ballarpur Paper Mill Mazdur Sabha, (iv) Larsen and
Toubro Cement Kamgar Sangb, Awarpur (Chandrapur),
(v) Maharashtra Electrosmelt Workers, Cbandrapur, (vi)
Maharashtra S.T. Workers' Union and (vii) Maharashtra
Forest Development Kamgar 5aogh, Ballarpur;
Vic~-Pr,:sident. Education Society, Chandrapur; Member,
LegJslatlve AssemblYl Maharashtra for two terms beginning
from 1978 and 1980 respectively; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in July, 1986.
Clubs: Member, (i) District Stadium Committee, (ii)
State Level Football Association and (iii) District Hockey
Association.

Travels abroad: U.S.S.R.

Special interests: Social and political work, education.
Labour Welfare and Trade Union activities.
- Favo'J.rite pastime and recreation: Reading.
Permanent address: Gandhi Chowk, Chandrapur
(Maharashtra).
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RAJYA SAHIIA
QUASEM, SHRI MOSTAfA BIN' M.A (Political Science);
C P I. (M) (West Bengol), s. of late Mohommed Kasem.
b ot Village Khashpur. P.O
Jadurhatl. DI~lnct 24 Pargilna~. We~t
Bengal. May 6. 1941. cd. at (i)
Jadurhati Adarsha Vidyaplth. 24
Pargan",. (ii) Dhanyakuria High
School. 24 Pargana•. (ill) Pre,idency
College. Calcutta, (iv) Central
Calcutta College and (v) Calcutta
UnlVer~ily; m Shnmati Nure Jahan
Mostafa. June 26. 1969; I s and I
d: Teacher and Political Worker;
Lecturer in Political Sc.ienceal Ba!ltirhat
College. We!>t BenJ?,al; President. We!>l
Bengal Madrasah Education Board; Member. (i) Senate.
Calcutta Umvcr!tity. (ii) the Syndicate. Calcutta Umvcr\lty
(ill) West Bengal legislative Assembly, I 977-R2. (IV)
Hou,e Comm·ttee. RaJya Sabha. 19~5-~~. (v) Committee
on Rules. RaJya Sabha. 1984-~S and Ivi) Court of the
Aligarh Mu~hm Ul1Ivcrslty since September, 1985; elected
to the RaJya Sabha In Apnl. 19f!4
Traveh abroad Vi~lted Mauflliu!; In Januury, 1987 as
a member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation.
Special IfjtereslJ: Pohtical hl\tory and constitutional
matter!lo
Favmmte pastLnle and recreatIOn' Reading and garllcning.
PermutU!flt addren . VIllage and P.O Nehalpur. Dio.,tricl
North 24 Pargana,. (We.t Hengal)
27t
RADHAKRISHNA, SHRI PUTTAPAGA: M.A, LLH
Telugu De,am (Andhra Prade,h); s. o( late Shn Puttapaga
Buddamh; b al Jonnalwada vi II <.Ige ,
Mahabubnagar. f)"tt Andhra
Pradc!'h. february n, 1944. cd ill
(i) NatIOnal High School
Nag<lrkurnnol. (II) Nililm College.
Hyderuhad and (II" l.aw College
(Evening). O,mfJnI;1 Umvcr"ty.
l-tydcrabild; rn Shrimali P
, •
Karunam~InJ ("'!nee deceased), 1970;
2 s. and 2 d . Advocate. I'TCVIOU ... ly
as'tociatcd with Janilti.l Party: Founder
President. Dl'itritl Dallta Jatulil
Sangham. Milhilhuhlli.lt!<tr, 11J73-H2;
MUnicipal CflUIH.:lllof. Mahahllhnagar. I'JHI -,10(:'\;
Memher. (i) Di ... trict Legal Aid Cnmrmtlcc Mahilhuhnagilf.
(ii) DI~lric:1 Pnmary Educl1tum BO<lrd f\.1;.thahuhllagar (III)
Andhra I'radc ... h Puoh, Service Cnmlni..,slon, 19H)~K4, (IV)
Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of the Scheduled
Castes and Schcllulcll Trihcs. 19X4-K5 illlll ilg.un .,10'1.: Mil)'
19KR. (v) Parliamentary Commltl~c on the Office., of Profit
.,incc 19K5 Jlld (vi) Court of the Univcr\lty of lIydcrah<.ld;
altcndell (i) Inlcrnallonili Ayurvcd1l' Confcrcnrc ill
Wa,hlOgton.[) C (U.S.A.). July. 19H5 dnd (iI) 79th ( 'In·
terence of Inter Parliillncnlary UOion ill GUiltcmJla, Apnl
I I to 16. 19HK; Deputy Leader oil clugu De,aOl Party
10 l~aJya Sahha. 19R4 HR; elected to the RaJya Sahha In
April. 19R4 .
Traveh abroad: Netherlands. Bru~"iels. Cunadu, U.S.A ..
Saudi Arabia. Mexico, Guatemala and U.K.
Pmnane", address. II.No. 2-2-1/5. Opp. Collector's
Office. Mdhabubnagar -509001 (Andhru Prade,h).
272 RAJYA SABHA WHO'S WHO 273

RAF1QUE ALAM, SHRI : M.A. (Pol. Sc.), LL.B; Congress since 25th June. 1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April.
(I) (Bihar); s. of late Md. Khali1ur-Rahman; b. at Kashibari, 1982 and re-elected in April, 1988.
Pumea, Bihar, June I, 1929; ed. at
(i) Madrasa Hifazatul Islam, Kashibari Travels abroad: Iraq. Egypt and Thailand.
Hat, Pumea, (ii) Russel High School,
Babadurganj, Purnea, (iii) Kishanganj Special interests; Social Work anG Dramas.
High School, Purnea and (iv) AJigarh
Muslim University. Aligarh; m. Favourite pastime and recreation: Football. Volleyball.
Shrimati AJam Na, June 7, 1955; 5 and sight-seeing.
s. and 4 d.; Cultivator; Founder. Nehru
College Shafqatnagar, (Purnea); Permanent address: Village Gauramani, P.O. Gangi
Founder President, (i) National Hat. Via Kishan-Ganj, District Purnea. (Bihar),
Academy, Gangi Hat, (ii) K.L. High
School, Alta Hat, (iii) Kisan High
Scbool, Singhari and (iv) High School,
Alamnagar, all in District Pumea, Bihar; President, Bihar
Pradesh Congress (I) Committee, 1980 83; Chairman, (i)
Estimates Committee. Bihar State Legislative Assembly.
1969-70 and (ii) Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha.
1986 88; Member. (i) Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu, Bihar.
(ii) Bihar Relief Committee. (iii) Bihar Vidhan Sabha,
1962----Q7 and 1969 80. (iv) Committee on Rules. Rajya
Sabha. 1982-83. (v) Committee on Subordinate Legislation,
Rajya Sabha. 1983-84 and 1984-85 and (vi) General Purposes
Committee. Rajya Sabha. 1986-87; was a Cabinet Minister
in Bihar for several terms and held portfolios of Transport,
Local·self Government. Irrigation. Housing. Jails, Animal
Husbandry. Fishery and Wakf. PWD. Rural Reconstruction
and Panchayati Raj; resigned from Ministry in 1984;
participated as a delegate in the Non-aligned Countries
Conference held in Iraq in July, 1981; Leader of Indian
Haj Goodwill Delegation in 1988; received National
Integration Award . 1988 from National Integration
Assembly; Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas from 14th February, 1988 to 24th June.
1988 and Minister of State in the Mintstry of Textiles

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274 RAJYA SABHA
RAHMAN, SUR! MOHD. KHALEELUR: M.A., LL.B;
Telugu Desam (Andhra Pradesh); s. of Shri Mohd. Abdul
Lateef; b. at Kodangal, January 4.
1936; ed. at (i) Gov!. High School,
Kodangal, (ii) Saifabad Sciencc
College, Hyderabad and (iii) Osmania
University; tn. Shrimali Farrukh
Jamal, June 5, 1961; 2 s. and 2 d.;
Advocate and Agriculturist; previously
associated with Janata Party; took part
in Wakf Developmental activities;
President, (i) Bar Association,
Kodangal, 1976-84, and (ii)
WaH Complex Comrnitlee,
Mahaboobnagar I Since 1988;
Secretary, Anjum Tarriqui U,du, Kodangal, since 1965;
SecrelarylDirector, Andhra Pradesh Urdu Academy;
1985-87; Member, (i) District Wakf Committee,
Mahaboobnagar, 1976 82, (ii) Andhra Pradesh State Haj
Committee since 1984,(iii) Andhra Pradesh State Minorities
Finance Corporation, 1984·85, and (iv) Court of Aligarh
Muslim University, since 1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha
in October, 1987 and re·elected in April, 1988.
Club : Member, Osmania Club, Kodangal.
SpeclO/ interest: Law and Agriculture.
Favourile pastime and recreation: Reading newspapers
and magazines.
Permanent address: (I) Kodangal-509338,
Mahaboobnagar, District (A.P.) and (2) IO.3.14fB/6, Sindhi
Colony, Humayun Nagar, Hyderabad-500028 (A.P.).
WHO'S WHO 275
RAI, SHRI KALPNATH: M.A. (English). M.A .
(Sociology). LL.B.; Congress (I) (Uttar Pradesh); s. of
Shri Abhai Narayan Rai; b. at Semari
Jamalpur, District Azamgarh,
Jan uary 4, 1941; ed. at Gorakhpur
University; m. Shrimati Ramrati Devi,
April 5, 1957 (since deceased); I s.
and 4 d.; Re-marricd, Shrimati Sudha
Singh, February 8, 1985; Advocate,
Allahabad High Court; Secretary.
Bapu Inter Collcge, Kopaganj ,
Azamgarh, stood first in Debate in
District level in 1954, 1955 and 1956;
President, (i) Shibli Degree Collcge,
Azamgarh (two tcrms) and (ii)
Gorakhpur Students' Union in 1962; General Secretary,
(i) Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha from 1963 10
1968 and (ii) All India Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha in 1968
and 1969; Member , Executive Samyukt Socialist Party in
1967, 1968 and 1969; Chairman. All I ndia Central
Commission of Samyukta Socialist Party in 1969; Joined
Congress Party in December, 1969 after the split in Congress
Party when Shrimali Indira Gandhi invited all Sociali~ts
to join Congress for the establishment of Socialism; Member .
Congress Parliamentary Executive in 1975, 1976 and 1977 ;
Secretary, Parliamentary Party Congress (I) in 1978;
Chairman, All India Sanghrash Samiti in 1979 to organise
All India struggle against Janata Government (nominated
by Shrimati Indira Gandhi); Member, All India Congress
Commiltee 1978; nominated Member of the Working
Co mmittee , All India Congress Committee 1978 ; Joint
Secretary, All India Congress Committee on 13 June. 1980
(Nominated by Shrimati Indira Gandhi); General Secrct~ry,
All India Congre~!\ Committee from 20th Octoher, 19RO
10 1982 (Nt/minatcd hy Shrimati Indlfi.l Gandhi); Deputy
M ini\tcr. Dcp3rtmcnt IIf Parli;:lmentary Aff,lir~ 111 the Cellt ral
 RAJ'\' -\ SARIIA WI/O'S WHO 2n

GO\l.'rnment from l5th January. 198:! to 28th January.
lQ~3; abo hecame Deputy Minister. Indu\try on 6th
Sl.'ptt.'mher. 1482. ~hnister 01 StittI.'. tl) for Parlii\ml~ntnry
Affair, from ~l)th JanuaT). IQS3 to 3 ....1 October, 198"
ilnd lii) tor Power since ~"th June, 19R~; Member, Uttar
Praue,h P,nhamentac) Board from 1tn7 to IllS3; elected
tt' the RaIY" Sabha In April. IQ7~. «-elected In July. 19RO
anu III July. It.)St'l.
r,m'efs anroad: England. Germany f-"mnee-, hitly,
Switll..'rland. Kuwait, Genc\,u, Koren, JilpHn, I tong Kong
and Thailand,
S"t'<·jaf ullt'ft'st.\ Rural rcL"lln"'lrUL"lion.
R,,·a,,!lng. \\ nting and S\)l.'lal 'I:C\ Ilt:.
Pamant'm uddles\ \ P S~m,trl .f<.lmalpur Dj'ariet
\ti.ungarh, llttar PraUI.' ... h.
RA.lANGAM. SIIRI N.: MalTic; AIADMK (I) (Tamil
N:uJu); .... of Slui Narayanan; b. at CuddaJorc, December
I, 1920; ed. [II (i) Mildra ... University
and (il) Annamnilli Univcr"iity: m.
Shrimilll Oi\Vilmanl. 1949; 3 s. and 2
J,; Teacher; working for the uplifLment
III IlaflJan'i; previou\ly :I','Iociatcd with
f) M K. Patron, Murugan Temple
Kurungull, ('llIlillillbllram, South
An.:llll)l'ilrit'1 'Inrc [1)6H; LHel ru,tce,
(i) Sec:nlllAHthutnlllllll Knil. Pathlrl
KUppflnl. ('udtLdnl'c. South ArcOL
DI'>tri!.:t lind (ii) Muthll Marillmman
Tc:mpiL~,1 hilnam NII~ar, (,uddaltlft.:.
South An:ot DI'iIIl\·t 'i1l1r.:c 19M2 and
M,lIlilllllllilll ~nll. (·llIdalllhilrill11 ,illl;I,.' 1953; Org:mi<.,ing
"'t·t'lt'lilfY AIADMI\. [I)K:' -X-l. St.:cft.:tary, Adidraviua
Scc:rthillllhll K,l/h,I}!;UIl 1"~)-5-1; .Ioint SccrctBry, Nandanar
K.ulVlkil/h'lgillll ('hltlillllllllfill11 1')'i9-fl2; Advi'iilf. (i)
Alllht'tJkilr (-1;lr,l\li South An:ut Di'iilil.;t 'iIllCC IYMn and (ii)
Sdlt'dult'd ( iI"'It~'i ,lIltl St:hcdllied I nhc'i Av.. m:i'llion South
Artlli [)I ... tlll"l ( tll'l\,"'ptlndcnt NI..'Ih'lI1 Orphan<lgc
('ud,Ldllll' II,,,,, h·l. f\.kllliwi. (i) '1';111111 N;u.lu l.cgl'iI<llivc
A'i'it'ltlhly l'Jh~ 711, (II) [lilll'iC ('UI11I11IIII.'C. Rajya S.lhh<l.
I'JKh- KK ilild (IIi) Pilllidrnl'nwry Commlltl.'l! on Welfarc
oj Schedulc:d ('11',0111;'' ' ilnd Sdwdlilcd Tnhes; Minister lIf
I lillljdl1 Wl'Il;lIl'. [nnlil Nadll, 19747h; Ikrllly I.eader
AIAUMK. PitHy 11\ PII II ill 1lH.' 11 I 11"11111 Aplil [t}X·ll0 J)cI:cmhcr
IIJK?; l·I':l·tl'd III till' l{iljYII Silhhll II) April, 1()X4,

/j.'IIHtJtll'''' 111M n'\,1 1:' A , Tha n!tlll N aga r,

'1IIIIIIPPlljlllIJ\ltlf ( 'tlddlilorl' N,' I ,South An.'ot. Tamil Nauu.

27A RAJY A SA BIIA
RAMAMURTHY, SHRf THINDIVANAM K.: B.A .. B.L.;
(Nominated) Congress (I); s, ofShri S V, Kannaiya Goundcr;
b. at Thindivanam. District South
Arcot, Tamil Nadu. April 5, 1934;
ed. at (i) Pachlyappas College, (ii)
Presidency College and (iii) Law
College, Madras; m, Shrimati R,
Sarojini Devi. July 9. 1963; I s. and
3 d,; Advocate Tradc Unionist and
Agriculturist; Joined Congress. while
a student in 1954~ deputed to represent
the Congrcfi,s Party in Tamil Nadu
before the Delimitation Commission
in 1971; a~~.ociatcd with social
upliftmenl work and farmers'
upliftmcnt; Director, Thindivanam Co-operative Urban
Bank Ltd., 1968-70; President. (i) Mandai Congre"
Committee, 1954-56, (ii) Town Congres< Committee
Thindivanam, 1958 62 and 1967-- 7 I , (iii) fNTUC-Neyveli
Lignite Corporation, 1968-70, (iv) Saram Co-operative
Spinning Mills Ltd .. 1968 to 1971, (v) Handloom Export
Promotion ('ouncil Employecl, Union Madra .... 19t1R-76.
(vi) Thmdlvanam Co-operative COnc.umcrs Society Ltd.,
1969- 71, (vii) Vada Alapakkam Co-operative Credit
Society, 1976-78. (viii? Pallavan Transport Works Union.
Madras, 1980-82, (ix) Shaw Wallace Starr Union Madras,
1983--86, (x) Non-teaching Starr Union, Madras, 1984-86,
(xi) Gandhi I ligh SchOOl, TiruehitralTI-balalTI Bannur Taluk
,inec 1986 and (xii) Retired Employees Union Neyveli
Lignite Corporation, sinee September, 1987; Vice-President,
South Arcot Di,lriet Congre" Committee, I968-7 I;
General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee, 1971-78;
Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee for four times
between 1967--71; Member, (i) Municipal Council.
Thtnchvanam. I 961-6M. (il) Lcgi,!atlvc Assembly. Tamil
Nadu, 1967- 71, (iii) Senate of Madras Unlver<ity.
WIIO" WIIO
196~70 and 197H--X4, (iv) All India Congrc", Cnmrnltlec
,iller 1970 and (v) Commllter on Suhordinalc Lcgll;iiltlon.
R<lJya Sahha ... lIler July. 19XR; Leader of the oppo,ituln
111 Ihe Lcgislutlvc Council. Tamil Nudu. J 9H 1-R4; NOflllllatcd
to the Rajya Silhha on Mi.lY 9, 19H4,
Cluh.5: AssocHltcd with a numher of s(lcial wei fMC
organisation, in Tamil Nadu .
TraVl'/.~ahroad ~ Sri Lankll; The United Kingdom. The
Nelhcrltlncls, Norway, Sweden. Denmark. flaly. WCM
Germany. France, Geneva, Rome. Chinn, Austria, North
Korea, Hong Kong. Japan, Singapore lind Malaysia.
Publicllliolls: Articles (Handout!') in Tamil Prcs~ on
Political issues and Congress Centenary Souvenir for Tamil
Nadu In 1987 .
Sproul mfcrf',\'ts : (i) UpJiftmcnl of hackwmcl cJas~cs and
Harij.ms. (ii) A{h.lrcs\;ing Congrcs ... Party Puhllc Meeting\;
and (iii) Writing regulur Artlclc.!; of current political
development in Dailies and Magultncs.
Favourite pawime and recreatioll : Reading of hooh.
photography und visiting plnces (If relig.ious and historical
•
Importance.
Lloyds Estate, Royupcttah,
Permllfll'fI' address: (i) A.1.
Madras~600014. Tamil Nadu and (ii) 18. Chinravcera Rugha va
Gouncler Street. Kavcripnkkam ~ThindjvHflam. (S.A . Dt .)
T(lmil Nadu ,

RAJYA SABHA
'RAMANATHAN, SHRI V. : B.A .. B.L.; A.I.A.D.M.K.
(II) (Tamil Nadu); s. of Shri Venkatachalam Pillai; b. at
Kozhiyur. Tamil Nadu, March 17.
1933; ed. at (i) Annamalai University
and (ii) Law College, Madras
University; m. Shrimati Radha, May
25. 1955; 3 s. and 1 d.; Advocate;
Pleader for Government, Vriddha
Chalam, Tamil Nadu, 1968 84;
Member, (i) Annamalai University,
Senate, 1972-78 and (ii) Consultative
Council Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
since 1977; elected to the Rajya Sabha
in April, 1984.
Clubs: Member of Lion's Club, Vriddha Chalam.
Permanent address: 60, South Fort St., Vriddha Chalam,
District South Arcot, Tamil Nadu.
·'ncluded on the basis of 1986 Edition
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WHO'S WHO 281
RAO, SHRI GOPALA RAO: M~tric; Telugu Desam
(Andhra Pradesh); s. of Shri Rao Satya Narayana Swamy;
b. at Ganganapally, Kakinada Taluk,
East Godavari District, Andbra
Pradesh, January 14, 1937; ed. at (i) I
M.e. Laurin High School and (ii)
P.R. College, Kakinada; m. Shrimati
Kamala Kumari. January 16, 1967; 2
s. and 1 d.; Social Worker and Cine
Artist; started political career from
1953 by joining socialist Party; under
the patronage of late Loknayak Jaya
Prakash Narayan and Madduri
Annapoornaiah took active part in
(i) Students Wing and (ii) Trade
Union Wing of the Socialist....Party; jOlOed Telugu Desam
Party in 1982; took active part in (i) stage dramas from
1952---66 and (ii) cine field. as an Assistant Director in
1966 and acted in more than 275 films since 1967 received
many awards and titles for acting. direction and production
in films \'iz. 'Telugu Velugu' in 1981 by Andhra Pradesh
Government. 'NATAKA KALA PRAPOORNA' in 1986
by Telugu University 'NATA PRAVEENA', NATA
BHARTI, and NATA VlRAT by several prestigious cultural
organisations; Director. Andhra Pradesh State Film Division
Corporation since 1986; Member, (i) Andhra Pradesh
Legislative Council. 1984-85, (ii) Governing Body South
Zone Cultural Centre. Tanjore and (iii) Executive
Committee, South Zone Cultura] Centre, Nagpur: elected
to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1986.
Special interests: Telugu literature, 'Politics' and Cultural
Programmes.
Fm'owite pastime and recreation: Reading and
socia-cultural activities.
Penllanellf address: 12, Lady Madhavan Road.
Mahalingapuram. Madras-600034 .
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WHO'S WHO 28.1
RAO. SHRI MOTURU HANUMANTHA : Intermediate:
CPI(M) (Andhra Pradesh): s. of Shri Laxminaraynna: b. Publications: (i)"Rajadhani Rabhasa". (ii) Andhra
at Vellatur. District Guntur. Andhra Prnjnlnlo Communistulu. (iii) Rendevn Pranalika
Pradesh. 1917: ed. at (i) Rep"lIe High Parisealana. (iv) Vissalandhralo Vishadachayalu. (v)
School and (ii) Guntur A.C. College: Marxism Sahithyodhyamam . (vi) Sandhehalu-Samadhanalu
m. Shrimati Udayam.May 5. 1937: 2 and many other books. translations and articles.
d.; Journalist and Political worker;
drawn towards Nationbl movement Permalll!lII address: Editor. Prajasakli Daily.
during school days and socialist and Vijayawada-520002 A .P.
communist movements while in
coUege~ joined Communist Party in
1937 and was one of the founder
members of the Communi!<;t Party of
India (Marxis.t); orgunised various
Communist movements.; spent II years
either underground or in jail during 1940-77 both under
the British rule and under Congress Rule ; had been
foremost in the movement for the formation of Andhra
State and A.P. State and in the agitation for Nagarjuna
Sagar Project : served as one of the leaders of UDF and
Legislature Communist Parly . 1952-55: Secretary. (i)
Gunlur District Committee, Communist Party of India,
1943 48 and (ii) Andhra Pradesh State Commillee of
CPI(M). 1964 82; Chief Editor.VISALANDHRA. a Telugu
Daily. 1953 62 (with gap for an year or two): Editor.
PRAJASAKTI daily since 1981: Member. (i) State
Committee. Communist Party of India. 1943-64. (ii) State
Secretariat. Communist Party of India. 1948 64. (iii)
Central Committee. Communist Party of India. 1953-64.
(Iv) Central Committee. CPI(M). 1964 onwards nnd Stnte
Secretariat of the Parly. (v) Madrus Legislative Assembly
and Andhra State Legislntive Assembly. 1952- ·55 and (vi)
Andhrn Pradesh Legisldtive Council. 1978 84; elected to
the Rajya Sabha in April. 1988.

Travels abroad: Rumania. U.S.S.R. and China.

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284 RAJYA SABHA

Travels abroad: Zaire (Central Africa).

RAO, SHRI YALLA SESI BHUSHANA: B.A., LL.B.;
Telugu Desam (Andhra Pradesh); s. of Shri YaUa
Suryanarayana; b. at Village Special interests: Political, Social and Cultural activities.
Bandaluppi, Tehsil Parvatipuram
Mandai, Vizianagaram District,
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading .
Andbra Pradesh, March 10, 1929; ed.
at (i) B.H. School, Parvatipuram, (ii) Permanent address: Parvati Puram District
M.R. College, Vizianagaram, (iii) Mrs. Vizianagaram-532501 (Andhra Pradesh). '
A.V.N. College, Visakhapatnam and
(iv) Osmania Law College,
Hyderabad; m. Shrimati Y.
•
Damayanthi,1965; 2 s.; Advocate;
previously associated with Socialist and
Janata parties and Lok Dal;
participated in tbe movement to
oppose the procurement policy of the Government during
war days; associated with the freedom movement; started
a Secular Brigade at Vizianagaram when Gandhiji was
assassinated; President, Chaitanya Kala Sravanthi,
Parvatipuram; Director. Andhra Pradesh Forest
Development Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad; General
Secretary, (i) Sri kakul am District Janata Party, 1977-78
and (ii) Lok Dal, Vizianagaram District, 1980 82;
Organising Secretary of the Socialist Party of the erstwhile
Srikakulam District and took active part in the Kisan and
labour movements in the Srikakulam district; District
Secretary, Young Socialist League; was Secretary, (i)
Godavari Flood Relief Committee, Sub-division-
Parvatipuram and (ii) City Students' Congress of
Vizianagaram (1947); Member, (i) Railway Users
Committee, Waltair Division, (ii) Central Advisory Board
of Education, 1986, (iii) Committee on Subordinate
Legislation, Rajya Sabha, 1986 88 and (iv) Public Accounts
Committee, 1988-89; Representative of the North Circar
Districts Famine Relief Committee; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April, 1984.

RAJYA SABHA
ORA TAN KUMARJ, SHRIMAT1: Intermediate, Kavya
Teertha: Congress (I) (Madbya Pradesh); d. of late Shri
Seth Govind Das; h. on December
13, 1913; m. Shri Laxmi Chand (,ince
deceased) June 28, 1925; Agriculturist;
Trustee, Gopal Lalji Trust; President,
Hitkarini Sabha since Sept. 1983; was
Member Secretary, Hitkarini Sabha
(Educational Institution); Member, (i)
Board of Trustees of Shahid Smarak
Trust, (ii) Bharati Sangam (an
organisation of Indian writers) and
(lii) General Body of Central Social
Welfare Board, 1982 84; elected to
the Rajya Sabha in April, 1976,
re-elected in April, 1982 and again in April, 1988.
Publicarions: "Ankur" and "Ritu Parva" (Collections
of verses).
Special interests: Social service, writing and painting.
Favourite pasrime and recrearion: Gardening and
agriculture.
Permanent address; 238, Kotwali Ward, Jabalpur
(Madhya Pradesh).
°Joduded on the bat 6 of 19'J6 Ednion
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RATHWA, SHRI RAMSINH: S.S.c., Diploma in Painting,
Post Diploma in Graphic in 1st Class, short term training
course in Museology from National
Museum, New Delhi 1987-88, obtained
Certificate of merit from the
Association of working Artists in the
year 1984; Congress (I) (Gujarat); s.
of Shri Pataliyabhai; b. at ViII. Pipladi,
Tehsil Chhota Udepur, Vadodr., June
I, 1951; ed. at (i) S.S.c. Kawant
English School and (ii) M.S.
University, Vadodra; m. Shrimati - -
Sudhaben Ramsinh Rathwa, May 29,
1981; 1 s.; Gallery Artist; active in
College activities; was a scholar
throughout Fine Arts Faculty Career; participated in, (i)
various developmental activities in and around Anand
Niketan Ashram, (ii) All India Khet Parishad activities
and (iii) art exhibitions at regional, national and international
levels; devoted to Print Making Group of Gallery
Artists-Darbar Hall Museum, Junagarh, Gujarat; Art
Teacher in Jeevan Sadhana High School; Member,
Committee on Subordinate Legislation. Rajya Sabha.
1986 88; elected to the Rajya S.bha in April, 1982 and
re-elected in April, 1988.
Club: Member of Fine Arts Film Club.
Travels abroad: Italy and Denmark.
Special iflferests : Social work, Art and Cultural Activities
and upliftment of weaker sections.
Favo.uile pastime and reereao·on : Fine Art.
Permanellt address: ViJl. Pipladi. P.O. Panwad, Tehsil
Chhota Udepur, District Vadodra, Gujarat.
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RAVI Pt.: D. Litt. Honoris Causa from

for Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' which was
Samaauz. Colgate-Hamilton.
nominated for an Oscar Award; started Kinnara School
New YOlk.~ Banaras Hindu University.
in Los Angels in 1967; worked as the Head of Indian
Rabindra B.barari and Delhi
Music Section in California Institute of Arts, 1970; have
University; SUltunatec!; S. of PanOn
composed more than 40 L.P.'s including solos and duets
Shvam
•
Shankar b. at 'iar.masi. Uttar with Ali Akbar Khan, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean Pierre
Pradesb Apnl-. 19'20"; ec... at V:Ir.masi
Rampal and Japanese musicians; has written, performed
and Paris' learnt SitJT and )fnsic from and recorded two Sitar concerts with Symphony
the
-
iUeateSt Indian InsWlmentalist
MnsJ(:ian tate Ustad Bclba -'o.lIanddin
Orchestra-first one (1971) for London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Andre Pravin and the second one (Raga
Khan ~ mamed~ 1 s. • ~l1Jsjci:lD.
Mala) for New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin
AWarded,. il Fadm;! VibmSGJD' (ii) Mehta (1981); gave music to Ballets such as 'Immortal
"Fellow oi Sangeet Natak Aiodemi~. India', 'Discovery of lndia'. 'Chandalika' and 'Samanva
tiii) Destukoctam ' .l.Oll ""ishwa Kshati'; produced and directed as a pioneer a few musicals
3b:uati,. (iv Gramm! ''''.. axd', tv) such as 'Melody and Rhythm' (1958 & 1962), 'Navarasa
VimlSf,a han 1irr.J...rnstK: Ili:recrm md ~[mci(· CompOsei' Ranga' (1965) and 'Uday Utsav' (1983); created a number
r .l.SL-\j)' l£:. .Imi (vi g ,CWas Si!JII!;,lD' <lJ..'Colilp.uued hls of new 'Ragas' and 'Talas'; is known as cultural ambassador
der ·ther P:mdit Ua.i..rv• SbanFr;n t:it II' .tt the for popularising Indian classical music all over the world
uIe f 1 years to Paris me.. bter bJUIcd ail atu.md the- including U.S.S.R.; visited China in August/September,
orld .1S J. ?lancer ami. ;iUlsnAln and M.taved r • small rc.Ies in 1983 on a special invitation from Chinese Government for
mlJets m P'li"'..s; jQJDe4 .t...?" I.. -\. & coilifo5e1i ;tmSlC for !eV'!cl concerts and lecture demonstration; Founder, Research
BUets Q4.5-Lt.;. On.:amse:u rae ;!'Djriss;lDl"'e .Ju~"ts m
.I.:
fnstitute for Music and performing Arts. Varanasi. 1976;
e. ,ear 04- OlDet: -\ll [odm Rado lD. _""" ·mli staned Adviser, National Centre for performing Arts; President.
e anoDal OrclIesU::L tvauva •
"-nDGa as US D~ Shankar Foundation for Creative Arts, Calcutta: Member,
11 ~50 .vent to ;=nrope lDli L 5:....-\. m t J 5r- 111 pt:lliuill International Music Council; nominated to the Rajya Sabha
"t!jW" .m.ll ;liso. tn WQr.&: JS a musjc .:omposeI' .. -enol iJled on May 12, 1986.
ns !l ..::omposmons with. Yemllij \.ienunjn mu '"'!con:ie1.l
:-tt:m undl~r tile:: ntfe 'West meets East ~eDes (LPs.) Travels abroad: Extensively travelled throughout the
- -
.,t:t'ame J. cult Gllr~ of the voun1! !ener...tn(Jn tll=. 'The
Puwer ChIi.Llren. ill over me ~ot'1..ri.~ ita,. ;;enr"'lwetl JITcver
world .

lJe Norld o!Xcepnn2: ~ rew 'J.iaces in ,~ca.: ere ;:l.CGlCIt! Accomplishment in Arts and Science: Sitar Artist.
..::u.O'·ers iD es[.lIe Waoa.-smcK, Edjnoorougn Feuv;:u~
.md Sung!a De GI C.JDCP;rt" .m:. ·ms ·N ....JI~ mUSll: Ibr Publications: (i) 'My Music, My Life' in English and
:]IImoer OI films ill Hen[3Ii. R"tnd; mu. rng-liM. VC:, S,H:vaiit (ii) 'Raga Anurag' in Bengali.
;;}'.('S' fU T""lOlOgJ' P1rher Panchalj""~.lul:u.r.lUlla.
30mca""l;l. ~Ief!"Cl BOllum.y "Charlie :-foil~NolJd ,JIn! Special interests: Teaching, doing creative work and
 WHO'S WHO 291
RAJYA SAB HA
RAY, SHRI DEB A PRASAD: B.A . (Hons.) Political
producing and directing multi-media musical productions. Science: Congress (I) (West Bengal): s. of Shri Ajit Kumar
Ray; b. at Katihar, Bihar. February
PemWlIellt address: 5-13/ 131. Tamna Bazar, Shivpur, 4. 1949: cd. 31 A .C. College,
Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh. Jalpaiguri. Wcst Bcngal; organised eye
camps; associated with Youth Society
for Social Welfare. Calcutta; General
Secretary, (i) District Chhatra
Parishad, 196&-70. (ii) West Bengal
Youth Congress, 1971-77 and (iii)
Indian Youth Congress since 1978:
Secretary, West Bengal Youth
Congress 1970-71; Joint Secretary,
•
A .I.C .C. since 1985 ; Member. (i)
•
Committee on Suborctinate
Legislation. Rajya Sabha. 1984-85 and (ii) Committee on
Petitions, Rajya Sabha since July. 1988; elected to the
Rajya Sabha in April, 1984.

Clu.b : Remained associate Member, Mohammedan

Sparling Club, Calcutta, for a year,

Travels abroad: Iraq, U.S.S.R., England, Denmark .

Holland, France, Cuba and Australia.

Special interest : Rural development.

Favourite pastime and recreatio,1 : Interaction with the

cross section of the Society .

Permanent address: Flat No. 4. Block E. CIT Scheme,

XXXVR, Christophur Road. Calcutta.
292 RAJYA SABHA
WHO'S WHO 293

REDDY, SHRI B. SATYANARAYAN : B.A .• LL.B.; Telugu

1959-75 and (ii) Bar Association, City Civil Courts.
Desam (Andhra Pradesh); s. of Shri B. Narasimha Reddy;
Hyderabad; Convener, J.P. Narayan ReceptIOn CommIttee,
b. at village Annaram. Taluk
Andhra Pradesh. 1975; Founder Member, (i) the SocIalist
Shad nagar , district Mahboobnagar,
Party and Socialist Youth Wing. (ii) National High School,
Andhra Pradesh, August 21, 1927;
(iii) Samajwadi Yuva Jana Sabha and (iv) Janala Party;
ed. at Village School, Edulabad,
Member, (i) P.S.P. S.S.P. and the NatIonal CommIttee
Kaistapatashala, Hussaini Alam.
of the Socialist Party. (ii) Advisory C0l1l11l1ltCe on South
- Kesav Memorial High School, Vivek
Vardhini Educational Society High
School, Hyderabad, Nizam College
Ccntral Railway sincc 1978 and (or Airport~. IlY,dcr~\bad
since (979, (iii) Advisory Committee. Tclccl:mtnUlllcattoll~,
Andhl'u Pradesh. (iv) Parliamentary Committee on Public
and Osmania University. Hyderabad;
Bachelor; Advocate and Freed<>m Accounts, 1978, 1982·83 and 1987·88. (v) Comlllittee ~'n
\ GOVCl'Ill1lClll Assurances. Rajya S;'lhha, 1984-N5 nnd (VI).
-. Fighter; took part in the "Quit India"
movement in 1942 at the age of 14 General Purposes Committee. Ra.lya Sahh~ since JlI,ly,
19HH' nominated to the P.mcl of Vice-Chalflncn. RaJya
years when he was an 8th Class student;
was arrested in August. 1942 when he took out a protest Sahh'". 1988·89; elected to the RaJya Sahh" in April. 1978
and re-elected in April. 1984.
procession of students against Gandhiji's arrest; took
active part in 1947 in the State Peoples' Movement; look
inspiration from Mahat}T13 Gandhi, Dr, Ram Manohar Travels abroad: Visited Libya on the occasion of its
Lohia and Jai Prakash Narayan; took part in Socialist 10th Anniversary Revolution; London and West Gc~many
Movement under the inspiring Leadership of Dr. Ram in September, 1979 and again in May, 19K7; MalaYSIa and
Manohar Lohia; organised the Satyagraha Movement against Singapore, in April. 1981; France. Holland, Sweden and
the Nizam's Rule and was arrested in the month of April.
Norway,
1947 by the then Nizam's Government and imprisoned in
Central Jail Chanchalguda, Hyderabad for six months; FlIvourile pllstime and recreutio" : Rending, sighl~sccing

while in prison started and edited Urdu weekly and visiling Historical Places of interest.
"Payam-e·Na v" (New Message) and circulated it among
the prison Inmates; was arrested on 1st August, 1975 and Permanenl address: 4-3-338, Bank Street, Gujorali
detained under MISA for 18 months during the Emergency; Vidyamandir Lane, Hyderabad (Andhr. Pradesh).
was arrested several limes during Congress Rule; took
part in Bhudan Movement of Acharya V,noba Bhave, Shri
Jai Prakash Narayan; Chairman, (i) Telangana Praja Samithi
and (ii) Hyderabad Students' Union Committee 1947-48;
General Secretary of the Socialist Party and of the Andhra
Pradesh Unit of the Janata Party; National Secretary, Lok
Dal (Central Party); Secretary, (i) Nallonal High School,

294 RAIYA SABHA
REDDY, DR. G. VUAYA MOHAN: M.B.B.S ., D .P.H.,
DEPD (Prague); Telugu Desam (Andhra Pradesh); s. of
Shri Venkata Somanna; b. at Belegai,
District Kurnool , Andhra Pradesh,
April 6, 1925; ed. at Medical Colleges
in Madras and Vishakapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh); m. Shrimati
Ananthamma, 1948; 3 s. and 1 d;
Medical (Doctor); took active part in
the 'Quit India' Movement and the
Anti-Nizam Struggle; Suffered
imprisonment; Freedom Fighter; was
awarded 'Tamra Parra' by late Shrimati
•
Indira Gandhi during the celebration
of 25th anniversary of India's
Independence; got Hindu-Muslim Unity Award in 1973 at
Hyderabad; Previously a Member of the Communist Party
of India ; organised one day Family Planning Camp on
17th November, 1967 at Jadcherla, District Mahboobnagar.
Andhra Pradesh where 1564 Vasectomy operations were
performed which is a World Record ; Worked as (i) Deputy
Director, Medical Services, Government of Andhra Pradesh
and (ii) W.H.O. Consultant during 1973-74 for Assam and
North Eastern States for the eradication of Small Pox·,
Member, (i) Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha, 1987.88
and (ii) Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha since July ,
1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April , 1986.
Travels abroad: Czechoslovakia (Prague, 1966-67) as
fellow of World Health Organisation.
Special interests: Trade Union Movement and
Epidemiology.
'WHO'S WHO 295
REDOY, DR. NARREDDY THULASI: M.B .B.S.; Telugu
Desam (Andhra Pradesh); s. of Shri N. Narayana Reddy;
b. at Gaddamvaripalli. August 1, 1951;
ed. at Sree Venkateswara Medical
College, Tirupati . Andhra Pradesh,
m. Shrimati N. Alamelu, May 2, 1976;
2 d.; Medical Practitioner; provides
free treatment to the poor; Regional
Chairman. (i) Sree Krishna Deva
Rayon (SKDR) and (ii) Andhra
Pradesh State Road Transport
Corporation; State Secretary, Telugu
Desam Party; Member, (i) State Food
Advisory Committee, Andhra Pradesh
and (ii) Andhra Pradesh State Road
Transport Corporation Board: elected to the Rajya Sabha in
April , 1988.
Special interest: Rural Development.
Favouritepastimeandrecreation : Readingand games.
Permanent address: Vempalli Cuddapah District, Andhra
Pradesh.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Organisational work

of Telugu Desam Party and seeing films.

Permanent address: House No. 64, Mehdipatnam

Colony, Hyderabad·28, Andhra Pradesh .
•

,
296 RAJYA SABHA
REDDY, SHRl T. CHANDRASHEKBAR : lntermecliate;
Congress (I) (Andhra Pradesh) ; s. of Shri T. Sabu Reddy;
b. at Kothuru , District Nellore.
Andhra Pradesh , July 13. 1932; m.
Shrimati T. Urmila Reddy, March 30.
1958; 2 S.; Journalist; Organised relief
collection under "Deccan Chronicle
Aood Relief Fund" • for Andhra
Cyclone affected and "Deccan
Chronicle Yaseen Family Relief
• Fund", established Yaseen Family
Relief Fund Trust to look after the
Children of poet Yaseen ; Managing
Partner. "Deccan Chronicle";
Managing Director, Deccan Chronicle
Private Limited; Chainnan, (i) House Committee, Rajya
Sabha, 1984-86, (ii) Newsprint Advisory Committee.
1981 87. and (iii) was Chairman Samachar Sharati ;
Managing Editor. English Daily , "Deccan Chronicle";
Member. (i) Newsprint Advisory Committee, 1981---87. (ii)
House Committee. Rajya Sabha. 1982-84, (iii) Hyderabad
Central University. 1982---84, (iv) Jawaharlal Nehru
University, 1983-84. (v) Coffee Board, 1982-84. (vi) Press
Council of India. 1984 (one year), (vii) Joint Committee
of the Houses of Parliament on Salary and Allowances
and Pension of Members of Parliament. 1983-84. (viii)
General Purposes Committee. Rajya Sabha. 1984-86), (ix)
Court of the University of Hyderabad. 1983-84. (x) Executive
Committee. Congress (I) Parliamentary Party in Parliament)
and (xi) Public Accounts CommIttee since April. 1987;
Secretary. Congress (I) Pany in Parliament. 1986 88;
attended. (i) I.P.U. meeting at Finland in 1983. (ii) Indian
Parliamentary Delegation to Australia in 1984 and (iii) a
Parliamentary Delegation to People's Democratic Republic
of Korea (Nonh Korea) 1984. (IV) Parliamentary Delegation
to Cuba. 1988 and (v) Vice-President's Delegation to
•
WHO'S WHO 297
Mauritius. 1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha in March.
1981 and re-elected in April. 1984.
Clubs: President. (i) Andhra Pradesh Ricling Club.
1974 77. (ii) Secunderabad Club. 1975-77. its
Vice-President, 1972-74 and Member. Managing
Committee. 1%8-70: Chairman. Hyderabad Race Club.
1981---83 and Steward from 1973 onwards: Member. (i)
Fateh Maidan Club. Hyderabad. (ii) Nizam Club.
Hyderabad, (iii) Madras Race Club. Madras, (iv) Royal
Calcutta Turf Club. Calcutta and (v) Ooty Gymkhana Club.
Travels abroad: U.S.S.R .. Poland, Hungary. Saudi
Arabia. Iraq. Kuwait. Bahrain. Dubai. Singapore, Thailand.
Japan. South Korea . Hong Kong, Philippines. Britain .
G.D.R .. Denmark. NOrn'ay, Finland . Sweden. Belgium.
France. Netherland. Switzerland. Australia. U.S.A .. China.
North Korea and Italy .
Publications: Publisher. (i) Deccan Chronicle (English)
Daily. (ii) Andhra Bhoomi (Telugu) Daily . (iii) Andhra
Bhoomi-lilustrated Weekly (Telugu) and (iv) Andhra
Bhoomi (Telugu) Monthly .
Special Interests : Reading and Journalism.
Fm'our;te pastime and recreation: Reading.
Permallem address: 6·3·898. Somajiguda . Hyderabad
(A.P. )
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1f)(1 RAJYA SABIIA
U.P" (v) Uttar Pradesh Shiksha Pra'Ar Samiti, (vi) Nat;':)nal
IntegnHion Council. (vii) Zonal Plan Committee. (viii)
Bundelkhnnd Tourism Committee, (ix) Lo~ SAbhn, 1971-
77. (x) Governing Body and Executive, Central Counci l for
Indian Sy~tem of Medicine mld AyurvcdH. (xi) Grants
Committee, Ministry of HeAlth and (xii) Uttar Pradesh
Congress Committee (for the Im;.t 40 years); elected 10 the
RlIlya Sabha in April. 1984 .
Publications: Author of a Book "Suggestions for
Development of Bundelkhand" (Hindi) and Also wrote
mAny articles on development of Bundelkhnnd.
Special interests: Social work. Agriculture and Industrial
Development.
Favourite pastime .md recreation: Studies, swimming
and medical practice.
Permanelll address : (i) 89, lawahar Chowk. Jhansi
(U .P.) and (ii) Village and Post Office Baruasagar, Jhansi
(U .P.).
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SAHAY, SIIRI DAYANAND: M,Com, Congress (I) (Bihar);
\. of LAIc Shrl Girija Nand Sahay; b. at Village Bhndwar,
DiSiricl Bhojpur, BihAr, November
15, 1932; cd, at (i) H.D . .lain College,
Arrnh nnd (ii) Palnn University; m.
Shrimati Sushila Sahay, May 20, 1956;
I s. and 2 d.; Social Worker; associated
lVilh (i) Prnja Socialiht Party, (ii)
Janala PArty and (iii) Sarvodaya
movement; undertook constructive
work in Oaya district; Chairman, Bihar
Industrial Development Corporation
1986 to 1987; Member of the Rajya
Sabha from 1978 to 1984 and again I
elected in April, 1988.
Travels abroad: Mosl counlries of Europe, England,
America. Japan and other countrie~ in Ihe Eastern region.
Special interests: Rural and Industrial Development.
Favourite pastime and recreatioll : Reading.
Permaflemaddress : Anugrahpuri Colo.ny, Gayn (Bihar) .
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S .\HC. SHRI 1\ \IKUNlHA NATH: Intcrl11cdhUC (Ar");
p;t ... ~C'd Pk.IOCf'hlp L',lImnaunn tn..lm Ihgh ('\lurt 01 On~'J.
C(ln~rc ..... (l)
(On .... a); " . of late Shn
DauJan Sahu . h . at PO . Naranpur.
()t'tncl Kcon)h.tr. On"a. 'ugu .. ' 1~.
IQ.l(1, cd . al ll) Gll""n High Sdl<l<ll.
K eon lhar and (II) ~LthJraJa Puma-
\,;h.mdra (\'Ik~l! BJnr~ldJ. m ( '(,Ile gc. R"IIldll ilnd (\) S,K .J, I .a\\
Shrim~\tl Suh'lTnam,l1l1 Sahu . Iq~O. t
.. and" d ... \dv('k.:;\tc Jnd Cultl\'Jh.1L
J Orgi.H1I'cd a Jul1 ..lka Sangh~1 for the
lmpr(l\~m c l1t 01 h" \ ',II.lge III 1\)~~
,Ind \\<\' lh Sct.:n·t an ~ Or~il""cd
;lOtH.hm r, C.ul1l';tlp,n, ,Ind \\urkcJ hiT
Ihl' ~('lh:r Il11ph:I11I..:IlI,ltlnll ('I
1"'uhll(
"'m "-... , Sarp.ln(h. (iram Panchil), ..l l
t q~N-h4. 'hatrman. Panch.l\ at S:111l1tl, 11)(,,", · I'~ ; Pu.:"u..:nt.
I\.C('lnlh.1r RM \,'n~. ·I;ItU'" It)s~. Org;tI1l'cJ l\1I On .... a
1 ..1\\\4,;T Conlereno;- at ..... c(ln)har 111 I"'S"~ dc(lcd hI the
RoI)\ a ~.I~ha '11 O(hl~Cr , I")~K
('/..hs Prc"ldcnt. J(l~dmga Cultural ('Iuh: Jom\ Sc(rdJr)
IInl..l "c,:rd a,~ . 1', .. lrKt \lhktu.' .\"(\(I ..l\l\ln; ~tc",her , (,)
"C\Ullh.1f Cluh :1Od (II) Rlh;, .. PUla C(lI1tmltte(,
hl\ 'fll ulfl' PII\IIU1,' dtld r(*a(dllCm Attcnoll1g (,Iuh"l, \, .. , tIl1 S
"1'I(\fI and ilp,,;' ultural tlC:ld ..
/'(mIRIIl'n' adJ~t\ YIII.,·(' 1'.lbllr.ld,h.l. PO l\.C(IT1lhJt
g..uh III wei KC'(ln)h;)f On ...1
\\ lin" \\ lit)
'"
S\IIl. SIIRI R.\,J'l/1 R \'l/J \'1/ : II \ • III . t""I~rc" (I)
(BlhM ) , III 1.1le: Shri M P Sahu : h . at 1ulalTarpur,
HII,.I1, ~\'\l'l1lhcr I~. lQ:l4. cd. at (11
Pr1l11iH\ cJU(.llIlln 111 an A .. hri.lnt ill
("hJ11lP,'T,IIl. hlundcd h\ M.lhatm.1
(,anJhl (Ii) SC(lno"lf\ h.lu(atlun Zlla
'\,,;hl\\11 Mu/.llti..lrpur. (iii) R ,D .S
l'(lllegc:. Mu/,lfli..lrpur. (1\,) Randll
(\llkge, MUlJffarpur, all aHlliatcd tu
Bltldr Unl\'cf'lty. III SI11t. Bimle",h
Gurln, June h. 19~~: J d.; Advocate.
.Ign(uhun"lt i..llld ,,0(1,11 \\orkcr: \\<orked
lor Rhoodan Movemcnt launched hy
dlilrya V1I1ooa 11\ Bihar. organl ..ed
All India Iudent, and Youth Confercm:e at Randu (Bihar)
to fO"lter the idea of Bh('H.ldan MllveOll.!nt. 19~2·5J and
..ervcd a"l A~" .. lant Editor for Bhoodan Yag~a (Dall\
Nc"'papcr) pubh,hed from Palna (Bihar). 14~~ -~ ~.
Prc"Ildent. (I) Sociel\ for Clean Citlc" .II1U l:mlrt,nl11cnt .
Bihar (Regd .) Jnd (II) In"lututc 01 Adl11lOl'trall\c Studlc ..
MUlJffarpur:Ch"irl11an .(i) Bihar State Credit and In\c .. tmcnt
('orp<lratilln limited. Patn.L lq~~ and (11) ("l111ll1iltCC nn
Pel1I10n~. Rana Sahha. "lnCC JulYi lqS~ ; DIn.!ctor, (i) Bihar
Stale Finan"al Corporation, 1975· 7tl and (11)1 ndlan l'nun .. m
Development CorporatIOn 1.11mted I qS I -.~." ; ~rrca .. urer.
I
OlhM Pradc .. h C\lIlgn: .... \tlmlllltlee (\) . lQNS; Memhcr.
(I) l ",ecuh\c C,ll1l1nlllce (II (\mgrc" P.lrllament.lrv Part),
IqS(l ~N and (ii) Gener'll PUrp(N!' Coml11iltce. RJn.1
Sahha . "I nee Jul~ . \988; eketcd hi thl.! RaJ~'1 Sahha 111
.\1',,1. 1%4
CllIna, 'hm~ h.(Ulg., Ban~kl)k . Hulgan.l ,
frdl't'f, IJhrcJdd
U. K. U ,SA, Vellaul." (1I.!rm\1m .md Maunuu ..
SpC'("'" ",(('f("" Ch.lrkha SplT1Ilin~, l'phltmcnt ll! the
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poor, improvement of environment and travelling. SAHU, SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR : B. A., LL. B.; Congress
(I) (Orissa); s. of Shri Kamal Lochan Sahu; b. at Baripada,
Favou.rite pastime and recreation: Reading and Music. Distt. Mayurbhanj (Orissa),
December 15, 1935; ed. at (i) M.K.C.
Permanent address: 5ahu Tank, Purani Bazar, High School, Baripada, (ii) M.P.C.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar). College, Baripada, (iii) Ravenshaw
CoUege, Cultack and (iv) Madhusudan
Law CoUege, Cultack; m. Shrimali
Basanti Kumari Sahu, July, 1953; 3
s. and 1 d.; Advocate; President, (i)
National Union of Students, Orissa, - -
1955-56, (ii) Orissa State Co-operative
Union, 1972 and re-elected in 1977
I
and 1981, (iii) Orissa Sahitya Akademi,
1961-1965, (iv) Orissa Sangeet Natak
Akademi, 1963 1965, (v) Onssa Lal,t Kala Akademi.
1963 1965. (vi) Orissa Blindmen Association. 1976-1979.
(vii) School for Retarded Children, Bhubaneshwar. since
1986 and (viii) Urban Co-operative Bank 1nstttution.
Bhubaneshwar; General Secretary. (i) Orissa Pradesh
Congress Committee. 1962~ and 1974 to May.197b and
(il) Indo-Soviet Cultural Society. Orissa. 1970; Organising
Secretary, District Congress Committee. 1957; Secretary.
College Union. Baripada. 1952-54; Member. (i) Executive
Committee, National Cooperative Union of Indla,1975 83.
(ii) National Executive of Indo-Soviet Cultural Society and
Peace Council of India, since 1974. (iii) Central Advisory
Committee for N.C.C .. 1984-85. (iv) Orissa State Legislative
Assembly in 1961 and re-elected in 1967. (v) Parliamentary
Committee to review the Rate of Dividend payable by
the Railway UndertaklOg to the General Revenue. 1980 82.
(vi) Committee on Subordinate Legislation. Rajya Sabha.
1982-83 and 1983-84. (vII) Committee on Petitions. Rajya
Sabha. 1984-85 and since July. 1988. (VIii) Parliamentary
('ommittee un Publtc Undertakings. 1985-86 and (ix) General
Purposes Committee. RaJ va Sabha. J984 R6; attended.
 RAJYA SABHA
WI-IO'S WHO .l 07
(i) International Studenb' Conkrence held in Sri Lanka
in 1956. (ii) Cultural Exchange Programme In U .S.A . in SAIKIA. DR. NAG EN : M.A .. Ph.D; A,om Gana Pamhad
1968 and (iii) Indo-Soviet Cultural Friend~hip Programme in (Assam): s. ofShn Umaram Saikia; b. at Village HatiakhO\\i.1.
U. S.S. R . in 1972 ; Deputy Minister. Government of Orissa. Gologhat. A;sam. February II. 1941;
1962---67 ; was nominated on the Panel of Vict!-Chalrmen. ed. al (i) Borkalhoni L.P School. (ii)
RaJya Sabha. 1981 86; elecled 10 Ihe Rajya Sabha m Kakodonga M.E. School. (iii) Dheklal
April. 1976 . re-elecled in April. 1982 and agam in April. 1988. H.E. School. (iv) J.B College. Jorhal.
(v) D. R. College. Gologha!. (vi)
Clubs : President , (i) Orissa Cycling Association and Passed M.A. in Assamcse Literature
(ii) All Orissa Volleyball Associalion from 197610 1981. from Guwahati Univcr-.ily i~nd (vii)
Obwined the Ph.D. Degree from
Travels abroad : Ceylon . U .S.A .. U .S .S.R .. U.K .. West Dibrugarh Univer~ity: 111. Srnt.
Germany and Japan . Layanya Saikia. May II. 1965; 2 ,.
Publications : Contributed articles in journals. and I d.: worked as a Reader in
Sp~cial mlerests : Development of game!o" co-operatives. Assamese. Dibrugarh University; was
cultural activities . economic planning and International conferred 'Mohan Chandra Sarma'
Mudies. Award hy A..,nm Sahltya Sabha in 1<)80; a".. ociateu \\lIh
different Soclo·Culturai Organisation!> of the State of A".. a1l1
Fa~'ou"te pastime and recreation : Reading and gardening. in different capacities: worked <!!\ teacheT and lecturer in
Schools and College ... and in the Dibrugarh Umversil~
Permanent address: (i) Pradip Nivas. Chhaka. PO . between 1959 and 1984: Prl!sident. (i) Literar\, Section 01
Baripada. DislI . Mayurbhanj (Orissa) and (ii) 5 . Salyanagar. All Assam Sankardev3 Sangha Conference, ".)70 ami (Ii)
Bhubaneshwar (Orissa) . 'Natakam' a theatre and drama organi~ation. 1(,)70;
General-Secretary, Asam Sahit\a Sahha.1973-- 76 , 1l)~(Hq
and 198:!-85: Scuetary, (i) Text Bo()k~ (in Av.. ;tml: ",I..'
language) Prep::uation and Production Commith.·~ .
Dibrugarh Univer!tity. lQ7J. (ii) Publicity \Ving. A'am
Sahitya Sabha. 1~66--6Q and (iii) AS"'i.lnh::~c Ll1lgu,I!!I..'
Examination Board. Asam Sahitya Sabha. 1970·71.
Assistant Secretary,Asam Sahitya Sabha. 196~71; A ..... iqant
Edllor. As!tam Salnri, an A!tsamt: ...c hi-wcekly. IQh." and
'SahityCi Doot', an Assamc!te Literary monthly. 1966; Editor
'Sampratic', an Assamesc poetry-magazine, IQ70-71; Chicl
Editor, ' Bmhmaputra',an A!tsamc . . e monthly; Mcmbl'T, (il
Editorial Board, the A!t.un Sahitya Sahha Patrika, J Ouartl.!rly
Re~C'arch-Journal (for 7 years). (ii) As ... amcsc Ad\'i!'iory
Committl.!c. Sahitya Akademl. Nc\\ Ddili. (Iii) Authol"
308 RAJYA SABHA WHO'S WHO 309

Guild of India, New Delhi, (iv) Editorial Board, of a Special interests: To be in loneliness and to observe
monthly, 'Prakash' an Assamese literary magazine human nature.
(1980 83), (v) Editorial Board "Sanja", an Assamese
literary monthly (1974 77) , (vi) Assam Publication Board, Favourite pasn'me and recreation : Reading and Gossiping
1980 83, (vii) Literary Award Committee, Encyclopaedia on favourite topics.
Committee and Book-Planning Committee, Publication
Board , 1980 83, (viii) State Committee for production of Permanent address: "Asrays" Jeevan Phukan Nagar,
Text Books, 1981-83, (ix) Assamese Advisory Committee, Dibrugarh-786003 ,( Assam).
Bhartiya Jnanpith, New Delhi, (x) Asam Sahitya Sabha,
Executive Committee and Sub-Committees, (xi) Advisory
Committee to the Education Minister of Assam , (xii) State
Advisory Committee fOT preservation of Cultural Identity.
1986, (xiii) Governing Body of the East Zone Cultural
Centre, 1986, (xiv) Advisory Board-Implementation of
Educational Schemes for Tea Garden population of Assam,
1986, (xv) Executive Council, Dibrugarh University and
(xvi) Committee on Papers Laid on the Table, Rajya
Sabha, 1986-87; elected to the RajyaSabha in April,1986.

Publirotions : Sbort Story collections, (i) "Kuber Hati

Barua", (ii) "Chabi Aru Frame". (iii) "Bandha
Kothat-Dhumuha", (iv) " Matir Chakir Jui" , (v)"Astitver
Sikali" and (vi) " Aparthiva-Parthiva", some uf the stories
have been translated into English and other Indian languages ;
Essay Collection, (i) "Chinta Atu Charcha" (adjudged
best thought-provoking writing during 1977-80) and (ii)
" Agnigarbha Asam" Novel , " Bhagna-Upakul"; Research
work , "A critical study of the social and intellectual
background of Modem Assamese Literature" ; has written
a number of biographical monographs and research articles ;
a number of literary essays (about 300), Book Reviews
(about 150). Novelette (2), Radio Plays (2), Poetic-drama
(1) and Radio Talks (about (00); has been a contributor
to Assalnese Encyclopaedia and Encyclopaedia of
ComparatIve Indian Literature; and edited (36) literary
and lingUIstic works
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WHO'S WHO 311
SALVE, SHRI N. K. P. : B. Com., F.C.A.; Congress (I)
(Maharasblra); s. of late Sbri P.K. Salve; b. at Chhindwara, in April, 1978 and re·elected in April. 1984.
Madhya Pradesh, March 18 , 1921;
ed. ar Lucknow University; m. Dr. Travels abroad: Mjddle East. Europe. Eng:and. U.S.A
(Smt.) Ambriti Salve, April, 1949; Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand. Malta, Japan Mexico.
1 s. and 1 d.; Chanered Accountant; Argentina. Peru, USSR. Romania. Austria ami Australia.
participated in the free~om movement
of 1942 as weU as in the students' Publications: Booklet "Is India the highest taxed
, movement ; associated with Indian Nation?"; book "the Story of Reliance Cup"; and several
National Congress for two generations; articles on taxation and direct tax Jaws.
made an extensive study and research
, work in the field of Direct Taxation Special interests: Study of Law, taxation and general
with Taxation in Commonwealth reading on Law.
I
Countries as a special subject; was
deputed by Government of India to Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading. music and
attend 'Peasom in Maribus'- Peace in Ocean Conference playing wirh grand children.
at Malta in 1970, again in 1973, and Okinova, Japan in
1975; President , (i) Board of Control for Cricket in India, Permanent address: Mount Road, Nagpur
1982'85, (ii) Asian Cricket Conference, 1983-85'and (iii) (Maharashlra).
Organising Committee for the World Cricket Cup held
in 1987 from 1985 to 1987; was Chairman, (il Indo·Pak Joint
Management Committee for Reliance Cup, (ii) Select
Committee on the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 1973
and (iii) Committee on Privileges, Lok Sabha; Member,
(i) Lok Sabha, 1967·77, (ii) Business Advisory Committee,
Rajya Sabha, 1980-83, (iii) Committee on Public Accounts,
1980·82, (iv) Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha, 1981·82
and 1986-87, (v) Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary
Studies, 1982-84 and (vi) Board of Control [or Cricket in
India, 1968 1978; Minister of State, (i) Ministry 01
Information and Broadcasting, 1982·1983, (ii) Ministry of
Steel and Mines (Independent Charge), 1983·84 and
(iii) in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs, 1984;
Chairman, IX Finance Commission since 16th June, 1987;
Deputy Leader, Rajya Sabha Cong. (I) Party in Parliament ,
1981}-83 and again since 1985; elected to the Rajya Sabha

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·SAMBASIVAM. SHRI ERA: S.S.L.C.: AIADMK (I)
(Tamil Nadu): s. ofShri Era Mamourthy: b. at Kurrinjipady.
District South Areat, Tamil Nadu.
October 12. 1924: ed at Local School:
m. (i) Shrimati Venkalkshnll. August
28. 1942 and (iiJ Shrim~ti SJ. Shanthi.
June 26. 1969: 2 s. and 3 d.:
Agriculturist: was In Congress during
student life: joined Dravida Kazagam
in 1946: joined DMK in 1949 and
joined AIADMK in 1977: particip3ted
in all agitation, launched by DMK:
was convicted for three months In
January, 1949 for anti-Hindi agitJtion:
was jailed in 1964 for eight months
for bummg the Constitution during anti-Hindi ~Igilation:
worked for the eradication of caste system; Pre~idcnt. (i)
Panchayat Board [or more than twenty years and (ii) mam
Co-operative Institutions: Chief Government Whip. 1'301;1
Nadu Legislative CouncIl. 1974-197H: Memher. (i) Tamil
Nadu Legislative Council. 1908-1978 ~md (ii) Commit lee
of Pnvileges. Rajya Sabha. since Jul\' 19RH; elected to the
RaJva Sahha In Jul)'. 1983 .
- Northern Railway. (ii) Telec(11ll Ad\"i ... on COlllmittel.,' (U P
frcn'els abrocul . Sri Lanka . Singapore ..Hld Malaysia.
Special interests: Politics and Agriculture .
Favou,.ite pastime and recreatiOl1 : Reading and playing
Badminton .
Permmle"t dddre.~l : 11. Agraharam Street. Kurnnjipady.
District South Areot, Tamil Nadu · 607.1 02.
O'IIc1m.lcd on the h a ~l~ of IQR6 E(.htl('>n
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SATYA HAHIN. SHRIMATI : M.A tS~Ki~llo!!y): (nngre~~
(1) (Uttar Pradc,h): d. or late Shn Balde, Pra,ad: b at
Village DalippUi Naraini. P,O. Todar
Pur. Di~trict Mainpuri. U , P .. January
5. 1944. ed, at Agr~' University. Agea;
m. Shd Ch:.Hldra Praka"h Naik, June
14.1957: 5~. and I d.: Social \-Vorker:
associated with Inuian National
Congre!'os: undertook Padyatras for
Congress (I) in Raibarielh and Amt'thi
areas in th~ year IInl.}. in Barielly.
Bijnor. Garhwal. Dchradun (U.P.) •• ••
and R;.tjasth:.Hl; Editor. (i) 'Jagi.tt
"
Sudhar' and (ii) 'Surya Rath' Hindi
\Veeklles being publi~ht:d from Agra.
Patron. 'Amar .Iawahar· .. \ Hindi \Veekh being publi"hl'd
from Agr<.l: <lssociated with fir,t arre,( 111 Etah\ 14'77.7N:
Adhyaksha. 'Sarva Dharam Sam Bhow' an \)rganl,a~iol1 to
promote N;.ltional IntegratklO; Prl'o,;idl'nt. (i) ScheJukd
Cao,;(c"/Schcduled Tribe ... \\"omen's Welfare :o\1.1\.:iel\ and tli)
Pre ...... Cotlgn!s ... of India: Member. (il Di\.i'lonal Railway
User... · (' on ... ul ta live (' omm i {tel' . Allahabad nlVisi~ln.
Circle), (iii) Legal Aid Committec-. Etah and (i\") Lok
Adalat. Etah: elected to the R~liyaS~lhha in April. IqNN.
Trarels abwud : Nepul.
Sp('fial i"ffrests : To work for the downtrodden. Harijans.
needy Children :'1111..1 Womcn.
Pent'tlllt'm addn.'s') : Laxman Sadan. La1rur. Civil Linc ....
Etah. (Utla: Pwdt.',h) Phone Office: 502. Re~idel1cc . :;75 .
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314 RAJYA SABHA
history . !ih.'ralurc and gardening.
SAVEED, MUFTI MOHAMAD: M.A., [L.B , Cnllgre"
(I) Jammu and Kashmir; s. of laic Mufll Ghulam DI'·.tricl AI1i1I1IT1d~.
Pt'''fUU/ef/l (1(/(/(('\,\ , lJijhchar<l.
MohamtJd; h. at Bijhchara. District Ka,l1JllIr •
Anantnag. Jammu and Kashmir,
January 12, 1936; cd. at (I) Sripralap
College, Srinagar and (ii) Aligarh
Muslim University; m. Begum Gulshan
Nazir, 1955; I s. ,,,,d 3 d.; Politics
and Legal Practice; previously
associated with, (i) All J,ul1mu and
\ Kashmir National Conference
(Prc-1952), (ii) Democratic National
• Conference (1959), (iii) National
Conference (1960) and (iv) Congress
(On merger with National Conference
in 1965): was Member of Goodwill Mi%ion 10 South Easl
A"iian Countrie~ in J 965;
President. Jammu and Kal)hmir
Pradesh Congress (I) Committee 1975· -87; Member, (i)
Legislative A"embly, Jammu and Kashmir, 1962 to 1972
ilnd from 15-2-1985 10 24-10-1 QR6 and (ii) Legislative
Council, Jammu and Kashmir, 1972 to 1977 ; Deputy
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperation, Jammu t1nd
Kashmir, 1967-70; Minister of
Works and Urhan
Development, Jammu and Kashmir, J972-74; MinisllJr of
Education, Jammu and Kashmir, February, 1974 10 1975;
l)nlon Minister of Tourism from May, 19110 to 16th July,
19K7; elected to the Rajya Sahha in OClober, 19H6 .

Club: Gymkhana Club .

J'rallel.\' abro(Jd: South East A~ian Counlrir..:s, Russia,

U K. and Mexico.

Special interrst\' . Social Welfare and Mass Contac!.

Favour/Il' pa,\ttnll' (lml reerrario". Study or poliliC<J1

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WHO'S WHO 317

SeINDlA, SHRIMATI VUAYA RAJE : Bhartiya Janata Party
(Madhya Pradesh); d. of late Thakur Mahendra Singhji; Holland, Egypl and Nepal.
b. at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh , October
12, 1919; ed. privately at home and Favourite pastIme and recreatiOIl : Music, art and rC<JdlOg_
at (i) Basant College, Banaras and (ii)
l.T. College, Lucknow;Conferred D . Perrnanel1l lIddresJ : JeC}3 Asheesh, Jai Vil.h Premjsc~
Lit by Vikram , Ujjain and Sagar Gwalior (MP.).
Universities; m. His Highness late
Maharaja Sir Jiwaji Rao Scindia of
Gwalior, February 21, 1941; I s. and
3 d.; interested in social service and
education (especially for women and
children); detained during Emergency,
1975-77, (first in solitary confinement
at Panchamarhi , Madhya Pradesh and
then in Tihar Jail. Delhi); previously associated with Indian
National Congress. resigned in 1967 and later joined lana
Sangh; Founder, Sanyukta Vidhayak Dal; Founder
President, Shishu Mandir and Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya .
Gwalior; President, Board of Governors, (i) Scindia Kanya
Vidyalaya, Gwalior, (ii) Madhav Engineering College,
Gwalior and (iii) Samrat Ashok Technological Institute .
Vidisha; Vice-President, (i) Jana Sangh, 1973 and (ii)
Bhartiya Janata Party; Chancellor, Sagar University, Sagar,
1976; Leader, Sanyukta Vidhayak Dal in Madhya Pradesh
Vidhan Sabha; Member, (i) Second Lok Sabha, I 957-h2,
(ii) Third Lok Sabha, 1962-67, (iii) Madhya Pradesh Vidhan
Sabha, 1967-71 and (iv) Fifth Lok Sabha, 1971 -77; elected
to the Rajya Sabha, 197&--84 and re-elected in April, 1984.

Clubs: Member, (i) India International Cen tre, New

Delhi, Oi) Gymkhana Club, Delhi and (iii) Willingdon
Sports Club, Bombay.

Travels abroad : U.S.A., U.K .. France, hal y, West

Germany, Greece Switzetland. Spain. Sri Lanka. Belgium.
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SEN, SHKI ASIIIS: Il ('0"',(' I' I. IM)(W",(llcngal);"

~I.N. SIIiU SI'KOMAI,: M" (I'.n,..:li ... h). I'll" (jlittIUilll'
01 Sim AJII Kn,hn:l S~1l h al 11(lt)~lIlv. We',1 Ih:ngill
I>lpllllll'l III Ihl'o\iiLII lillI~IIi1~l' dlld tllCIIIIUft', (' Ii I.(M)
Novemher 1 1922: l·tl. ill (I) l\'1I1~.idm"'l
(Wl, .. t IiCII~id); " 01 SllIl SIL~Un1iLr
School, (II) S(;olll,h ('hurd, ('ollt:glall'
St'lI, h ill Vill.ll-:l,; ,Llld PO
School, (III) Srotll'.. h ('I\un:h ('Ollt:gl'
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SHARMA, SHRJ CHANDAN: Congress(l) (Himachal

Travels abroad: Switzerland, West Germany.
Czechoslovakia, Ftance, U.K., Italy, U.S.S.R .. Bulgaria. Pradesh): s. of Shri Shib Ram Sharma; b. at Kando
Yugoslavia. Netherlands. Austria, Egypt and Ghana. (Delwar) Shillai, Sirmour (Himachal
Pradesh). June 10. 1948: ed. at (i)
Government High School,Shillai, (ii)
Special interests: Political Science, literature and history.
Government Degree College. Nahan,
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Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading.
(iv) Himachal Pradesh University.
Shimla and (v) D.A. V. College,
Permanent address: 200, Santoshpur Avenue. -
Law Department, Dehradun, U.P.;
Calculta-700075.
m. Shrimati Kastura Devi, January.
1978; 1 s.; Agriculturist: has been
closely concerned with the
amelioration of social and economic
plight of the rural poor; worked as
Youth Co-ordinator Indian Youth Congress(I) for rural
development at Pithoragarh District, U. P. and was inchargc
of Central Monitoring Unit for six States under Youth
Co-ordinators' Programme Development Centre. Indian
Youth Congress(I}: Chairman. 20-Point Programme
Sub-Divisional Committee. Ponta Sahib. District Sirmour.
Himachal Pradesh: Member. (i) Science, Technology and
Environment Council. Himachal Pradesh Government and
(ii) 20-Point Programme Steering Committee. Himal,;hal
Pradesh Government: elected to the Rajya Sabha in April,
1986.

Spec:iu! interest: Rural Development.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading and writing.

Permanent address: Village-Kando (Detwar). P.O.

Kando-Bhatnol. Tehsil-Shillai. District-Sirmour (Himachal
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SHARMA, SHRI SATISH KUMAR: Illgher Secondary;
Congress (I) (Madhya Pradesh); s. 01 lilte Shn B. R.
Sharma; b. at Sccundcrabad (Andhr.
Pradesh) . October II. 1947; cd. al
Mothers International School. New
Delhi; m. Shrimati Sterrc Sharma,
October 7. 1971; 1 s. and I d.;
Commercial Pilot; holding Airline
Transport Pilots Licence Clnd Airline
_ Transport Pilots Rating (Kansas Ci ly.
'f U.S.A.); received training at the
Central Training Establish ment.
,. " Indian Air lin es. f-Iyclerabad; Vice.
President, Federation Aeronautique
Internationale (Paris); awarded the
' PAUL TISSANDIER DIPLOMA- 1986' by Ihe Federation
for .d cvelop~cnt of aerosports in India; Member, (i) Air
TaXI Committee (1985) and (ii) Governing Council of
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy; elected to the
Rajya Sabha In July, 1986.
~emb~rship of social and sporrs clubs: PreSident, (i)
Deihl FlYing Club since 1981 and (ii) Aero Club of India
Since 1962; Member , Delhi G liding Club.
Travels ahroad : Travelled extensive ly throughout North,
Central . and SOllt~ America and a number of European
and AS ian Countries.
Special interest : Aero Sports .
F(lv~urite pa~/ime and . recreation: Trekking. Camping.
Ga rdenin g, Joggmg, Readmg Books on Science and Modern
History.
Permanent address : E·315. Greater Kailash. Part II.
New Delhi.
WHO'S WH O 32.1
SHIV SHANKER, SHRI P. : B.A. ( Hons.) English wilh
di>l inClion , LL.B .; Congress (I) (Gujarat); s. of late Shri
P. Bashiah ; b. al Mamidipalli . East
Hyderabad Taluka. District
Hyderabad . Andhra Pradesh, August
10. 1929; ed. at (i) Urdu Shariff
Middle and High School, City College,
Ilyde rabad , (ii) Hindu College ,
Amrit sa r and (iii) Osmania University.
lI yderabad; m , Shrim ali P. Lakshmi
Bai. June 3. 1955 ; 2 s. and I d .;
Lawyer, practised as Senior Advocate
o f Ihe Supreme Court and High Courts;
Judge , High Co urt of Andhra Pradesh,
Octoher 1974 10 June . 1975; worked
a!) Co un sel for lat c Sml. Indira Gandhi; Chairman,
Disciplinary Committ ee of the Bar Council of Andhra
Pradesh. 1970; Depuly Chairman of Ihe Planning
Com mission ; Secretary, (i) Hyderabad City Civil Court
B~lr Association, 1958 61, (ii) Memberand Vice-Chairman.
Bar Co un cil of Andhra Pradesh, 1965-70 and (iii) Third
and Second Government Plcou.lcr. High Court of Andhra
Pradcsh l 1969 and 1970 respectively; Principal Government
Pleader. High Court of Andhra Pradesh. 1972; appeared
as a Special Cou nsel before the Justice Bhargava Commission
in 1977-78. for th e SHUC Government; appeared before
the Supreme Co url as a Senior Counsel of Anclhra Pradesh
in the Presidcntinl reference case on th e Special Courts
Bill in 1978; Member, (i) Sixth Lok Sab ha , January.
1979-80, (ii) Seven th Lok Sab ha, 1980-84. (i ii ) Committee
of Privileges, Lok Sab ha . 1980 84. (iv) Business Advisory
Commi tt ee. Rajya Sab ha. since July, 1988, (v) Ge neral
Purposes Committ ee, Rajya Sabha. since July, 1988 and
(vi) Commill ee of Privileges. Rajya Sabha. si nce July.
1988; Leader of the (i) Indi an delegalion to the Annual
~cssion of the Asian African Legal Consultati ve Commlttce
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SIDDIQI, SHRI SHAMIM AHMED : Matric; Congress (I)

to Jakarta in April, 1980. (ii) Indian Delegation to the
U.N. Conference on tbe Law of the Seas to Geneva in
August, 1980, (iii) Inter-Parliamentary Union Meetings at
Manila in April, 1981, (iv) Delegation of Lawyer Members
of Parliament to USSR in July , 1981, (v) Delegation of
Lawyers to Vretnam in November, 1981 and (vi) Visited
Bangia Desh and Nepal as Prime Minister's Special~emissary
in 1985; Union Minister of (i) Law. Justice and Company
Affairs from January 14. 1980 to January 14 , 1982, as
Law Minister implemented significant reforms in the Judicial
system and was instrumental in introducing the Legal Aid
Scheme, (ii) Petroleum . Chemical and Fertilizers from
January 15, 1982 to September 1. 1982, (iii) Energy from
September 2, 1982 to December 1984 (with additional
charge of Department of Coal, Power. Petroleum and non~
conventional sources of Energy from 6th September t 1982
to December 31. 1984), (iv) Commerce from 20th January.
1986 (with additional charge of Food & Civil Supplies
from Januarv• 27. 1986 to May 11, 1986). (v) External
Affairs and Commerce from May 12, 1986 to October 2L
1986. (vi) Commerce from 22nd October. 1986 to July 24.
1987. (vii) Planning , Programme Implementation and Law
& Justice from 25th July. 1987 to 24th June. 1988 and
(viii) Human Resource since 25th June, 1988; Leader of
the House. Rajya Sabha since 13th July. 1988; elected to
the Rajya Sabha in May. 1985 and re-elected in July. 1987.
Travels abroad: Travelled widely in India and abroad.
Special interests: Social and educationa l activities and
also connected with a large number of social and Educational
Organisations.
(Delhi); s. of Shri Rafiq Ahmed Siddiqi; b. at Delhi ,
December 10. 1940; ed. at Fatehpuri
Muslim H;gher Secondary School ,
Delhi; worked for the welfare and
upliftment of the poor and under
privileged persons; organised semi nars
on Family Planning, National
Integration and against violence; has
started a programme , 'Nagrik Phoal·
walon-ki-Sair', on IndirajiOs birthday
to symbolise Hindu-Muslim unity in
Delhi ; Patron , Kaumi Ekta Front;
Founder, Old Boys Association ,
Fatehpuri School, Delhi; President,
(i) City District Congress (I) Committee since 1979 and
(ii) Workers National Council; General Secretary, City
District Congress Committee, 1971-79: elected to the
Rajya Sabha in November. 1983.
Clubs; Associated with various local clubs.
Travels abroad: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
Publications: Various Articles in Urdu papers regarding
family planning, secularism and national matters.
Favourite pastime and recreation : To organise Seminars
on Family Planning, National Integration and Sports
activities.
Permanent address: 5245, Ballimaran , Delhi~6 .

Favourite pastime and recreation: Listening to Music.

Permanent address: 3-6~105. 'Sree Sadan'. Himavath

Nagar. Hyderabad-500029 (Andhra Pradesh)
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SIDDIQUI, SHRI ABDUL SAMAD: B .A . ; Janata
(Karnataka); s. ·of Shri Basheer Ahmed Siddiqui; b. at
Raichur, Karnataka, February 5,1939;
ed. at L .Y.D. College, Raichur; m.
Shrimati Syeda Nayyer Suitana ,
January 12, 1975; 2 s. aod 2 d .;
Agriculturist; Hony : Secretary, New
<1"-, Education Society, Raichur ; Member,
Karnataka State Cricket Association.
Bang.lore ; elected to the Rajy. Sabha
in April, 1988.
Permanent address: 51/A. Arab
Mohalla. Raichur, Karnataka,
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SILVERA, DR. C. : M .B .B.S. ; Congress (I) (Mizoram) ;
s. of Shri C. Hlunthuama (L); b. at Muallianpui, South
Mizoram, May 6 , 1935 ; ed. at (i)
Government High School , Lunglei,
(ii) Wilson College , Bombay, (iii) •
Bhavan's College , Andheri , Bombay
and (iv) Christ ian Medical College,
Vello re; m . Smt. Lallawrnzuali,
Dece mber 14. 1965; 3 S.; Medical
Practiti o ne r; was honoured with Pao!
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Ha rri"on Award by Christian Medical t
Co ll ege, Vello re. 1972: worked and
studi ed in Hosp itals during visit to
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( I ) during Ja nala re ign: engaged in
private practicc at A izawl si nce 1976; was Medica l
Superintendent. Christian Hospi tal Lunglei. 19M 73:
H\.lnorary Doc tor for O rphanages; Life Mcmher, Young
l\1Jzo AssociJlIlln (YMA). tvlizoram Mcmb r C'ommiltt'c
on Parcr~ Laid t)n the Tahk R<.Ijya ~ b. i.J 511 l'l..: ul~
1988; cl"cteu to the RaJl'" Sabh. In I Jly IQ.~4
Tral'l'/s abroad Australia, Thailand ,m j M,} \/:-.11.
Special illlt'rL's!'). Public and social service
Fm'ouri te (lastimt' and rrcreatioll ~ Playing TI.;.'nnis !iol'kc\
etc. and listen Lng to music.
Perll/ (lI/elll (uIc//'c.\.\" : Tui kh uahtlang. A '.ilwl (f\.lizor'Jnl)

328 RAJYA SABHA
SINGH, SHRI BIR BAHADUR: M.A., D. Litt. (Honoris
Causa) from Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi; Congress (I)
(Uttar Pradesh); s. of Shri Raghunan-
dan Singh; b. at Village Harnahi,
District Gorakhpur, February 18,
1935; ed. at Gorakhpur University
and had been a research scholar there;
3 s. and 3 d.; associated with Student
and Youth Movements since 1951;
President, (i) Gorakhpur District
Youth Congress, 1954 and (ii) District
Congress Committee, Gorakhpur:
General Secretary. Uttar Pradesh
Congress Committee; Member, (i)
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee,
(ii) All India Congress Committee,
(iii) Congress Central Parliamentary Board smce 1980.
(iv) Uttar Pradesh Assembly in 1967, 1969, 1974, L980
and 1985 and (v) Congress Working Committee; was
Deputy Minister. Minister of State and C3.binet ~i.nis~er
in the Government of Uttar Pradesh in various Mlnlstnes
formed in 1970. 1976 and 1980 upto 1985; Chief Minister
of Uttar Pradesh from September 24, 1985 to June 24.
1988; Union Minister of Communications since June ~S.
1988; Leade' of All India Congress Committee DeLegauon
to U~SR in 1969 and to Romania in 1984; elected to the
Rajya Sab~la in November. 1988.
Travels abroad: U.S.S.R., Romania. France. Federal
Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom.
Special interests: Social work and Agriculture.
Pennallent address: 3. Mall Avenue. Lucknow.
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·SINGH, SHRI BIR BHADRA PRATAP: M.A. (PoLitical
Science), LL.B.; Congress (1) (Uttar Pradesh); s. of Shri
Ramdhani Singh; b. at village and
P.O. Lohra, District Azamgarh, U.P.,
October 1. L931; ed. at (i) S.K.P.
College, Azamgarh, (ii) Allahabad
University and (iii) Bombay Law
College, Bombay; Advocate;
participated in Quit India Movement
in 1942 and was expelled from school;
started practice in Azamgarh in 1957
and shifted to Allahabad High Court
in L961; President, (i) District
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Students' Congress. Azamgarh.
L946 48, (ii) S.K.P. College Union,
Azamgarh. L947, (iii) Allahabad University Students' Union.
1952-53, (iv) D.C.C. (L) Azamgarh, 1980 and (v) U.P
Purvanchal Vikas Parishad. 1983; Vice-President.
International Students' Relief Organisation with
Headquarters at Paris. 195~; General Secretary. National
Lawyers' Congress, U.P., AlLahabad, 1978; AdditionaL
General Secretary. U,P. Lawyers' Conference. 1968:
Secretary, (,) Uttar Bharat Sangh. Bombay, 1954-56, Oi)
Di~trict Journalists' Association. Azamgarh, 1959-60 and
(iii) Western District Journalists' Association, 1962; Memher.
(i) D.C.C. A13mgarh, 1947, (ii) Executive Committee.
District Congress Committee, Azamgarh. 1946-51. (iii)
National Preparatory Committee of IV World Youth
Festivals. 1953. (iv) Execlitive. District Congress Committee.
AZ<1mgarh. 1971-78. (v) Executive, National Forum of
Lawv,·,,· and LegaL Aid Committee, U.P., 1975-77, (vi)
State Executive U.P.C.C. (L) Lucknow. IQR3, (viiI
Parliamentary Delegation to England. France. Sweden.
Denmark and Holland, 1986 and (viii) Committee on
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WHO'S WHO 331
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Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha. since July, 1988;
attended, (i) Delhi Convention on 1st and 2nd January. SINGH, THAKUR A PRASAD: Studied upto
1978 and Kanpur Convention on 5th February, 1978 and Matric; Congress (I) (Bihar); s. of late Thakur Rudreshwati
(ii ) all the sessions of AlCC smce 1971 to date except Prasad Singh; b. at Village and P.O.
th e Guwahati Session; elected to the RaJya Sabha In ApnL Kakwara , Bhagalpur, Bihar, July 4,
1984. 1925; ed. at (i) R.M.K.H.E. School,
Banka and (ii) T. N.J. College, at
Tra vels abroad: France, Sweden, Denmark. Holland Bhagalpur; m. Shrimati Kamla Devi ,
and England. 1938; 2 s. and 4 d.; Agriculturist;
connected with the welfare activities
to secure justice for Harijans and the
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Publications: Book on "Law of Habeas Corpus in
India" and many leaflets. pamphlets and brol'huTt!S. poor; went to jail in 1978 to protest
against the imprisonment of Late Smt.
Permanent address: MohalJa Brahmasthafl P 0. Sa dar . Indira Gandhi for eleven days;
Distt. Azamgarh (U.P.). resigned Assembly seat in November,
1983 for Chief Minister of Bihar;
founded, (i) High School in Kakwara Village in the name
of his father late Thakur Rudreshwari Prasad Singh and
(ii) Sanskrit Vidyalaya in Kakwara Village in the name
of his mother late Thakurain Chandrawati Devi; President ,
Block Congress Committee; Chairman, Bihar State Ware
Housing Corporation; Secretary. (i) Thana Congress
Committee, Banka and (ii) Evening College, Bhagalpur;
Director, Cooperative Bank. Banka; Mukhia. Pramukh
Panchayat Samiti, Banka, Bhagalpur; Delegate for A.I.Ce.
in 1969; Member, (i) Pradesh Congress Committee, (ii)
State Transport Authority. Bihar, (iii) Regional Transport
Authority, Bhaga1pur, (iv) Bihar Legislative Assembly,
1969--71, 1972-76 and 1980 to November, 1983 and (v)
Governing Body of P.B.S. College, Banka; elected to the
Rajya Sabha in April, 1984.

Special inleres(: Gardening.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Chess and readi ng
Indian History.

Permanenladdress : Kakwara, Banka, Bhagalpur. Bihar.

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SINGH, SHRlMATI PRATmHA : B.A. (Hons.); Congress and again in April, 1988.
(I) (Bihar); d. of Shri C.P.N. Singh; b. at Salemgarh.
Distt. Gorakhpur, U.P .. Asadh Shukla Travels abroad: Japan, Nepal, East Germany. France.
Panchami, 1981, Bikrami (1924 A.D.) England and U.S.A.
(July 7. 1929); ed. at Women's College.
Patna; m. Kunwar Prem Raj Singh Favourite pastime and recreation: Walking. reading and
(since deceased). July 9. 1941, Is.; seeing movies and dramas.
Political worker; associated with (i)
ChiJdren's Film Society. Punjab. Special interests: Children and women welfare and
195:>-58, (ii) Social Welfare Board. uplift of the Harijans.
Punjab, 195:>-58, (Iii) Bharat Scouts
& Guides, Punjab, 195:>-58 and (iv) Permanent address: (i) Village Sursand, District
Ayyangar Home for Handicapped. Sitamarhl. Bihar and (ii) Ne\\o Dak Bangia Road. Patna.
Patna; established Saket Home for
Handicapped in Chandigarh; started
the scheme (or Indian Holiday Home at Taradevi near
Shimla; President, (i) Child Welfare Council Punjab.
1953--58 and (ii) Red Cross Society Punjab. 1953--58,
Chairman. Sal Sahyog since March IQR4: Member. (i)
Child Welfare Council Bihar since 1962. (ii) Red Cross
Society. Bihar since 1962, (iii) Parliamentarv
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on Public Accounts, 1974 76 and 1982 81. (iv) Party
Executive Committee on Parliament, 1975-76. ('I.) Executive
Committee. [ndian Council for Child Welfare. 1976 and
re-elected in 1977, (vi) 10int Parliamentary Committee on
the ForeIgn Contribution Regulation Bill, 1973, 197:>-75,
(vii) Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Multi-State
Cooperative Societies Bill, 1977, 1978-79, (viii) Committee
on Rules, Rajya Sabha, 198(}"'82, (ix) Committee on
Petitions, Rajya Sabha, 1984--86, (x) Committee of Privileges,
Rajya Sabha, 1984-85, (xi) Business Advisory Committee,
Rajya Sabha, 1986-87, (xii) Bihar Legislative Assembly,
1962-<;9, (xiii) B.PC.C. and (xiv) A.I.C.C., attended
Inter-Parliamentary Conference in Berlin in 1980 and
Delegate to U.N.O.1982; elected to the Rajya Sabha III
December, 1970, re-elected III April. 1976. in April, 1982
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SINGH, SHRI R.K. DORENURA: M .A" 11..13 .; Cong.e.;, WOIS ctiltor. "Khonp.:I" Jouln:iI; Joint Etlilor "Annuha
(I) (Manipur); s. of Shri R.K. Tnmb"una S.ngh; h. ill Si.lln:'1' Dally Journal etc.
Imphal (M.n.pur). Seplemher 311.
1934; cd. al (i) D.M. COllege, Imphal Spni(" if/1('rl'.W . Rea(lIng. Irilvt,;llIng in under devclopetl
and (ii) Calcutta Unrve,,"y; m. Sml rllfal dnd hill arCH!>..
S. Shant" Dcvi . July 7. 19M. 3 ,.
and 2 d.; AdvoCUlc ; involved in var- !-m'OIJri(t> PIll/III It' aml r,'cremilm Meellng people for
ious social scrvn;c~ I.t.;. Hood, Famine,.; social <.lnd political work, rc~cling plHying InduUl gHlTlC!>.
& Fire Relief Wor!" dctainr.;d In alld walking.
Police lock~up durin~~ Jallilla Regime
(or launching political movcmt;;nls l'ermruWI/f tuldrt'.n: M("urangkholll. IJnphal. MUlllpur.
under the L~a<.l cr!;h lp 01 Laic Shrirnali
Jndirf:l Gandhi; imrrisnncd thn ce for
organising m:I!o.s SUI)'ugraha Move·
ments dem;:lndin ~ full Statehood for
Manipur in 195·1, 1955 & 19M ; Com-
missioner. Imphal Municipality; Speaker . Manirur Legisla-
tive Assembly, 1961-65; General Secretory, Socialist Party,
Manipur, 1964-66; Founder Member, (i) NSDP, 1966-67
and (ii) Manipur National Party, 191>7·68; Member, Manipur
Legislative Assembly from 1974101988; President, Manip"r
(Congress I) , 1978-80; Ch.ef Minister, Man'pur, December
1974 to May 1977 and in 1980; elected IU the Rajya Sahh~
•n Septem ber, 1988 .

Club.\': Vice ~ Prc~ident. All Manipur Sports Association,

Secretary, (i) Indo-Burma Road Sport' A"ociation and
(ii) Lions Club, fmphal ; Member, Natiomil Sahilya PrCl11i
(Literary) and Me mber & Lega l Advi,,,,, Moral & Social
Hygiene, Man ipur.

'fravels abruarl ViSIted LJ ~.S I{ l' '1 delegale of ISCllS .

/'uhlirulioIlJ. l'lIblil->hcd 1 numher 01 ,,·)l'ial and pnlitlnd

essays, !'hort \lor:c'" and pOl:m~; in v;ui()\J~ magazin(~ ~ ilOd
loc ... 1 dall ies of Manipur, puhllshcd articleo.: on ~ocilll i~~lIcl->:
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WHO·S WHO

'SINGH, SHRJ RAM AWADHESH : M.A., B.L.: Lok Dal

Banam Samajwad'·, (iii) '·Kranti Ki Teen Dishayain'·. (iv)
(Bihar): s. of late Shri Man Rakhan Singh; b. at Village
·'Dam Bandho Yaa Gaddi Chhodo·', (v) "Baagi Sapna·',
Peepara, P.O. DularpuT, District
(vi) "Jangalo KoJagao" and (vii)'f>,haron Ko Pukaro'· etc.
Bhojpur (Shahabad). Bihar. June 18.
1937; ed. at (i) High School. Kasap.
Special interests: Social Service, Study and to eliminate
(ii) B. N. College. Patna. (iii)
social evils.
Bhagalpur University. Bhagalpur, (iv)
Sc Xaviers Labour Relations Institute.
Permanent address: 335, M.I.G., Lohia Nagar. Palna.
Jamshedpur and (v) Ranchi
University, Ranchi; m. Shrimati Bihar.
Shyama Devi. May 27. 1954; 4 s. and
1 d.; whole time ocial and political
worker; previously associated with,
(i) Socialist Party. (ii) Combined
Social.ist Party. (iji) Janata Party ami
(iv) Bhaniya Lok Dal: established. (i) Milk Producers and
Sellers Association in 1964 and became its Gt:neral Secretary.
(ii) Hotel Mazdoor Panchayat in 1965 and became its
President, (iii) Faulad Mazdoor Panchayat in 1966 and
became Its General SecretarY. (iv) Bihar State
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Dafadar-Chowkidar PanchaY3t in 1967 and became its
President. (v) Bihar State Home Guards Panchayat in 1971
and became :ts President. (vi) Bihar State Back"'o'ard
Association in 1974 and hecame its President and (vii) An
India Backwards. Harijan:;. Tribals and Religious MinoTilleS
Federation in 1978 and became its President: Memher. (i)
Bihar Legislative Assembly. 1961-62, (ii) I.ok Sahha.
1977-79. (iii) Committee on Rules. RaJya Sahha. 19X6-X7
and (iv) Committee on PCipers Laid on the Table. Rajya
Sahh:<. ,incc July 1988: elected LO the RaJya Sahha in
July_ 1986.

Publication.~· Wrote mOre than a dozen books ~'iz

which include (i) "Kranti Ki Chhatpatati Rooh" (ii) "Indira

-Included {.n the ba"'l~ of I1>A6 Edi(Jon

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WHO'S WHO 339
SINGH, DR. RUDRA PRATAP: M .A .. Ph.D. (Hindi
Literature) ; Congress (I) (Uttar Pradesh) ; s. of late Raja SINGH, SHRI SURENDER : M .A .• LL.B. ; Congress (I)
(Haryana); s. of Shri Bansi Lal; b. at Village Golagarh.
Urna Pratap Singh; b . at Village
District Bhiwani. Haryana. July 25,
Jamon. District Sultanpur, (Uttar
1946; ed. at (i) Vaish College, Bhiwani
Pradesh ). May 12. 1936 ; ed . at (i)
and (ii) Punjab University,
University o f A llahabad and (ii)
Chandigarh; m. Shrimati Kiran. 1972;
University of Lucknow; m. Shrimati
1 d.; Advocate and Agriculturist;
Rudra Kum an Singh. June 27. 1957;
obtained N. C .C. certificate and
1 s. an d 3 d .: Agriculturist ; Preside nt.
remained Under Officer while in
Uttar Pradesh Co-operative
College; President , Bar Association,
Federation,1984 and 1985: Con vener.
Bhiwani, 197(}"71; Chainnan, (i) Bar
Congress Centenary Celebrations
Council of Punjab and Haryana , 1976
Committee. Uttar Pradesh. 1984 and
• and (ii) Bar Council of Punjab,
1985: ConvenerN ice-Chain nan.
Haryana and Chandigarh, 1978 and
Committee on-Official Language.
again from 1980 to 1982; General ..
1982 86 and Chairman since 1986: Member. (i) Legislative
Secretary, (i) Indian Youth Congress, 1971-73 and (tI)
Assembly, U.P. ,1962--{5". (iil Legislative Council, U. P ..
District Congress Committee, Bhiwani; Treasurer, Indian
1%7-71. (iii) Lok Sabha. ;971-77, (iv) Court of Jawaharlal
Youth Congress, 197:>-77; Member, (i) All India Congress
Nehru Unlverslty lQ8Q..-8..l.. (v) Indian Delegations to the
Committee, (ii) Haryana, P.CC. (iii) Bar CouncIl of
l:nired NstJo S 'Jeneral Assembly. 1971) (vi) Indian
Punjab and Haryana High Court , (IV) Hary~na Vldhan
Delegation to & _ .. on-aligned Countries Conference. 1976.
Sabha, June, 1977 to August. 1986, (v) Executive CouncIl
(\;1) lndi in Parliamentary Delegation to the United
of Kurukshetra University. (vi) ExecutI~e Comm.luee,
Klngd m, June .981 and (viii) Indian Delegation to attend
CR. Jat College,Hissar and (vii) Executive CommIttee,
:;/'th An lh rsa(V celebrations of Kenva in Nairobi,
• Indian Olympic Association; Cabinet Minister, Ha~'a~a
Decem·~r. 198 1 , elected to the Rajya Sabha in Ju ly, 1980
Government with portfolios of Agriculture & WIldlife
ar-d r< ,It ed in Jul\' 1986.
Preservation, June 7, 1982 to July 2, 1983; elected to the
Tr ·0 ~ - Nepal. Burma . Singapore. Malaysia. Rajya Sabha in August, 1986.
I n f ngdor France. Italy. S",itzerland. \Vest Germany,
'ust 11 rhailan Phillippin«. South Korea. Hong Kong Clubs: Vice· President, (i) Haryana Wrestling
r.' pac Association and (0) Haryana Amateur AthletIc .ASSOCIatlo~;
, Secretary, (i) Haryana Volley Ball AssociatIOn and (II)
"ere J
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Readin£ and tra\' limg. Haryana Olympic Association.
F, --, n 't, r o-;d recreanrJ7j Reading
Trav"is abroad: U.S.A., U.S.S.R" G.D.R.,
F 71G f . 1r~ss \ ll...~ ~ "'nd P ~ Gfflce Jamor. Afghanistan, Canada, Finland, Italy, Germany, France,
rr .:t c.. t rJ l. ) U .K. and Switzerland.
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WHO'S WHO 341
Special interests: Harijan welfare and upliftment of the
down-trodden. SINGH, SHR! VISHVJIT P.: Indian School Certificate;
Congress (I) (Maharashtra); s. of Captain Kanwar Prithvijit
Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading and playing Singh; b. at lullunder. October 29,
cricket. 1946; ed. at Doon School, Dehradun;
bachelor; elected to the Rajya Sabha
Permanent address: 187, Vijay Nagar CC!lony, Bhiwani, in April, 1982 and re-elected in April,
Haryana. 1988.

Special interest: History.

Favourite pastime and recreation:

Reading.

Permanent address: 80-Lodi

Estate, New Delhi-110003.

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342 RAJYA SABHA
SINHA, SHRI YASHWANT: M.A. (Political Science):
Janata, (Bihar); s. of late Shri Bipin Bihari Saran: b. at
Patna, November 6, 1937; ed. at Patna
College, Patna University; m. Shrimati
Nilima Sinha, February 17, 1961; 2
s. and 1 d.; Social Worker; Lecturer,
Patna University in Political Science.
1958 60; joined l.A.S. in 1960 and
held important posts; Chairman, (i)
D. T. c., Delhi and (ii) Drafting
Committee of the UNCf AD
Conference on Shipping in Geneva
in August, 1984; Consul-General of
India, Frankfurt, West Germany;
Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,
Bihar; Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the
Ministry of Shipping and Transport; Deputy Commissioner,
Santhal Parganas; sought voluntary retirement from I.A.S.
in November, 1984; joined Janata Party; General Secretary
of Janata Party, 198&-88; participated in and led important
Government and multilateral delegations to various hi-lateral
and economic conferences; elected to the Rajya Sabha in
April, 1988.
Clubs: (i) Delhi Gymkhana Club, Delhi and (ii) Bankipur
Club, Patna.
Travels abroad: Extensively travelled abroad.
Special interests: Public Administration, External and
Economic Affairs.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading and travelling.
Permanent address: Road No.6, Rajendra Nagar. Patn3 .
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SIVAJI, DR. YELAMANCHILI : M.B.B.S.; Telugu Desam
(Andhra Pradesh): s. of Shri Radha Krishna; b. at
Kanumuru, District Krishna. Andhra
, Pradesh, July 28, 1947; ed. at (i) Zila
Parishad High School. Tadanki,
District Krishna, (ii) A.N.R. College,
Gudivada and (iii) Guntur Medical
College; m. Dr. Hema, May 7, 1980;
2 d.; Medical Practitioner and
Agriculturist; was Secretary, Andhra
Pradesh Lok Oal Party; Executive
Member. Andhra Pradesh lanais
Party; recipient of John Delvi National
Award, 1984, at Bombay: was detained
under MISA during Emergency;
Editor, Medical College Magazine; General Secretary,
Farmers' wing of Telugu Desam Party; Member (i) Zonal
Railway Users' Consultative Committee, South Central
Railway, and (ii) Board of Management, Andhra
Pradesh Agricultural University; visited U.S.A. and U.K.
in 1983, to study the Peasants' Organisations and Political
systems; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1988.
Travels abroad: U.K. and U.S.A.
Publicatiolls: (i) "You and Your Health" ,(ii) "Our
People, OUT Politics" and (iii) "Kisan Prime Minister"
and has also contributed more tban 1()(XJ articles on social,
economic and political issues which were published in
Telugu Dailies.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Rural Development
and Journalism.
Permanent address: Brindavan Gardens, Guntur·522006.
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SOLANKI, SHRI MADHAVSINH: B.A. \(Hons.) LL.B.;
Congress (I) (Gujarat); s. of Shri Fulsinhji; b. at Village
Piludra Taluka Jambu~ar. District
Bharuch. Gujara!. July 29. In7; ed.
at Bombay University: m. Shrimari
Vimlabahen. 1950; 3 s. and 2 d.;
Journalist Advocate (High Court) and
active Political worker~ Sub-Editor of
a Gujarati Daily. 195(}'-56; dedicated
the cau:;e of upliftment of
to
educationally nnd economically
disabled and back ward people of
Gujarar: President. Gujarat Pradesh
Congress Committee (Three rimes):
Member. (i) Legislative Assembly.
Bombay. 1957--M. (ii) Legislative Assembly. Guj<lrat.
lQ6IJ-~8 and (iii) Working Committee of the All Inaia
Congress Committee: was Chief Minister of Gujarat. in
1976. 1980-85 and again in 1985 "ith various portfolios of
Revenue. Home. Industry. Finance. Planning. General
Administration,Forests. Urban Development. Environment
and Co-operatan and Union ~linister of Planning since
24th June. 1988; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April. 1988.
f",,·.ls abroad' L.S.A .. u.S.S.R .. Japan. Kenya and
~\Il the Countries of Eastern and \Vestern Europe
except Albania.
Special interestS: Literature. fiite arts, music. paintings.
\"ild life. natural history and travelling.
Fa~'Ollrile pastime and recreation; Lover of Books and
Buds.
Pennanent address . N4, Arehita Flats. ~avrangpura
Ahmedabad-9.
WHO'S WHO
SREEDHARAN. SHRl ARANGIL: Intermediate; Janata
(Kerala); s. of Shri A. Gopalan; b. at Badagara.
Kerala. March 29. 1923; ed. at (i)
B.E.M. High School. Radagara.
Kerala and (iO "It. Alovsius College
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High Schc.ol. Mangalore. Malabar
Christian Collegt: Calicul and Vorhees
American College. Vellore: m.
Shrimati Nalini. September 8. 1968;
Public Worker; previously associated J
with Congress Socialist Party. Socialist f\l
Party. Praja Socialist Party and
Samyukta Socialist Party: was
President. Saw Mill Workers Union
and Hotel Mazdoor Sabha: President
ti) Estate Mazdoor Sabh,l and (ii) Rayons ~'orkers Union and
State Unit of Janata Party. 1982--s.land 198(Hl~; Chairman
India~ Socialist ~arty IQ61-71: General Secretary. Praja
Soclahst Party at Kerala. 1958 62; Secretary. (i) School
Umt of Students Federation. 1937 and (ii) Parliamf'ntarv
Party of Samyukta Socialist Party. 1967-70: Office Secretan~.
Congress Socialist Part)'. 1946 18: Member. (i) Nation;'
Executive of Janata Party. 1977-85. (ii) Estimates Committee
of the Fourth Lak Sabha for two temlS and (iii) Fourth
Lok Sabha: imprisoned five times in connection with the
agitation of farmers and workers: imprisoned for 18 months
under MISA during emergency: participated in Quit India
Movement when in College in 1942: elected to the Rajva
Sabha in July. 1988. -
Special interests: Work among fanners and weaker
sections or societ".
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Fm'ourite pastime clnd recrean01/ : Reading• and
Discussions with Intellectuals.
Permanellt address: Arangil House. Calicut-073011
(Kerala).
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RAJYA SABHA
SUKUL, SHRI P. N. : M.A. (English Literature); Congress
(I) (Uttar Pradesh); s. of Dr. Shankar Nath Sukul; b. at
Faizabad (U.P.). February 11, 1932;
ed. at (i) Gov1. High School.
Sultanpur. (ii) Gov1. lntennediate
College, Faizabad ~nd (iii) D.A. V.
College, Kanpur; m. Shrimati Kalyani
Sukul, January 22, 1952; 4 s. and 1
d.; retired civil servant; served as an
officer in the U.P. Secretariat,
Lucknow; was first arrested for defying
ban uJs 144 Cr.P.c. in Lucknow, on
April 26, 1966, in connection with
tbe movement of the V.P. employees;
jailed seven times thereafter-{Mostly
detained under the Preventive Detention Act, MISA and
DIR) and spent nearly four and a half years in prision;
President, (i) U.P. Secretariat Association, Lt.:cknow. 1971
to 1978 and (ii) State Employees' Joint Council, U.P.
smce 1969; Chairman, (i) All India State Government
Employees Federation ,1973-85 (and its honorary President
thereafter). (ii) loint Committee of Parliament on the
Veterinary Council, Bill, 1981,(iii) Committee on Petitions
Rajya Sabha, 1984 86 and (iv) Jomt Committee of
Parliament on the Indian Medical Council (Amendment)
Bill, 1987; Founder General Secretary, Mazdoor Parishad.
Uttar Pradesh, 1968-{)9; Secretary General of the State
Employees 10int Council of U.P. from 1966 to 1968;
Secretary, (i) All India State Government Employees'
Federation from 1966 to 1973 and (il) U.P Secretariat
Association, 1964 71; Convener. V.P. Employees and
Teachers' Coordination Committee, 1971-78; Treasurer.
Congress (I) Party in Parliament, 1985--88' Member, (i)
Executive Committee of the V .P. Secretctriat Association.
Lucknow. 1961 to 1964. (ii) Committee on Pape" Laid
on the Tabl , Rajya Sabha, from •. _ !VIarch to 28th lVIay.
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1982. (iii) Cc·mmittee on Rules. Rajya Sabha. 1980-82
{iv) Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Commerc~
& Civil. Aviation,(v) Marine Products E:l!..l'ort Development
Authonty from 1982 to 1986. (vi) Committee on Petitions
Rajya Sabha, 1983-84. (vii) General Purposes Committee:
RaJya Sabha. 1984 86. (viii) Business Advisory Committee.
RaJya Sabha. 1986-1l8. (ix) the Parliamentary Delegation
to the Spnng Meetmg of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
held at Manila in April, 1981, (x) Parliamentary Delegation
to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in
the Bahamas in October, 1982, (xi) the Parliamentary
Delegation invited by the Government of the U.S.A. to
study the procedure of their Parliamentary elections in
October, 1982, (xii) Indian Delegation to the World Religious
Conference for peace held in Moscow in January, 1982,
(xiii) Delegation of the Indian National Congress to the
Congress of the Pan HelJenic Socialist Party of Greece
held at Athens in May. 1984. (xiv) Parliamentary Delegation
to North Korea on the National Day Celebrations in
September, 1984, (xv) Government Delegation to
Mozambique on the National Day in June, 1985, (xvi)
Delegation of the Marine Products Export Development
Authority to Belgium. Netherlands. France and West
Germany in November. 1985, (xvii) ParHamentary
Delegation to the Conference of the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association held in London in October,
1986 and (xviii) Alternate Leader of the Indian Delegations
to the 43rd and 44th Sessions of the U.N. Human Rights
Commission held in Geneva in 1987 and 1988; elected to
the Rajya Sabha in July, 1980 and re-elected in April, 1984.
Clubs: Member. V.P. Secretariat Sports Committee;
was Founder Secretary of the V.P. Secretariat Kabaddi
Club and twice accompanied the U.P. Kabaddi & Volley-ball
teams to the National ,games, as an official.
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TrQl'eis abroad: Hong Kong. Philippines, Thailand, SWAMI NATHAN, SHRI G. : B Pharm.; AIADMK(II)
U.S.SR .. Untted Kingdom. U.S.A, Bahamas, France. (Tamil Nadu). s. or Shri R Gopala Mudahar. b. at
Greece. U.A.E .. China. North Korea, Japan , Mozambique. Thlfu vayaru. Tamil Nadu. December
Zimbabwe. Belgium . Netherlands. West Germany, Italy. 19. 1931; ed at(i) Presidency College.
Switzerland and Australia. Madras and (ii) Madra, Medical
College; m. Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi.
Accomplishment in arlS and science: A poet. Short June 12. 1955; I d; Businessman ;
Story writer and bssayist in Hindi . previously a~sociated with Swatantra
and Congress Panics; was President.
Publications: A Number of poems, short stories and Sri Besant Lodge (Theosophic;,1
articles published in various Hindi Journals and Magazines; Society). Thanjavur; WelS Vice-
was Editor of the Hindi rortnightly 'KARMAKETU' President. ThanJ3vur District Red
published from Lucknow. Cross Society; was Ch:.tirman.
Voluntary Health Services (Thanjavur
Special interests· Trade Unionism, Labour Welfare Unit); Managing Director. Pharm.
actiVllte~ Astrology and Homoeopathy. Products PVI. Ltd.. Thanjavur; Secretary. AIADMK
Parliamentary Party; was Member. (i) Tamil Nadu Housing
Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading Hmdi ~nd Board, (ii) Tamil Nadu Nationalised Transport Consultative
English Literatures. playing chess. carrom. cards and seemg Committee. (iii) Tamil Nadu State Unit of Consumer
.
movIes. Council of India. (iv) Tamil Nadu ElectriClty Consultative
Council. (v) Divisional Railway Users' Consultallve
Permanent address:
8-1, Secretariat Quarter~. Committee, (vi) Family Planning Adhoc Committee, (Vii)
Mahanagar. Lucknow-226006 Co-ordination Committee on Vocational Guidance and
Counselling. (viii) System Level Electricity. Thanjavur. (ix)
Medical College Hospital, (x) Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty 10 Animals. (xi) Executive Commitlees and
General Councils of Tamil Nadu and All India Swatantril
Party, (xii) Tamil Nadu State Soldiers'. Sailors' and Amnen's
Board, (xiii) Tamil Nadu Transport Development Council.
(xiv) Tamil Development High Level Committee and (xv)
Central Committee of the Tamil Nadu TuberculOSIS
Association; Member. (i) Chief Minister's Nutritious Meal
Programme for Children. (ii) Sri Lanka Tamils Rehef
CommiHee. (iii) Tamil Nadu Phannacy Council. (IV) Tamil
Nadu Chamber of Commerce. (v) District Development
Councils. (vi) Sitra Fine Arts. Thanjavur. (vii) Thanj3\'ur
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350 RAJYA SABHA
Favourite pastime and recrean·on·. R ea d·109, Public
Chamber of Commerce, (viii) Indian Institute of Public Speaking and Table Tennis.
Administration, (ix) Indian Pharmaceutical Association,
(x) Indian Pharmacy Graduates' Association, (xi) Madras Permanent address: No. 2, R·
aJappa Nagar,
Management Association, (xii) Executive Committee of Thanjavur-6!3007, Tamil Nadu.
the AlADMK Party, (xiii) Tamil Nadu Legislative Council.
1968416, (xiv) Swatantra Party, 195'f--16 and was also its
Leader in the Council, (xv) Indian National Congress,
1976-77, (xvi) All India Anna D.M.K., since 1983, (xvii)
General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha, since October,
1986, (xviii) Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha, 1987-88
and (xix) Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha, since July,
1988; was Chairman, Privileges & Housing Committees,
Tamil Nadu Legislative Council; Deputy Chairman, Tamil
Nadu Legislative Council, 1978410 and 1984 86 (Three
Terms); participated in, (i) Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, 1978, (ll) Conferences of
Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies, India at Jaipur
in 1979, Calcutta in 1984 and at Lucknow in 1985, (iii)
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Isle of Man
in 1984 and (iv) Council on Legislation of Rotary
International, Chicago, 1986; Leader of AJADMK Group
II in Rajya Sabha, since March, 1988; Nominated to the
P3nel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha, 1986-87 and 1987-88;
elected to the Rajya Sabha in June, 1986.
Clubs: Formerly President, Cosmopolitan Club,
Thanjavur; Secretary, Book-Club; Member, Madras
Gymkhana Club and Cosmopolitan Club, Madras; Rotary
District Governor (198l-82) and Member, Rotary Club of
Thanjavur.

Travels abroad: Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan,

Italy, France, U.K., U.S .A., Jamaica, Belgium, Switzerland.
Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Isle of Man.

Special interests: Economics, Finance, Politics,

Psychology , Management and Research in Indian Medicine .
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RAJYA SABIIA
SWAMY. SHRI SUBRAMANIAN: Ph . D . (Economics) ;
JonaHl (Uttar Pradesh): s, or Shri Sitarnm Subrnmaman:
b. al Mylnpore. Madrlls Cily (Tamil
Nodu), Seplember 15. 1939; cd . a~
(i) Indian Statistical Institutc: Oc~hl
University Hnd (ii) Hnrvurd UllIverslly
(U .S.A .); m. Shrimnli Roxnll. June
Q 10. 1966; 2 d . : Professor of Economics.
Harvard UniversilY; United Nations
Economise 1963 and World Bank
Consultnllt. 1986; Previnusly
ussocinted with Jan Snngh unci Lok
Dol: Member. (i) SiXlh Lok Sobha
(1977- 79). (ii) Sevenlh Lok Sabhn
(1980-84). (iii) Commillce 011
Subordinnlc Legislalion. Rajya Sabhn. slOce July. 1988
and (iv) Rnjya Sabha. April. 1974-76 nnd "gam eleClcd
10 Ihe Rnjyo Sabha in April. 1988.
('/111> : Crickcl Club of Parlinmen!.
Trm'eis abroad : U .S.A .. U .K.. Cannun. France . ludy.
I!\rucl . Egypt. Pakistan. China. Nepal. Bunglutlcsh. Butmn.
Sri Lnnkn.Thaiiand and Japan .
WHO'S WHO 353
TALARI MANOHAR. SHRI : M.A. (Populnlion Siudies)
and M.A. (Political Science). B.L. I.S.C. (M. PhiL); Telugu.
Desam (Andh'" Pradesh): s. of Shri
T. PnrvRthnm; b, Ilt Gudipaln, District
Chiltoor. Andhra Pradesh. June I.
1954; cd. 01 (i) Z. P. High School.
Glidipain. (ii) Higher B. S. Kannnn
Junior Co ll ege. Chilloor. liii) S.Y.A.
Government College, Srikalahasti and
(iv) S.Y. U. College. Tirllpali: m.
Shrimllti Juya Mnnohnr, April 14,
1983: Is.: Polilic.1 worker: was
Municipal Councillor. Srikalahnsti
Mlinicipalily from 1980 10 1986:
Vice-Chairman. Andhra Pradesh
SporlS COlinciLI983-84: was Member. (i) Andhra Pradesh
Legi,lalive Assembly nnd (ii) Commil!ee on Ihe Welf.re
of Scheduled CnSles nnd Scheduled Tribes. Andhra Pradesh
Legisl.live Assembly,1983-84: elecled 10 Ihe Rnjyn Sabhn
in April. 1986.
Pt'rmmrem address · Sannidhi Street. Sriknlahosti.
Chilloor Disirici. Andhr. Pradesh-SI7M4.

Publications : (i) Indian Economic Plnnni.ng- An

Ahornalivc (1971) . (ii) Economic Growlh of ChIOU lind
India (1986) "nd (iii) Index Number Theory .

Spermi i,,(ert'sts : Finance, Derence. Plullning, Foreign

Affai" .
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f/H'(mritt' P(lst"flt! tlml rt'crt'ario" : Swimming ilnd
Rl! lld ing.

/'t'rUWllt"" mldrt'ss: N':!2b, Greater Knilash-l. New

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TARIANG, SHRI JERLIE E.: Commercial Graduate
(unrecognised); Congres>(I) (Meghalaya);, of Shri R. E Publrcolions : Proprietor and first Editorof'U PYRMAN'
Rajee; b . at Mawlal. Shiliong. (a local weekly) and author of a book in English 'U
Meghalaya. June 27. 1922. ed. at (i) TIROT SINGH' and a number of local Social and Political
Meiktila High School. Upper Burma publications in Khasi language.
and (ii) Spicer College. Pune; m.
Shrimau Bisiliant War Tariang. Sptcial intefests: Reading, Sports and Farming.
October 12. 1948; I s. and 3 d .•
Agriculturist, Teacher Bnd Journalisc Favourite pastime and recreation : Fishing and Writing
Teacher or Mathematics in Assam on political and social affairs in Khasi and English.
Training School, 1946: Founder and
Life President. Shan Roy Bas:.n High Permaflttll address: Lummawbah, Shillong.793005
• School, Shillong: PreSident, (i) (Meghalaya).
Freedom Fighters' Association,
Meghalaya ctc., (ii) Meghalaya
P.C.C" 197G-71 and 1974-76, (iii) United Khasi Jaintia
Hills and (iv) Working President, Meghalaya Pradesh
Congress (I) Committee 1983 to 1987; Deputy Chairman,
State Planning Board. Meghalaya. 198J.4!4 ; General
Secretary, United Khasi and Jaintia Hills, D.C.C" 1952-55;
Executive Member, (i) United Khasi and Jaintia Hills
Autonomous District Council. 1952-57. (ii) Congress (1)
Party in Parliament and (iti) Indian Parliamentary Group;
Member, (i) Khasi·Jaintia Darbar (defunct). 1951·52, (ii)
United Khasi-laintia Hills Autonomous District Council,
1952-57. (ill) State Plannmg Advisory Board, Assam.
1955·-57, (IV) Assam Road Board. 1962--63, (v) North East
Frontier Railway Committee, 1975-77 and (vi) State Planning
Board, Megh.laya, since 1984 (re·appointed); elected to
the RaJya Sabha m April, 1984

Clubs. Was Member of Meghalaya Film Society and

number of Social, Cultural and Sports Clubs in Shillong.

Travels abroad. Burma.


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' India as an invited them e paper contributor at Seventh
THAKUR. PROF. CHANDRFSH P. : M.A . (Economics).
Ph. D . (Economics); Congress (I) (B ihar); s. of Shri
Rarncharitra Thakur ; b . at village
Parahi. District Muzaffarpur. Bihar.
February 23, 1935; ed. at U niversiti es
of Pama (B ih ar) and Wisconsin
(Madison). U.S. A .; m . Dr. (Smt.)
Sushila Thak ur; 2 S.; Professor . Faculty
of Management Studies. U niversity
of D elhi. since 1980; Lectu.rer in
Economics at Universiti es of Bihar
and Ranchi: Chairman. Standing
Committee on Commerce, Congress
(I) Parliame ntary Party ; Research
Officer. Assistant Director and Head
of Trade Union Studies at Shri Ram Centre for lndustrial
Relations and Hu man Resources. New Delhi : Fello w in
Economics at University of \\'isconsin (Madison). U.S.A.:
\rtsitine Associate Professor and Professor. Faculty of
-
Business Administration. University of Alben a. Edmonton.
Canada. 19 '3 78: Senior Member of Faculty and Area
Chairman. Educational Planning and Administration.
Administrative Staff College of lndia. Hyderabad: Senior
FeUo'ft and Incharge. National Labour Institute, New Delh i.
1979 80: Visiting FeUow at, (a) Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Deyelopment. Paris. (b) Research Section.
I.L.O .. Geneya. (c) lntemationallnstitute of Labour Studies.
Geneva and (d) Labour Research and Training Centre in
L'.K.: made professional contributions through teaching.
O"3ining and ronsulting in India and abroad. including (a)
IJnited :-iations Development Programme. (b) 1LO and
(c) Indian Council for Social Science Research; Directed
and hosted International Seminars including on
~e1opmental themes in the context of Thud World
problems in 1983 and 1984. organised by UOlversity of
Delhi. ao. Bweau of Public Enterpnses: represented
",;P' .
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WHO'S WHO 357
World Congress of International Industrial Rel ations
Association , Hamburg. West Germany in September , 1986;
Keynote speaker at December. 1987 International Congress
on J:Iuman R.esou:ces ~anagement in Cross Cultural Setting.
Nan.o~al Un~versJty , Smgapore; made contributions to , and
partl~lpated In several professional Conferences at Bangkok ,
Mamla. Osaka . Tokyo, etc.; Member. (i) Jawaharlal Nehru
University Court and (ii) University of Delhi Court; elected
to the Rajya Sahha in July. 1986.
Travels abroad : U.S.A ., U .K ., Canada, France, West
Germany . East Ge rman y, Switzerland , Netherlands. Italy,
Gre~ce , J a~an . Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore .
Thailand , Sn Lanka and Nepal.
Publications: Editor and Author, (i) Technological
Change and Industry. 1971 and (iil Industri al Democracy:
Some Issues and Experiences, 1973; Author. (1) Industrial
Relations in Printing Industry. 1969. (2) Skill Development
and Labour Market in an Industrialising Economy, 1980,
(3) Corporate Strategy on Fringe Benefits . 1985 and (4) Role
of Stare 10 Industrial Rel ations in India (mimeo) and
several papers widely published in Indian and International
JournaJs .
Special interests: Development and Management,
Development Problems of Third World Countries Public
. '
Enterpnsc Management; International Economic Relations·
Parliamentary Contribution to Policy making in comparativ~
Politics of Development , Professionalisation
III. and Social Organisations.
~ .
f" .FllVourite pastime and recreation : Art , Culture and
Music (laaz and Light Indian Classical).
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Permanent address: C-64. Shakti Nagar Extension .
Delbi·ll0052 .
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THAKUR, JAGATPAL SINGH: Matric, Congress (I)
(Madhya Pradesh); s. of late Shri Krishan Chandra Singh;
b. at Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), March
II, 1923; ed. at different educational
institutions in Uttar Pradesh; m. Smt.
Vidya Vati, 1947; 3 s.; Social Worker;
President, (i) All India Students'
Welfare Society, 1952, (ii) 20-Point
Monitoring Cell of Madhya Pradesh
Congress CommiHee since 1978 and
(iii) All India Railway Catering
Employees' Union, 1950-52;
Chairman, (i) Madhya Pradesh Seva
Dal Board from 1978 to 1985, (ii)
Deliberations of Regional Congress
Conference of the All India Congress Committee, Bhopal,
Dec. 1983 and (iii) Disciplinary Committee of the Madhya
Pradesh Congress Committee since 1981; General Secret~ry,
(i) Gram Sudhar Samiti, Allahabad, 1950 and (ii) Madhya
Pradesh Congress (I) Committee since 1978; Secretary, (i)
Bharat Sewak Samaj, Allahabad City and its Finance
Sub-Committee in 1948 and (ii) Rural Constructive Works
Committee, Allahabad, 1951; Honorary Refugee Officer
on behalf of the Congress Party from 1948 to 1951; Election
Organiscr in Phool Pur Constituency of late Shri lawahar
Lal Nehru in 1952; Founder Member, Samaj Sewak Samiti,
Allahabad; Member, (i) Advisory Board, Bharat Sewak
Samaj, Allahabad, 1947, (ii) Delegate for Provincial Political
Conference at Farrukhabad (U.P.). 1948, (iii)
Sub-Committee appointed to prepare a scheme for the use
ofSwaraj Bhavan, Allahabad, 1948, (iv) Selection Committee
for Technical and Vocational Training for refugees, 1918,
(v), All India Sewak Samiti, Allahabad, 1950, (vi) Uttar
Pradesh Provincial Refugee Relief Committee, Lucknow,
1950, (vii) Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, (viii)
Executive Committee, M.P.C.C., (ix) All India Congress
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Committee from time to time since 1956, (x) Special
Representative and Zonal Representative of All India
Congress Committee for the States of Bihar, Orissa,
Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Hyderabad.
Vidarbha, Mahakaushal, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh,
Bombay, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Saurashtra and Mysore
from time to time for organisational work (1953 to 1961)
and (xi) Coordination Committee of Madhya Pradesh
between Government and Congress Party since 198];
delegate for Provincial Congress Political Conference at
Farrukhabad, U.P., 1948; elected to the Rajya Sabha in
April, 1984.
Travels abroad: Visited Moscow in 1987 as a Member
of a Special Delegation of leading veteran freedom fighters.
Club : Life Member, Gymkhana Club, Allahabad.
Special interests: Upliftment of weaker sections,
propagating Secularism, National Unity and National
Integration. socio~economic development of Adivasis,
Harijans, Backward Classes and rural masses and intellectual
discussions.
Favourite pastime alld recreation: Reading, gardening
and horse-riding.
Permanent address: 19, Mahadaparda, Raigarh, Madhya
Pradesh.
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362 RAJYA SABHA
THAKUR, SHRI SURENDRA SINGH: B.E. (Mech.);
Germany, Rome , U.K., Switzerland, Italy, Egypt, United Congress (I) (Madhya Pradesh); s. of Shri Karan Singh;
States and Mexico.
b. at ViiI. Khajuria Ramdas, Teh.
Berasia, Oistt. Bhopal, lan. 1, 1954;
Publications : "Banking Costs in India" . ed. at (i) Thakur Lal Singh Gov!.
H.S.S. Berasia and (ii) Maulana Azad
Special interesf : Education.
College of Technology, Bhopal; m.
Shrimati Archna Thakur, December
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading ..and 3, 1986; I s.; Engineer and Social
associating with the activities to uplift the tribals , HanJans
Worker; held various positions in
School/College Students' Union and
and other socially backward people.
also was Senior Under Officer in
Permanent address: (i) Viliage and P.S. Thakur Gangti, N. C.c.; Associated with the Congress
Oistt . Godda , Santhal Parganas, Bihar and (II) Abdm party since 1974; Organised, (i)
Students Action Committees in
House , Eraser Road , Patna-800001 .
Co ll eges during Janata regime and also actively participated
in all agitations undertaken by Congress (I) Party in support
of late Sm!. Indira Gandhi, (ii) Training Camps for Youth
Congress workers in Madhya Pradesh, (iii) State Level
Cultural evenings in memory of late Smt. Indira Gandhi
and (iv) Blood donation camps and tree plantation
programmes at District & Slate level; Participated in, (i)
Block Youth Congress Presidents' Conference held at
Tirupati in 1983 and (ii) Indira Jyoli [unctions and Congress
lyoti padyatra in eleven districts of Madhya Pradesh;
Attended Regional Political Conference at Bhilai, Madhya
Pradesh; A ttended International Youth Festiva l and
participated in Moscow Youth Festival; Conducted seminars
and meetings in propagating the principles of national
integration and communal harmony; worked for the relief
and rehabilitation of Bhopal gas tragedy victims; President,
Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress (I) since lune 3, 1985;
was General Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress
(I) Committee; was Convener, Madhya Pradesh You,h
Congress (I) Technical Cell in 1983; Member, Committee
on Rules, Rajya Sabha since July, 1988; elected to the
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Rajya Sabha in June, 1986. THANGKADALU, SHRI K.V. : M .A.; Congress (I) (Tamil
Nadu); s. of Shfl V. Thang. Velu; b. at Village Kurichl
Special interests:
Development of Science and (lIelul), [)lStfict Salem. March 15,
Technology specially in rural arc:as , protection of 1950; m. Shrimati T . Jayanthi. January
environment , education of rural population, rural 22, 1986; Agriculturist, Writer and
development to promote national jntegration and unity of Poet; Founder·Editor, Thayin
India . Manikodi> Tamil·Daily; Joined
Congress in 1969; organised many
Favourite pastime and recreation : Study tours, travelling agitations against D.M. K"
a broad , reading and meeting with people . A.I.A.D.M.K. Governments; courted
arrest many times; imprisoned for 4
Publications : Founded 'Taiyarian Manch a forum for months in agricultural agitation in
fo lk da nce, Music & Dramas fe r propagat i(i n o f National 1972; President. (i) Block Youth
U nit y th ro ugh cultural activitIes and o rg<lOl'il!cJ mflny distric t Congress, 1969, (ii) Taluk Youth
leveJ programmes. Congress, 1970, (iii) District Youth
Congress Salem, IY71, (iv) Tamil Nadu Youth Congress
Perm anem add rl!s~.
ViiI. KhajuniJ Ri.J mdLl"i. PO . (I), 1981-86. (v) National Integration Cultural rentre ,
BeTa., I::1. D istt Bhopal (M .P .). New Delhi since 1984 <tnd (vi) Young Farmers ' ASSOCiatIOn ,
India sillce 1985; General Secretary, Tamil Nadu Youth
Congress, 1972- 77; Member, (i) Tamil Poets' and Writers '
Association, (ii) Tamil Nadu Congress now Congress (I)
Committee since 1969, (iii) National Council Indian Youth
Congress (I), (iv) Committee on Subordinate Legiblation .
Rajya Sabha, 1985-87, (v) Library CommIttee (Parliament) ,
1984-85, (vi) Pradesh Congress Election Committee, 1984,
(vii) Steel Advisory Board, Ministry of Steel and Mines,
1986 87, (viii) Joint Parliamentary Committee on Bofors
contract, 1987-88 and (ix) Hellse Colllllltiftee, Rajya Sabha
since July, 1988; Ite-represe.ted Indian Assembly of Youth
at Seoul (South Korea) at £Conomit aod Social Affairs
Commission tor Asia and Pacific 1977; Deputy
Leader, Youth Congre .. O"",.tj,o,, USSR, 1981 ;
participated in World Elem Tamil Conference. New York
(USA) as Congress (I) rep.....tativ. in 1982; represented.
(I) !-irS! Youth Conere" Delegation to China, 1983 and
(ii) All India Congress Committee \(). attend the 5th

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366 RAJYA SABHA
Congwss of Fatherland Party at Sofia, Bulgaria. 1986;
represented as Member, high level delegation to U.S.S.R.
to attend the 40th Anniversary of India's Independence
at Moscow. 1987; elected to the RajyaSabha in April,198-1.
Clubs : Patron. (i) Tamil Nadu Youngrnen Karate
Association and (ii} Hercules Gymkhana. Madras: Founder
Member. National Space Club. Delhi.
Travels ~broad : U.K .. U.S .A .. U.S.S.R., China, South
Korea. Singapore. Malaysia, Thailand. Hong Kong.
YugosJa,';a. Federal Republic of Germany. France, Bulgana
and Hungary.
Special interests: Poetry, writing and oratory.
Fal,.·ourite pastime and recreation: Agriculture, songs.
drama. cultural activities. upliftment of weaker sections and
down-trodden and sports.
Permanenr address: 12. 6th Main Road. Kasturba
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Nagar. Adyar. Madras-600020.
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TlRlA, KUMARI SUSHlI.A : B.A .. B.Ed.: Congress (I)
(Orissa). d. of Shri Rupnarayan Tiria: b. at Kaluakhamam.
Orissa. February 6. 1956: ed. at (i)
Karanjia Girls High School. (ii)
Women C. T. School. Baripada.
(iii) Karanjia College and (iv) Regional
College. Bhubaneswar: Unmarried:
Teacher and Social Worker: worked
as a leacher from 1972 to 1982 and
resigned to take up social work
particularly for !he upliftment of
women in tribal areas in Mayurbhanj
District: organised blood donation and
eye-treatment Camps: Attended Seva
Dal and Red Cross Camps at Saradha
in 1971 -72: Chairman. District Industries Centre.
Mayurbhanj; General Secretary. (i) District Youth Congress
(I) 198-1-85, (ii) Pradesh Youth Congress (I).
Orissa 1986-87 and (iii) Indian Youth Congress (I) since
1988; Joint Secretary,Pradesh Youth Congress (I). 1985-86;
Member. (i) Social Welfare Board. Orissa. (ii) District
Rural De\"elopment Agency. (m) District Development
Board. Mayurbhanj. (i') Wornen's Wing of the Congress
(I). Orissa and (v) Ali Orissa Tribal Association named
SUSAR. 1982-1l6; Member Governing Bod). (i) Jashipur
College. (ii) Sita Devi Women's TechItical College. Jashipur.
(iii) Panchpira Wornen's College. Karanjia and (i,)
Comminee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha. "iince
Mal'. 1987; elected to the Rajya Sabha in July. 1986.
Clubs: (i) Shibaj Club. (ii) Nirachakra Club and (iii)
Secretary. Jotiya MahiJa Sangh. Jashipur. Mayurbhanj .
Special interests: Reading. v.Titing. singing. doing
house-hold work. drama and music.
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Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading TOPDEN, SHRI KARMA: B.A. ; Sikkim Sangram Parishad
autobiographies of great men , the Geeta and the Ramayana . (S.kk.m) ; s. of Shri Martam Topden ' b. at Gangtok
(Sikkim) , May 4 , 1941 ; ed. at St. '
Perman ent address: Kaluakhamam , P.O. Rugudi , Via Joseph's College, Darjeeling,
Tato , P.S. Jashipur , District Mayurbhanj, Orissa . Manchester University (U.K.); m.
Shrimati Cherry Clare Topden ,
November 8, 1969; I s. and 2 d .;
l.A.S. Officer (Retd.) ; worked as, (i)
Secretary to the Government of
Sikkim , (ii) Secretary to the Chief
Minister from 1980 to 1987 and (iii)
Adviser to the GOVI. of Sikkim
(Planning and Tourism , holding I
Cabinet rank from 1987 to 1988);
elected to the Rajya Sabha in April ,
1988.

Club : Calcutta Swimming Club.

Permanent address : Martam House, Gangtok , Sikkirn .

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'TRlPATHI, SHRI CHANDRIKA PRASAD: Matric;

Congress (I) (Madhya Pradesh); •. of Shri Phundl Lill
Tripalhi; b. al Village Baghraji, Teh<1I
and Dig.rici Jabalpur, February 21,
1922; ed. al (i) Vishnu Dutt High
School, Sihora and (Ii) Hllkarni lIigh
School, Jabalpur, m Shrim""
Chironja Tnpalhl, June H, 1939; 4 ,.
and 1 d .; AgricullUri", attended Ihe
Spn /11/ tnt"""t.
." I'~'H;' I (rvt
I 1"r)ll"-,,, MId "W,I iJlu"l"'
Trjpura Congre'i!i Se"!fion I 1939 ~Ij ~I
Sewa Dal voluntetr which Wfl"i held
under the Pre,idenl.hlp of Shri
[.fJYfJUrlJ,- {Jat"",,, (II1f) rNfI'llllfHl 'Jio- Ilttll ( "I'""
Subhash Chandra Bo.e; j.llled for 10
month, in Central Jail, Jabalpur In
connection with ·Ouil Indi'l
Movement' In 1942; active
member of Congre... inee 1940 deeply Impre"ed hy Ihe
role and ,acrifice. of Nehru family III .he freedom itrugglt
and alway~ stood (or the Omgre\\ P,lrty ltd by Shrimall
Indira Gandhi; attended the Sammel"nwiJdi ('(Jflitre." jllllnr.
with 2O,OfJO worken 10 Janu41ry , )(J7A; dClllely d",OclilICU
wuh 'ViJriou~ ...... elfare ~hemt:' or public !nlutlil , 111((: \tHing
up of ~veral Higher St:CfJndHY ~{h(J(IIIj., Smilll (jcflh~
JndUinrie~, con\lructlOn of nmd mad, prtJvlltir'fI "f cirinking
waler racihtie~ ~nd rtndt:fJng nt::ct:II;,ry htlp IfJ 11m ff:.riJ"n,
and Tribt,J,,; Pre,j(lent. (i) Jth~11 r.(,nv.rt~\~, f'lb;,lpur
194fr-57, Iii) I""p.d ~at.h", 1"h"lpur, II,B ~7, (ill)
Di§trict Conveli~ r..(Jmmiltee: ~ jn Ct: 11172 ilnd (IV) Agru.ull ural
Produce MHket (f(n.hIlJp.j M.. nill), I'nk, (I ..,,,,,,,,n, Ii)
Educatif.lfi Committe(;. 1i1f1p"d ~'Ibtlfl l lifl,i,lpur t 1I)4k--~3
and (il) Hnk;,rnl 'll1ht,;,. JIit,,,lpuf f /1 prrmllnt:1I1 c:dUci,lfC.ni,J
InlWutlf,n. Mtmber, (i) ~t~r.-fJfig UfJMfl f ViWV,ll1 't,ewi,
M.,ndfsl JI)~6 (,~, (II) L..e!d..,live A'~fTI"IYI MilClhYiJ
Pr.,de\h; Jf)~1---f,1, (ill) .It:tlHig UtJolol , M.,llhYi' Pfi,t!(!\h
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t \11h:~l', Ml' l' lIl!; III Shllllllltt SWHdl' ,h
I VIlVI , Itl"K ~ I , IIIHI , II , Ptlllltrlli
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tlllli WII' lmpll"Ull'll 'I.' Vl' IUI t!lIll" IUlll
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VIIlItHI' jllll, 01 II P d\llll\~ Ihl' 11l'II11d
Illun II)N ·Ih ; It'd It hUI\:h III U ,P
SilIYlIVlllhl' Ilumlwfin..: ,II dill III" 11ll'
h"hUII.' litHI Ilhl' llIlIIllI M,Wl' llll'nt
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t h l' n (H HtO htll' hn)t~ ; Wit , Ill1).t."l' d hlf )ttUIl).t lUI tHIIl)tl'1
Illkl' III Hllfl' lllv 1)"lfll.: 1 .11111 I II I I p " Prl''illknt , Ml' l'fUI
I)I" IIH:I l'oll ~r l' ''' (I ); VU.' l' ( 'hallilliln . Mn'lul D"lm:1
~O POlllt lrnpll' O\l' Olallnn ( ',ll\\lllittl' l'; Ml'llIlll'I , (I) Imllllll
N illttlilill t 'tlll~rl-' " Junnj.t till' IhIlIlC' , ttUIll-'l1 t P I hUI
1.lll" rt' . tllIl1l' d Iht' Clln)trl~ '" (Ii) l,\:l'(uIlVl' ('tHllnlllll'l' til
U ,p ('on~rt" .... ll). (III) (iflVl'rnlng, t'OIlm;II til Ihl' 1,lIhour
1",IIIUle 01 11ll' Governmcnl of Indlll . (IV) Conunillee nn
SUhOflhnlllt l ,cp,lslntlon, ItIlJyn Snhhn, 14K2 N4 , (v)
COlnmlllt'l' 00 Ciovernlnt'ol A'SUrIlll(t':"o , RaJYI! Suhhu J
II)K4 1«\ I\nd (vi) Commltttt' on Rules , l-tuJYIt Suhhll "Iinet'
July . 1'188 ; <I« •• d to .he RillY" Snhll" 10 Apnl. 19M2 IIn<1
" .rlreted 111 Apnl. l'ISS .

Iml,,'h IIhwml U .S,S . R.

P"hllnHlulI\ Sl' wrnl urlldl" IIIltI hookll'ts in Ilimll

lind I· op.h .. h on I ;XtIlHUUIL' ilml Pultlll' lIl l ' Vl'II" .
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(i) Treata Calcuu" Andhrn amiti. (ii) North Regional

l'PENDRA. SHRI PAR' ATHANENI: M.A (Englt,h
uternlure). Diplomns In Journalism nnd Publil.' -
C'ommiuee of the '''orld Telugu ConferenlY held in l<nS
and (ili) Telugu Desam Party. 148.3 85; was in the Indian
AJminislr.Hion. Telugu DC'iam Rnilwn}\ Senice for :!5 yenrs; was Speci,,1 Ass.istant to
(Andhrrt Pr.ldesh); s of late Shri P
Das:lr~\lharam;ll.lh; h :\1 Pothunuru. -
the Rail\\"!l\ Minister durin~ lq77-7q~ was Member,
-
Managing Comminet' of the Andhrn Edul,.'Jlion Socict).
Dcndulunt M.\Odnl. DISIOl't \\"c~t
Dt.·llll~ Memher. (i) Committee on Rules. Rajya S~lbha.
GOd:1\ !lri. Andhr.l Pr:H.le ... h. Jul) I~.
lQSS RS. (Ii) General P\lll"--l~es. Committet:. R~lj)a Saoha.
IQ30; ed. ,ll 0) Andhr"l Uni\C:Nity.
..inre Ma) IQS~, (iii) Busines.s Ad\;sof) Cl)mmiltee, Rnjyo
\Vnhair nnd (i;) i;1dra" llni\t.'T\It).
SnbhC\, since O(:1("lher. l()~o :md (iv) Rail\\ay Convemion
Madrns.; m ShrimCHi P \ :t ...undhnm.
C'ommiuee. 1Q85 ;lnd Convener of ih Stud) Group 11:
Jnnunl) -to 1QSb: J " nnd 1 d,;
. Joum:t!isi. Pohtit~inn lmd Sl"h.'ial
\Vnrk('r; hdl'lng." to frt:t.'dom fightCT's
Leader, Tt.·lugu Dl.'sam PMt) in Parliament: elected to tht.~
R"jyn Sahhn in April. I QS4 .
fnmih·; n",sO(:i::ueu \~lIh and offke-
Tr,H"d~ uhrrMd ; U . S ,A , U .S,S R ..
Chinn. U. K .. France.
bearer of a number l'lf prtlfe"sil.lnnl.
A.ustria. Switzerland. ltaly . Greece. Cyprus. Nepal. Sri
'~~ll\l nnd ('uhurnl orgnnisntlo"", tn.")m ... tmie-nt d,n ... :. aem i:ly
Lmka. MaltlHI.l. Hl'lng Kong. ingapore. Thailand. United
p.\rllcip~ued tn the :1tyngrnhn for .. ep.\r;lle Andhrn SI.lli: nnd -
Arnh Emira[cs. Venezuela. S\\eden nnd Denmark.
W3'!'1 nrresled :u Bhlmny:tmm in lQ5~; orgnnised. (i) relief
\\l.)rk tn (he "tuden[ ~roup..' durin~ GoJ:l\ em n(\(..)d~. I QS~·5~
Articles in \ arious ne'~papers nnd Journals
PIIMkIW·OIIS ;
,md (it) \\.('If:1((' !lnd eduC!\oonnl '1("llv1Iies. for the henefit
.1Od Chapter entitled "The Rnmlnl Episod~" in "Governor"
...'Ir Teluilu PO" and Doc}.. \\I.lrke~ in C.lleuua. 1%1· 74.
• puhh,h.d h) Rc,lii Boob .
ncttvel\ rt ....... oonted \\1[h Cllnsumer COl")pemti\"('
\\.l'i
. . .
-
Mo\ement tn " ·e.st Bene.nl for :l It)n}! time; \\tlS Chalrmnn,
.
Crlleunn '\"hole~11c Consumer Cooper.Hiv(' S()('ic(~ umlteu
Sri'd,JI '/JIc'fY'.srs : E\.lem31 Affairs. Education. Culture.
Information nnd Planning.
for n ..·car nnd us. DireclOr f ...)r si\ ,·cn.rs; Idl Gl1\t.'rnment
.. enicc in p~ 2 10 join Telugu Des:lm, wns. hOnl)Ureti,(i)
Fm·dlln·(t' p",stimt' Imd rt'l'Trllfioll : Book rending. visiting
h~ \\'e .. ( Beng1l1 Gm emmenl for his fole in mnintnining
pbc,'s of h.isltlrical interest and nttending cultuml
l~mmunnl h;mlOn~ in nlculttl. (ii) \\1,h three srct"inl yx'rf\lmlAnces .
.1\W1rd.. h~ (h(' GO\i~mmenf uf Indi!"! for meritorinu ...
Senl(e\; Founder. Dc-m\Xrnne SlUrlenlS' Union of AndhrJ
,orn'W/It'n( Iltfdrt'SS; b-I-l~ 1, Pndmarrno Nagar .
.lOti C:~I.lrhshed .1 number of educational 1O'ililUlion".
H,-d.rnbad-:i11l10"-'
I ihrnrie ... ond nduh CdUCil1l(\n centre ... for them in C;lkutla
.lOJ \uhurt'"t'i. 1%1· .j.s.; Vice-President, Andhrn A ...~()t:intl<:,".
Dl!'lhi: Wlh Joint Direc(or. Puhlic Relation ... , Rtlilwn) B\'I:trd
.1OJ Pul:th,' Relations Officer. St'luth E;bt Rnih\.l~; \\,1\
Edlhlr. "Iodl.m R.lih. . n~s .. lQ74 \ ~~ Genc:rnl Secrel.1T .
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VAGlllcLA, SIIRI SIIANKER SINII ; M.A . (Ecllllomb) CC)lI1lllillCI.' , RillYH SUhltll, II)H4 HCl. (viii) Ifillth Shlk,IHI
:lnd abo po:-,scd I~a'ihtro Bhnsha Ilind' PMichuY:l Irol11 Sumiti , It)H4 H6 lind (ix) Puhlic Undl.'flllkin~ ('()IlUlIlIIr..'C .
Wardho ; n .J .p. (Clujarut) ; s. of Shri 19H6·H7 ; Ch~"lcd 1<\ Ihe RnJyn Snhhn III Api'll, I'IH4
Laxman Sinh Vu~hcln ; h. lH Vusnn,
Gondhinnsar , Gujll"". July 2 1, 1940; (,",11 ,' Pl'c~idclll, NOllh Avenue M,P" Cluh. N~'w
cd . HI (i) Pril11llry School , Vn,nn, (ii) I)ellil sillce II)H5 .
Engli:-,h Sdw(ll . Randhejn.
Gondhinng:tr. (iii) Sir I .. A . Shllh Lnw J'rtJI"'I., ahroad : China , II()n~ Klln~ , BIIIIgkok lind NOI 11'1
COllege (An,) , Ahmedllh"d lind (IV) Kor'cl\ ,
M .N . Coll ege , ViSIIIIWII; Ill . Shrim:lIi
Gulah KUl1w:II'ba , Mny , 19.''i9; :\ 'i .; 1)IIh/ir'flfioll.\ : Aflidl;'1'1 ill 'Sndhlllw ' lind olher IIlngll/,illCS
• •
AgriculturiSt and SOciHI Worker; on VllrlllllS It)pICS .
Detained in Jail IlHllly tilllcs since
1970 and al,o ill'lrnisonccJ for nhoUI Sp('cial htU·fl'.\" .~ :Tdhnl IlIld Schr.... dulct/ ('!I~Ic.'S Wl!I f:l II:.
111ll()llIhHluting Emergcncy, 1976-77 : 1\,·Irnll.'ull1 and "ell'!) ('1ll'1lI1r..'HI.... llldu'II Y in Clujmal.
Joined N ,C ,C . in 195~ :lnd continued 1111 Ihe duy, of
Chinese ngsrc"iol1 (1962) ; Wa rn," I Officer in Ihe Army !'(·mUlfIt'II'mlr/rr',\'.\ . (I) 2.1. Vilh!ll PlII'k SOC,' U..' ly , Mi,' lhilllH ,
:.lunched with " The Guards" , KOla rrom 1961-67; Joincd (,ujarlll lind (ii) Del.'n Duynl Ilhnvlln, Khllnpllr, .I P
J;lIlU Snn~h a'i :\ whole lime worker III I 96lJ; Tru ... ,cc, (i) (,hnwk , Ahmcdnhud ,
VlI'iant G:.IJendrugadhkcr Sl1lar:lk 1'ru,,1 Ahmcdnhnd, (ii)
Milha Shukll Charllahl~ Tn"I , Ahmedllhml, (iii) Silil
VaiJlwlh Mah "'ldcv Trust and Knlavnlll MlIndnl , Vn"al1 ,
(jandhlll a~ar , (iv) Vn ' HIl 11itv:trtlh :lk KlIlnvnni Mnntlnl ,
Va"n l'l , <illlldhlll:1l-tnf and (v) Ikell Dayal lJpndhyaya
Ch a r; I nhie Tru ... 1• A hilled:! hud ; PrcsirJc III • (;a nd h i nnAli1
YuvlLk San ~h,19fi7' fiH: G enc lal SCCICI :II Y. (i) (jUJ llrIII SIBle
Jalla S :lll~h.If)7 1 77 tlml (ii) n , J , I' . ,GujarHl,~'iincc 191m ;
OrgHn""1 ~ S~c r~ (;Iry , (i) J:IIHI Snngh Unil, Mch~wnn .
nUl1dhll1i1 ~a r Di stri CI, 1970 ·7 1 lind (ii) ('.iujllral Sl iliC JlIIllI
Sangh,1971 77', l 'oulHh!r M c mllcr , JalHl1:1 Morchll1l1 GIIJ:lt:ll
during 19 7 4 -7~; M CllIhc l . (I) Rnshlriya Swayllill Scwuk
Snll~h Sin ce 196.1 , (il) I.o k S:lhha . 1977 79 , (iii) CiHllll1ll1r..' c
1)11 Papc.' r" I ,lid nil tli t.! rahl e. I.ok S:lhha , ICJ77-7H, (IV)
E ~ IIIl1;l tC'i C'OIll1tllll cc, I ,ok SahhH , 11)77 79, (v) / ,011:11
Rilllwa y C'o n"ullaII VC Comll'llt!!!I.', W c"t c ln ZOIlI.!, (vi) Stale.'
W()fkin ~' Commlt"'·c . .1 :111:11:1 Part y, 1977 HO , (vii) Ilnu'iC
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, "\JI' \\' I1F. SHRI ,\ TAL BIHARI : ~ I. A.: Bhnrtiyn lanatn WHO'S WHO 379
Part)'. (Madhyo Pmdosh): $. of Pundit Krishna Biheri
Vojpay,c: h. al Gwalior (Madhya and (v) Business Advisory Committee. Rajya Sabha since
Prudesh), Decemher 25. 1926: ed. al July. 1988: Union Minister of External Affairs. 1977-79:
(i) Vittorin (now Lnxmibai) College. elected 10 the Rajya Sabha in July. 1986.
Gwnlinr. (ii) D.A.V. College. Kenpur:
Unmarried; Journalist nnd Social Travels abroad: U.S.A .. Canada, U.S.S.R. U.K.
\Vorker: arrested in 194:! Freedom France, Germany. !taJy. NOf"'Nay. Sweden. Dt!nmark
~tove-ment nnd detained during (he Switzerland. Greece. Turkey. Poland. Austria, Finland,
Emergency in 1975-77: President. Czechoslovakia. Iran. Iraq. Syria. Lebanon, Jordan. Kuwan,
(i) Bhartiya lana Sangh. 1968-73. Saudi Arabia. U.A.R .• Egypt. Nigeria, Zimbabwe. EthIOpIa,
(ii) Bhartiyn lanala Pnrty. 1980 86. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. Zambia, Malav.·i, Mauritius.
(iii) All Iodin Station Masters and Australia. Japan, China. South Korea. Vietnam, Taiwan.
Aiihlstnnt Station Masters Association. Bunna. Singapore. Thatland. Indonesia. Malaysia, Sri
1%5 70. (iv) Pnndil Deen Dayal I.anka, Bangladesh. Bhutan. Nepal. Pakistan.AfghaOl"'tan
llradh),v3 Smarnk Snmiti. 1%8 8·1 and (v) lanmabhoomi and Peru.
Sm:uak S3-mil!. I%Q; Chainnan. (0 Committee on
G('I\~mm('nt Assurances. Rajya Sabhn. 1966-67 and (ii) Fal"()urire pasrim~ and recreation _ Reading. "'nting:.
Pubh~" A\,'l"\.)unts Comnuttee. Lok Sabhn. 1969·70; Founder tra\elling and cooklng
\I<ml><r. Ii) lan3 angh. IQ:I-77. (ii) lanata Party.
Spm . tnft>reSl IntematJonal Afiall'S.
lQ-"'-d) and (iii) Bhnrtiya Janata Party. since 1980:
Leador. Ii) Jana angh Parliamentary Part). 1957-77 and
(ul Bh.ll1l\3 Jan313 Parliamentary Part). 1980 81. and 1986: PublicalJOns' Ex-editor. Raslltra...<fharma',
\hlt J a~ :1 \fem~r .
(i) Parliamentar) Goochqll MISSion
PanchaJC.nYii and '\ e'er Arun·. author of Loli: SGhbc:.l
- 1em Atalji" {a Collectlun of ~peecbes . A"!'itvu "\ a
to East Africa . 1%5. (ii) Parliamentary Delegation to
H;Jt\ " ... Amar Balidan ,. Kaidl KavlraJ K.J hunG.liIar.
Au>trah •• 1%7. (ill) Parliamentary' Delegation to European
Parliament. lQ",'i. (1\) Indian Delegarion to Commonwealth (d colJet.:tIllD of poems wnlten In j3J.J during EmergenC\} all
In HmdI, ". e\o\ Dlmens.IOns of lod!a s Foreign Polic.v a
Parhamenl3T\ A~ociJtiOD meeting held in Canada. 1966.
~"'OlkctJon of ~peecbes m<ioe as ForeIgn ~tiDlSlt:'" also
umho. IQbO. Isle of Man. 198-1. (v) Indian Delegation
wntten ':1 number of artldes and poems.
to Inler Parliament3.T!o Union Conference held in Japan.
]Q ......:. ri lanka. 1075. S\\itzertand. 19~, (\i) Parliamentary
Pe...mnn~nt addret. 'Shinde Ki Chba\\,fi1 G\\.:..:J r
DeleC3uon to Canada.. and (vii) National Integration
, 1P I
Cou';cil 105 and IQb8 86: ~Iember. (;) Lok Sabha.
1"'~ and 1%7 81. (ii) RaJ~'3 Sabha. 1962~7. (iii)
GeDe~1 Purp.: .. Comminee. Raj)'a Snbha. since October
1 • (1\) H u. Committee. RaJ)a Sabha Slnce lui). 19
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WHO·S WHO 381

RAJYA S~BHA

1973--75, (v) Executive Committee. North Gujarat Muslim

SHRl RAOOF: M.A., Sahilya Sudhakar: Ed~cati~n Society. Visnagar. District Mehsana. (vi) M.S.
(Gujarat); s. of Shri Mohamed Bhai: b. at Uruve~It)· Se~~te. ~aroda. (vii) Gujarat State Haj
Ahmedabad, Gujarat. January 14, Comnuttee. (vm) GUJarat State Familv Welfare Council
1945; ed. at (i) St. Xavier's High
School and (ii) M.S. University.
(ix) Gujarar State High Power" Comminee fO;
implementation of 20-Point Programme (x) Executive
Baroda; m. Shrimati Vijaya, January Committee. Gujarat P.c.c. (I) and (xi) 15-Point Programme
31,1986; Social Service: courted arrest of the Prime Minisrer: elected to the Rajya Sabba in
and imprisoned several times during April. 1984.
- Janata Party Rule. 1977 80; Patron.
Baroda Muslim Education Society.
.... J Clubs: Member. Gujarar State Music. Dance and
'A.. Baroda: Vice·Presidenl. Education Drama Academ) and Ellisbridge Gymkhana Club,
Society (SJKB) , Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad.
Chairman. Gujarat State Minorities
Board. Gandhinagar; Hony. General Travels abroad: Visited UAE. Bahrain. Kuwait. Saudi
Secretary. Peoples Education Society Arabia, G.D.R.,Hungary. U.K .. U.S.A .. Canada. France.
(Republic High School). Ahmedabad: General Secretary, Italy, Switzerland. U.S.S.R .. Sweden. Norwav. Finland.
(i) Friends of Soviet Union. Gujarat Branch and (II) All Denmark. Germany and Netherlands etc. "
India Quami Ekta Committee. Gujarat; OrgaDisIng
Secretary, Gujarat P.c.c.. 1969 75; Hony. Secretary, Publications: Reports on Backward Classes and Paper
Shakespeare Society. M.S. University. Baroda; Hony.Jomt on Bank Lending to Weaker Sections.
Secretary. Youth Hostel Association of Ind.a (GuJarat):
Life Member. (i) Harold I as\U Institute of Pohucal Science. Special interests: Developmental Planning. Mass Media
Abmedabad. (ii) lodian Parliamentary Group. (iii) India and Communication system.
Islamic Cultural Centre and (iv) lodian Council of World
Affairs: Convener, (i) Political Training Deparunent, Fa~'ourile pastime and recreation: Reading. travel1ing .
Gujarat P.c.c. (I) and (ii) Parliamentary elections, 1977 dramatics and indoor games.
and 1980 in Ahmedabad: Joint Convener. MInOnlieS Cell.
Gujarat P.C.c. ([); Observer. AlCC, Political Training Permanelll address: 1196. Karoda Pole. Panchpal)-.
and Cadre Building Depattmeot. Western Zone. 1975-76; Kalupur. Ahmedabad-380001. Gujarat.
Delegate of Indian Youth Congress (I) to First Indo-Soviet
Bilateral Seminar in Moscow in 1980; Member. (I). Zonal
Railwa\ Users' Consultative Committee (Western RatJ~ay).
Bomba>. 1981-82. (ii) Telephone Advisory Committee.
Ahmedabad, 1972-76. (iii) Deck Passengers' Welfare
Committee. Government of lodia. Bombay. [975-78: (.v)
Jawaharlal !'ehru Memorial Fund (Regd.) Committee .
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 RAJYA SABHA

Nadu Area ('}mm;,ntier Home GU4Ids ( 0 ..... alOre L, an

YARADARAJ. SHRI G.: A.I.A.D.M K (Tamil adu).
I ~77';'J Noo·Clficiid Member Special fr.de
s. of late Shri P.S.C Ganga 'aidu. b. at COlmbatore.
ovember 1. 1936; od. at (I) SaniaJ.na Dc k PaSYiJgers relfarc Cnmmittu Madras Mewber
Higb School. Pedamedu and (II) I') /)1;1"'" AdVlSOry Tommlttee Industri.. TralDlDg
IrJ$IilUlc (11) I.mll aD J St,lc LeHI Iodu ".1 Ad";so!)
GovernJ'Tlenl An!io Colleg..:,
(IJmmllf e lili/' amd t;a.du Board of HJghf.~ Secoadary
Coimbatorc: m Shrimat~ ~'uivalli. June
2, 1955; 2 d _ Indu~lriah~l; joine;d L1u<.aIJ0l1 fivJ (o'JncJl of AdmJnJslr.,.uOJi SITRA
J979-liJ I,) Jnd,.n r: ,lion Developmenl (ouncrl
A 1.A.D M K IYX3: ManaglOg
197~ ill (.,)1 "mil N.du ThIef Mlmster> Nulntious
Trustee. PSG & ~on" Chanties which
have foundcd growth-oric.::nted
engineering Indu"lrie~ and l:dUC61I~onal
-
Mt.:;J' Prr/Hr<lmmc (vii) (()mmmcc of PrJ\.JJegc!I, RaIle.!
S"J,h;J 1~,,4 I:Sfl. I\lJlI) JoiOl Pdlhamentary (ommirt.ee un
,,/tilill1 McdiL41 (Humil IAmendmcnlj AlII FIX7, fixj
institutions of excellence 1m pruvldlOg
Hllilr,JII,irlr IJlllvcr "')I Stndll.i:lte (Xl "I ,.!eptlOne Ad"'I~,ry
sound education twm Nur!itr~ III
(dll/HI/lle!: (1/Imbi:ilclH! (xi) Rcgwnai Dircll Taxes
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 RAJYA SAOIIA
WHO'S WHO

Sprcu'Il mter<?~1.\
VERMA, SHRI NATH: B.A . , LL.B.; Jannla
(Ullar Prade,h); •. of 100e Aeharya Narendra Deva; b. al
"'avourde pasflme and rtt'r('!aIlOn : Auto sporh. trckkl1lg.
Fai7ahad (Ultnr Pradesh). Oelober
tr.vel. goll and tennl>. 21, 1921; cd . al (i) cnlrnl Hindu
chool, Varan.si. (ii) G .I. . allose,
Pmnanonl addfY!ss : "RAJSI-lREE" 15. T .B Ro.d. Fai1.nhad and (iii) Allahabad
('01",h.tore-641018. Tamil Nadu . Univer!'\uy; m. ~ hrimnli hakuntaJa
Venn3 , Dccemhcr 3. 1946; 4 s. and
I d.; retired from Oriental Insurance
Company lid.; previou,ly associaled
with Congrc~s and SOCi31isi Parties;
courted jrnprbonmcnt during 'Quit
India' Movemenl. 1942 and wa, lodged
In Fnizobad Jail for a period ",f 9
monlh" Secrelary. (i) Lucknow
Monlesson College. 198() 84 (presenlly Member of ils
Managing Commlll.e) and (ii) Ullar Prade h StudenlS'
Congre.. , 1945-46: Member. (i) Renl Control and Eviclion
Commltlee. Lucknow, 1958-59, (ii) All Indin StudenlS'
Federallon. 1936 and (iii) Managing COmmltle<, akel
Degree College. Ajodhya. since 1960: elected 10 Ihe Ralya
Sahho in July . 1986.

Cluh . M.B. Club. Lucknow.

Special interest : Sporn. panicularly Cricket.

FOI 'Olirite pa.sfiml' aud recreation ; Rending.

Permanent addre.t.f : KOlhi Baldeo Niwns, Achnrya

Narendra Dev:l Road, Faizabad, Ullar Pradesh
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 388 RAJYA SABHA
VERMA, SHRIMATI VEENA : M.A. (Sociology); Congress
(I) (Madhya Pradesh); d. of Shri P.N. Railada; b. at
Jaipur (Rajasthan), September I,
1941; ed. at (i) Maharani's Girls
College, Jaipur and (ii) Rajasthan
University; m. Shri Shrikant Verma
(since deceased), January 16, 1967;
1 s.; Teacher; presided the Seminar
on 125th Birth Anniversary of
Ravindra Nath Tagore, Calcutta.
organised by All India Writers' Union
in 1987; Patron, (i) United Children 'S
Movement. since July, 1986, (ii)
Cancer Society of Bilaspur. since June,
1986, (iii) Lions Club of Delhi,
Kanishka, and (iv) All India United Women's Forum.
since January. 1987; Chairperson. Reception Committee
of All India Small and MediumNewspapers Federation.
since May, 1987; Vice President. Indian Council of World
Affairs, since August. 1986; Member. (i) Informal
Consultative Committee for South Eastern Railway Zone.
since July, 1986. (ii) Official Languages Committee, since
August, 1986 and also its Drafting Committee, (iii) Hindi
Salahkar Samiti. Ministries of Home Affairs, Human
Resource Development, since 1986 and Ministry of Welfare,
since 1987, (iv) Executive Committee, Indian Writers'
Union, since September. \986, (v) National Council, All
India Skilled Manpower Association, 1986, (vi) Shrikant
Verma Award for Journalism, since 1986, (vii) General
Assembly of Indian Council for Cultural Relations. since
November, 1986, (viii) Village Development Department,
Government of Madhya Pradesh, since November. 1986,
(ix) "Parliamentary Think", of Non-Resident Indians, since
August, 1987, (x) 40th Anniversary of Independence and
Nehru Centenary Committee, Government of Madhya
Prade,h, since September, 1987, (xi) Communication and
WHO'S WHO 389
Design Sub-Committee for Commemoration of 40th
Anniversary and Nehru Centenary Committee, since
September, 1987, (xii) Chhattisgarh Vikas Pradhikaran
since 1987 and (xiii) General Body, Central Social Welfar~
Board; .A ne.n ded. (i) International Writing Programme in
the University of Iowa, U.S.A., 1978 and (ii) Training
workshop for the new Members of Parliament at Haryana ,
1986; participated in, (i) World Peace Conference at China
and North Korea , May, 1985 and (ii) COllference to protest
against the Star Wars at Denmark, June, 1985; was sent
to Vietnam as a special envoy of the Congress Party to
represent India at Sixth National Congress of the Communist
Party o.f Vietnam in December. 1986; elected to the Rajya
Sabha In July, 1986 and re-elected in April, 1988.
Clubs: Inner Wheel Club. Delhi and North Zone,
since August, 1986.
Travels abroad: U.S.A., U.S.S.R., U.K., China,
Denmark, Hungary, North Korea, Switzerland. Austria.
Hong Kong . France. West Germany and Viernam.
Special interests: Modern Hindi Poetry, Travelling abroad
and Computen,. .....
Favourite pastime and recreation : Gardening and Classical
Indian Music (has broadcast light classical songs from
Akashvani, Jaipur).
Permanent address: Tilak Nagar, B ilaspur. Madhya
Pradesh , PIN-495001.
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390 RA)YA SABHA

WHO'S WHO 391

VERMA, SHRI VIRENDRA : B.A., LL.B. ; Lok Dal (Uttar

Education and Home Departments, 1970-71 and (ii)
Pradesh); s. of Ch. Raghubir Singh; b. at Shamli, September
Agriculture, 1975-77; Leader, Lok Dal Party in Parliaroent
18, 1916; ed. at (i) J.H. School,
aod in the Rajya Sabba; elected to tbe Rajya Sabha in
Shamii, (ii) DAVISD High School, April, 1984.
Muzaffamagar and (iii) Meerut
College, Meerut; m. Shrimati
Travels abroad: U.S.A.) Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico,
Rameshwari Devi , June, 1940; 1 s.
England, France, West Germaoy, Switzerland, Italy,
and 2 d.; Agriculturist; Captained
Holland, Turkey, Canada, Malaysia, Indonesia and
Volley Ball , Hockey and Sports First
Singapore.
team in the College; keenly interested
in and working for the upliftment of
Special interests: Education, Agriculture and upliftment
Kisans, Harijans, Backward Classes
of Kisans, Mazdoors and Backward Classes, Games and
and educational institutions;
sports including Wrestling.
previously associated with Congress;
President , (i) District Board.
Permanent address: (i) P.O. Sham1i, District
Mllzaffamagar, 1948-52 and (ii) District Congress
Muzaffamagar, U.P. and (ii) 129, Ansari Road,
Committee, Muzaffarnagar, 195!}-59; Vice-President, (i)
Muzaffamagar City.
U.P. Sugarcane Co-operative Union Federation, 1949 5S
and (ii) Rashtriya Lok Dal, New Delhi; Chairman, (i)
Indian Sugarcane Development Council, Government of
India, 1967-75 and (ii) Public Undertakings Committee
of the U.P. Legislature, 1973-,-75; headed U.P. Sugar
Mills Nationalisation Committee, 1970; Member , (i) Indian
Central Sugarcane Committee, (ii) U.P.-Bihar Sugarcane
Board, 1952-55, (iii) State Transport Authority, 1957-59,
(iv) U.P. Legislative Assembly, 1952-{i2, 1967-68, 196~77,
(v) All India Congress Committee, 1950 80, (VI) Congre.ss
(I) Working Committee, May 1977 to May 1980, (v,,)
Executive Council, U.P. Congress, 196!}-67 , (VIII)
Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha, 1984-85 and since
July, 1988, (ix) General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha,
since May, 1984 and (x) Joint Committees of Parliament
on, (i) Lok Pal Bill, 1985 and (ii) Indian Medical Council
Bill, 1987; Deputy Minister, Co-operation in U.P., 1959-60;
Cabinet Minister in U.P. with portfolios of (i) Irrigation .
Power, Industries, Labour, Education and Technical

•
3V2 RAJYA SAOIIA
VIKAL. SHRI RAM CHANDRA: Intermediate (Distinction
in Hindi), Vidyavachaspati (honoris cau,a); Congress (I)
(Ul\llr pradesh); s. of Chaudhary Pat
Ram Singh; b . at Nay.gaon S,santpur,
District Ghaziabad, NovemberS, 1916;
ed. at Tilbegampur, Mos.uta,
Faridn",r and Agra; m . Shrim'ti
Hans, Kumari, June, 1937; 5 s. and
2 d,; Agriculturist; participated in
Independence Movement during
student life; gave up studies on the
cali of Mahatma Gandhi, boycotted
foreign-made clothes and actively
. worked for Congress; innuenced
by the ideology of Aryo
Samaj since Childhood; awarded the Degree of
Vidyavachaspati (honori., causa) by Gurukul Mahuvidyalaya,
Jawalapur (llaridwar) for outstanding political work;
participated in, (i) v:lrious conferences of Arya Sam:lj
Organisation main Speaker. Patron, Chairman and
;:t8
Member, (ii) Maharishi Dayanand Martyrdom Centcna~y
Celebrations and (iii) Meerut Session of the Congress .n
1946 as a Member of Recep,ion Commillee; joined active
politics aftcr leaving the teaching profession (on the day
of assas~inalion l)f Mahatma GHlldhl) und undergOing
trainin g in Sevapuri A!ihram (Ihnaras) . did constructive
work throughoul IndifJ ; WO'i closely aSliociated with national
leade rs; 'Illended World Peace Conference held in Japan ,
1970 and alHo had pc,"on,, 1 contacts with Nehru Pe"ce
Award willn er ; wa\ instrument-Ii in (i) gelling irrigation
rates reduced, (ii) wriling off uf land revenue , (iii) opening
of several Primltry S<.:hC')ol~ und Colleges, in his constituency
and (iv) cbtahli shing (:1) AWieullural Univer'litict; in Pai7uhud
a nd Kanpur , (h) Medical Coliege in Meerut and (c) "
Fcrtili/:cr Factory In Phulpur, Allahahad; resigned from
Congress Party in 19"'7; WHit wcj~hed by furm ers with Kilvcr
,
WIIO'S WIIO 391
(2 maunds and 17j-.e.,,) on 26th January, 1963 which
was donated to NatioMI Defence fund; founded the Kisan
Mazdoor Party in 1967; rejoined the Congre.s in 1971,
after the assurance of Shrimali Indira Gandhi to exempt
the land upto 6-4-acres from revenue; worked for the, (i)
conversion of Saharunpur meter~ gauge line into broad ~ gauge
line, (ii) construction of bridges over Ihe Gange, at
Garhmuklcshwar and Gh:11ipur and over the Yamuna at
Bagput, Kairana and Palwal, (iii) creation and rc~or8anisation
of several commissionerics, districts and tehslls in Uttar
Pradesh, (iv) passing of a resolution in the Congress
Committee meeting for running of industries in the country
on cooperative basis, (v) establish men' of Meerut and
Garhwal Universilies and (vi) adoption of a Resolution
regarding implemenlation of Kaka Kalelkar Commission
Report on Backward Classes in 1959; Patron, Gurllkul
Indraprastha; President, (i) Kisan Mazdoor Party, 1967,
(ii) Ali India Backward Classe. Celi "f Congress (I), since
I 980, (iii) Swarni Bhishma. Commemoration Committee
and (iv) Gurukul Mahavidyulaya, Jawalapur; Vice- President ,
Congress ('ommiucc, Uttar Pradesh , 1972;
Mukhya-Adhishthata and Chairman, Gurukul, Sikandrahud
and contributed significantly in the establishment of a
Gurukul al Gharuuda; Chairman, (i) Assurances Committee,
Uttar I'radcs" Legisla'ive Assembly, 1970·7 1, (ii) State
Farm Corporalion of India, 19"'2 84 and (in) IndulStrial
TrHining 111\IIIUh:S at NOIDA lind Duhai; Convener, Kisl.lll
Sangh, UP " for 4 yenrs; Supervisor, Co-operative Dank,
Rulanc.lshnhnr ; Exccul ivc Member, Gurukul Mahavidyuluya ,
Jawalapur; Member , (i) 'Sarvadcshik ' thc Supreme
Orgnni" ..lIion of Ihe !\Iya SlImaj , (ii) Zi!'1 ParishtH.I,
HlIlan,""ahar , 1948, (iii) AleC, 195M 65 a"d since 1971 ,
(Iv) P,c'(', for the last len years, (v) Lcgislil1ivc Assemhly ,
Uttar I'ra"osh , 1'152- 71, (vi) Fiflh Lok Sabhll, (vii) Working
AICC, 11J77 H4, (viii) ESlimlllCs Commillcc,
COnIlIlIUI:C,
U P A'i''icmhly, for two ycars, (ix) Standing CommilLcc
 RAJYA SABHA
of Irrigation and Power. Finance, C.P.W.D. and Small
Savings, for a number of years. (x) Industries Board, U.P.
Government, 19~2, (xi) Panel of Chairmen. Ut.ar
Pradesh Legislative Assembly , 1969-70, (xii) Business
Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha, 1984-85 and (xiii)
House Committee, Rajya Sabha. 1986-87; elec.ed Leader
of S.Y.D. and Leader of the Opposition , U .P. Legislative
Assembly, 1967; Minister of Forests and Animal Husbandry,
Excise, Jail and Fisheries, Agricu !ture and 1rriga[ioo, in
Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1969-70; visi.ed, (i) Tokyo
(Japan) to participate in .be Peace Conference in 1970,
(ii) Mauritius to participate in the Second Hindi Conference
in 1976, (iii) Russia as the Leader of Indian Parliamentary
Delegation in October. 1987 and delivered Lectures on
the Life of Gandhiji and (iv) '0 Beijing (China) as a
Member of Indian delegation, to participate in the Asian
Conference (Family Planning and Developmen.) in
November, 1987; elected.o the RajyaSabha in April,1984.
Travelsabroad : A :·srralia,Japan. Singapore, Hong Kong,
Thailand, Nepal, Malaysia. Mauritius. U.S.A., Canada,
Holland, Belgium, WeSl Germany. China and Russia.
Specilll interests: Agriculture, Naturopathy, Yoga,
Propagation of education. social reforms and upliflIllent
of the backward classes.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Wrestli ng, Walking,
sports. religious discourses and Youth Parliament.
Permanent address; K.B. 41. Kavi Nagar, Gbaziabad
(U P.).
- Permunelll Qadress : K P. Road. NagercOil. Kaovakumari
,
WHO 'S WHO
395
VINCENT, SHRI M .. ; B.A.. B.L.. C.S. W. (USA);
A.I.A.D.M.K. (I) (Tamil Nadu); s. ofShri G. Michael; b. a.
Kadam Ilial. Kanyakumari DistricL
Tamil Nadu. April 5. 1949; ed. a. (i)
Layola College. Madras. (ii) Law
College . Madra!) and California State
Unl\ e-n,it~ . USA: m. Shrimali Saroja
Vincent, Nmember IS. 1978: I s. and I
d.: Advocate; undertook !'Iud, tours to
variou!:i countrie~ in A..,ia. Eu"rope and
the U.S.A: arrc!<Iled 12 times during
D.M K. regime and underwent
imprisonment on 6 occa::-.ions from 191"2
to 197..1; S\\'mming Champion in
M.L.A·s Compctition. J982:
Secretar~ . CathoJic Youth Association. 1970--7-': Tamil
Representati"e-~a\\ College. Madras. J97-l: Parliamentary
Secretary (0 the Finance Minister in Tamil ;'\adu. 1978 80:
Studen"" and Labour Leader repre ...entmg A-LA.D.M.K..
197~-76: Member. (i) Legislative Assembl~. Tamil ~adu.
19n.o 19B4. (ii) Commillee on Rub. Raj .. Sabha. 1986-~7
and (iii). Commince on Government A~surances. Rajya
Sabha. ~lnCC Jul) . 1988: participated In Inter-Parliamentary
~onfercnce at ~icaragua in 1987: ejected to the Rajya Sabh~
IOJul\.19~6.
-
. Tral'd, ohroQ(/; Singapore. Malay,,-ia . Hong Kong.
Thailand. Japan. UK .. Belgium. Denmark. Sweden llaJ~
S~1l7er,land. Germany. France. Holland. Spain. P~nan;~
('II). Nicaragua and U.S.A.
Special Ifllere.'iI : Reading hooks.
Fal'tmrite pastime and recreation; Swimming.
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District TamiJ Nadu.
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3% RAJYA SABHA
VORA, SRRI MOTILAL : Congress (I) (Madhya Pradesh):
s. of Shri Molianlal Vora; b. at Nagaur (Rajasthan).
December 20. 1928: ed. at Raipur:
m. Shrimati Shanti Devi Vora: 2 s.
and 4 d.: Journalist; President. Pradesh
Congress (I) Committee. 1984-85:
Vice-President, Hindi Sahitya
Samiti ; Vice-Chainnan. State
Transport Corporation. 1972-77;
General-Secretary. Gandhi Smarak
Samiti. Rajnandgaon : Municipal
Councillor. Durg. 1968 72: Founder
Member. Ayurved Mahavidyalaya:
Member. Madhya Pradesh Legislative
Assembly. 1972--85: Minister of State
in Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1981. Cabinet Minister,
1982 84 and Chief Minister. 1985 88; Ministe r of Health
and Family Welfare and Minister of Civil Aviation from
February to June. 1988 and Union Minister of Health and
Familv Welfare since June 25. 1988; elected to the Rajya
Sabha in April. 1988.
Trm'e!s abroad: U.S.S.R .. Hungary and Geneva.
S p~Ctal Interests: Reading and free lancing journalism.
Pmnanenr address: 33, Mohan Nagar. Durg. Madhya
Pradesh.
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WHO'S WHO 3'
YADAV. SHRI ISH DUTT: B.A .. LL.B .: Lok Dal (Uttar
Pradesh) : s. of late Shri Shea Pher Yada y ; ' " at Village
Aira Khurd. District Azamgarh . Uttar
Pradesh. September 21. 1936: ed. at
(i) Agra University and (ii) Gorakhpur
University: m_ Shrimati Maya Yadav,
1954: 4 s. and 6 d .: Advocate and
Agriculturist: associated with lan
Congress. Bhartiya Kranti Oal and
Janata Party; sent to jail six times
for participating in political agitations •
and detained during Emergency for
18 months under MISA in Azamgarh
and Naini Central Jails. 1975-76:
President. Consumer Co-operative
Society. Azamgarh; Acting President and Senior
Vice-President. Nagar Palika. Azamgarh; Joint Secretary .
Bar Association. Azamgarh: Member. (i) Legislative
Assembly (Uttar Pradesh). 1977. (ii) Nagar Palika. Azamgarh,
(iii) Nonhern Railway Users' Consultative Committee.
1988-89 and (iv) Committee on Subordinate Legislation.
Rajya Sabha. since July. 1988: elected to the Rajya Sabha
in April. 1988.
Special mterest : Social work .
Favollrlte pastime and recreation : Reading Books .
Permanent address: Village-Aira Khurd. P.O Aira
Kalan , District Azamgarh (U.P.).
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WHO'S WHO 399
YADAV. SHRI RAM NARESH: M.A., LL.B.; Janata
(Uttar Pradesh); s. of late Shri Gaya Prasad Yadav; Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading and writing.
b. at Village Aandhipur, P.O. Ambari,
District Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Permanent adduss : (i) Moballa Alval, Azamgarh and
July I, 1928; ed. at (i) Vaioali High ,, (u) No. I, Mall Avenue, Lucknow, U.P.
School, Azarngarh , (ii) D.A.V. Inter
College, Varanasi and (iii) Kashi
- Hindu University, Varanasi; m.
Shrimati Anaridevj alias Shanti Devi,
1949; 3 s. and 5 d.; Advocate, Political
and social worker; courted arrest a

, number of times for participating in

various movements and agitations;
jailed under MISA and DIR during
• Emergency, from June 27, 1975 to
" 12th February, 1977; associated with Socialist Party, PraIa
Socialist Party, Samyukt Socialist Party, Bhartiya Lok
Dal, Jan.ta Party, Janata (S), Lok Dal, Samata Party,
Lok Dal (A) and Several social organisations; established
several Educational Institutions; Presently Manager, Janata
Inter College, Ambari, Azamgarh; President, Samata Party;
State Level President, Janata-S (Rajnarayan); District
President, Samyukt Samajvadi Dal: General Secretarj, (i)
Bhartiya Lok Dal and (u) District Samajvadi Party for
12 years; Member, (i) Lok Sabha, 1977-79, (ii) National
Execlltive, Janata Party, 1977 and (iii) Uttar Pradesh
Legislative Assembly, 1978 and 1985; Chief Minister, Uttar
Pradesh, from June 23. 1977 to March , 1979 and Deputy
Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh from March,1979 to February
17, 1980; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1988.

Publications: (1) "Samta Ki Oar" and (2) "Aankh

Dekhi Naheen. Kagaj Lekhee" and articles.

Special interests: Study and finding solutions to problems

of backward classes, downtrodden people and farmers.
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YADAV. SHRI SHARAD: B.E .. passed M.Sc. (pre)

(Maths); Lok Dal (Uttar Pradesh); s. of late Shri Nand
IGshor Yadav; b. at Village Babai.
District Hoshangabad. Madhya
Pradesh. July I . 1945; cd . at (i) High
School. Itarsi and (ii) Engineering
College. Jabalpur; Unmarried;
Agriculturist ; Previously associated
with SamY'~kta Socialist Party and
lanal8 Party; detained under
Maintenance of Internal Security Act
(MISA) , 1969-70, 1972 and 1975 and
resigned Membership of Lok Sabha,
while in jail during Emergency;
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President, (i) Jabalpur University
Students' Union. 1969 71 , (ii) All India Yuva Janata,
1978 80 and (iii) All India Yuvo Lok Dol. 198O--l!3; IN 0 E X
General Secretary. Lok Dal : Member. Lok Sabha. 1975-76
3J1d 1977-79; elected to the Rojya S.bha in July. 1986.

SpeciDl interests : Classical Music, World History and

Travelling.

Fa vourite pastime and r«realion : Hockey. Kabaddi

and other games.

Permaflenr address : 46-A , Mahalia Housing Society,

Etowah (U.P.) .

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INDEX
PAGES

A
Advani. Shri Lal K.
Ahluwalia , Shri S.S.
• ••••••••• 5-6
Ajit Singh , Shri
· ......... 7-8
• ••••••••• 9
AJadi Aruna. Shri alias V . Arun achalam
Alva, Shrimati Margaret
10-11
• •••••••••

·......... 12-13
Amin, Shri Mohammed
· ......... 14
Amla, Shri Tirath Ram
•••••••••
• 15
. Amnta Pritam, Shrimati
• Anand Sharma , Shri
• ••••••••• 16-17

.......... 18-19
Ansari. Shri Mohammed Amin ·......... 20
Antony , Shri A .K. ·......... 21
Ashwani Kumar. Shri · ......... 22-23
Aurora. Sardar Jagjit Singh • ••••••••• 24

B
Baby. Shri M.A. .......... 25
Bagrodia, Shri Santosh · . .. . . .. . . 26
Balanandan . Shri E. ·......... 27
Balaram , Shri N.E. ·......... 28
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Balu ,S hriT.R . ·......... 29
•
Bansa l, Shri Pawa n Kumar ·......... 3G-31
Barongpa, Shri Sushil · ......... 32
Basu. Shri Chilta · ......... 33
Basumatari, Shri Dharanidhar ·......... 34--35
Basu Ray , Shri Sunil • ••••••••• 36-37
Bekal UlSahi. Shri ·.........
Bhajan Lal, Shn ·......... 41
Bhandare. Shri MurlidharChandrakant · ......... 42 44
Bhardwaj. Shri Hans raj · ......... 45-46
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PAGES PAGES
p Ray, Shri Deba Prasad • ••••••••• 291
Reddy , Shri B. Satyanarayan · ..... .... 292-293
Pachouri . Shri Suresh ·........ . 245-246 Reddy , Dr. G . Vijaya Mohan
Pahadia . Shrimati Shanti • ••••••••• 247 •• • •••••• 294
• Reddy, Dr. Narreddy Thulasi ·........ .
Palaniyandi , Shri M. • •• •••• • • 248 295
•
Reddy. Shri T . Chandrashekhar · ........ . 296--297
Pandey. Shrimati Manorama 249
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• • • ••
Richharia. Dr. Govind Das ·........ . 298-300
Pandey. Dr. Ratnakar ·........ . 250-252
Pan war • Shri B. L. • ••••••••• 251-254 s
Parmar, Shri Rajubhai A . .......... 255 Sahay , Shri Dayanand ·....... , . 301
Patel , Shri Chhotubhai • • • • • • • • • • 256--257 Sahu, Shri Baikuntha Nath · ........ . 302
Patel. Shri Vithalbhai M. 258 Sahu . Shri Rajni Ranjan
• •••••••••
••• •• •••• • 301-304
Pati! , Shrimati Pratibha Devisingh ·. . . , . . ... 259-260
Pati) , Shrimati Suryakanta Jayawantrao
Sahu. Shri Santosh Kumar ·........ . 305-306
• ••••••••• 261-262 Saikia. Dr. Nagen · ........ . 307-309
Pati! , Shri Vishwasrao Ramrao 263 Salve , Shri N.K.P.
• • • • •• • • •
•
· . . . , . . . .. 310-311
Pattnaik . Shri Sunil Kumar • • •••••••• 264-265 Sambasivam . Shri Era · ........ . 312
Poddar , Dr. R .K. · ........ . Satya Bahin . Shrimati .......... 313
Puglia, Shri Naresh C. 269 Sayeed. Mufti Mohamad
• •••••••••
.......... 314-315
Q Scindia. Shrimatl Vijaya Raje .......... 316--317
Sen. Shri Ashis .......... 318
Quasem, Shri Mostafa Bin ••• • •• •• •• 270 Sen. Shri Sukomal . ......... 319-320
R Sharma. Shri Chandan ... ... .... 321
Radhakrishna , Shri Puttapaga • •••••••••271 Sharma. Shri Sat ish Kumar .......... 322
Rafique Alam, Shri • ••••••••• 272-273
Shiv Shanker, Shri P. . ......... 321-324
Rahman, Shri Mohd. Khaleelur • ••••••••• 274 Siddiqi, Shri Shamim Ahmed .... . .... . 325
Rai , Shri Kalpnath • ••••••••• 275-276
Siddiqui, Shri Abdul Samad .......... 326
Raja ngam , Shri N. • ••••••••• 277 Silvera. Dr. C. ..... . . .. . 327
Ramamurthy, Shri Thindivanam K. • ••••••••• 278-279
Singh Shri Bir Bahadur · ....... .. 328
Ramanath an, Shri V. · ........ . 280 Singh. Shri Bir Bhadra Pratap · ..... . ... 329-330
Rao , Shri Gopala Rao • ••••••••• 281 Singh. Thaku'r Kam"akhya Prasad .......... 331
Rao. Shri Moturu Hanumantha • ••••••••• 282-283
Singh. Shrimati Pratibha · ......... 332-333
Rao, Shri Yalla Sesi Bhushana • ••••••••• 284-28;
Singh, Shri R.I( . Dorendra •
. ......... 334-335
Ratan Kuman . Shrimati • • •••••••• 286 Singh, Shri Ram Awadhesh ......... 336-337
Rathwa, Shri Ramsinh · ........ . 287 Si ngh, Dr. Rudra Pratap .......... 338
Ravi Shankar. PI. • ••••••••• 288--290 Singh, Shri Surender .......... 339-340
, Singh, Shri Vishvjit P. .......... 341
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