SODI MANKU RAM Biography

SODI, SHRI MANKU RAM

[Cong. (I) – Bastar-ST (Madhya
Pradesh)]

Positions held

1962-84

1963

1964

1972

1974

1977 onwards

1980-81

1981-84

1984

1985-88

1989

1990

1991

1st August, 1934

Vill. Sonabal in Distt. Rastar (Madhya
Pradesh)

Married on April, 1960

Smt. Faneeta Sodi

Three sons and two daughters

Higher Secondary

Educated at Government School, Kondagaon,
Bastar (Madhya Pradesh)

Agriculturist

(a) Hospital Ward, Vill. Kondagaon, Distt.
Bastar, (Madhya Pradesh)

(b) MIG Qr. No. 7, Near Rang Mahal, Jawahar
Chowk, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

18, Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Road, New
Delhi-110001. Tel. 3329832

Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Member, Public Accounts Committee, Madhya
Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Member, Estimates Committee, Madhya Pradesh
Legislative Assembly

Member, Library Committee, Madhya Pradesh
Legislative Assembly

Member, Committee on Public Undertakings,
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

President, Cong. (I) Committee, Jagdalpur,
Distt. Bastar

Minister of State, Revenues, Madhya Pradesh

Cabinet Minister, Revenues, Madhya Pradesh

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)

Convener, Harijan Adivasi Cell, AICC (I),
New Delhi

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Labour and Welfare

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third
time

‘Bastar Ka Badalta Swaroop’

Constantly engaged in educational, cultural
and social welfare work

President, Cooperative Marketing Society,
Kondagaon, Madhya Pradesh, 1962-66 and President, Agricultural Production
Market, 1964-6,5, Agricultural Produce Mandi Committee, Kondagaon, 1965-67;
Keshkar Sekhari Vipnan Sansha Kisan Rice Mill, Kondagaon, 1971-77.