Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Nalanda (Bihar )
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Party Name :
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Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Parmeshwari Devi
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Date of Birth
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01.03.1951
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Place of Birth
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Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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22 Feb 1973
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha
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No. of Sons
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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B.Sc. (Engineering)
Educated at Bihar College of Engineering, Patna (Bihar)
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Profession
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Social Worker
Agriculturist, Engineer
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Permanent Address |
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Vill. Hakikatpur, P.O. Bakhtiarpur,
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Distt. Patna – 800 001(Bihar)
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(06132)2262627
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Present Address |
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22, Akbar Road
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels.(011) 23017588, 23017596, 9868180490 (M)
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Position Held |
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1985-89
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Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly
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1986-87
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Member, Committee on Petitions, Bihar Legislative Assembly
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1987-88
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President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar
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1987-89
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Bihar Legislative Assembly
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1989
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Secretary-General, Janata Dal, Bihar
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1989
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Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
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1989-16th July, 1990
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Member, House Committee (Resigned)
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April 1990-November 1990
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Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Co-operation
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1991-93
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General-Secretary, Janata Dal
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Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament
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17 Dec. 1991-10 May 1996
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Member, Railway Convention Committee
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8 April 1993-10 May 1996
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Chariman, Committee on Agriculture
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Joint Committee on the Consitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996)
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1996-98
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Member, Committee on Defence
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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19 March 1998 – 5 August 1999
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Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
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Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport ( additional charge) (14 April 1998 – 5 Aug. 1999)
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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13 Oct. 1999 -22 Nov. 1999
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Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport
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22 Nov. 1999 – 3 March 2000
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Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture
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3 March 2000 -10 March 2000
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Chief Minister, Bihar
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27 May 2000 – 20 March 2001
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Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture
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20 March 2001 – 21 July 2001
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Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of Railways
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22 July 2001- 21 May 2004
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Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)
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Member, Committee on Coal & Steel
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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24 Nov. 2005-15 May 2006
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Chief Minister, Bihar
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Countries Visited
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Singapore, Thailand; visited Havana (Cuba) and Moscow (Russia) as a member of Indian Delegation to the World
Youth Festival in 1978; as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the IPU
Conferences held in Australia and France; as Railway Minister, visited France, Switzerland and U.K.; as Agriculture Minister attended Regional Conference of F.A.O. in Yokohama, Japan
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Other Information
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Activist of J.P. Movement (1974-77); was detained in 1974 under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (M.I.S.A.)and also during Emergency in 1975; Founder-member, Samata Party
Movement
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Reference: Loksabha