Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh )
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Party Name :
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Samajwadi Party(SP)
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Father’s Name
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Shri Mahendra Pratap Singh
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Date of Birth
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04.03.1945
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Place of Birth
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Deoria (Uttar Pradesh)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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06 Jul 1959
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Urmila Singh
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No.of Daughters
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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M.A.
Educated at Allahabad University, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)
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Profession
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Agriculturist
Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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Vill. Jai Nagar, P.O. Gaura Jai Nagar
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District-Deoria-274 001 (Uttar Pradesh)
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(055680) 222806
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Present Address |
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11A, B.R. Mehta Lane
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23782188, 23782197, 9868180527 (M)
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Position Held |
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1973-74
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General Secretary, All India Samajvadi Yuvjan Sabha
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Joint Secretary, Socialist Party, Uttar Pradesh
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1977-85
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Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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1977-79
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Member, Public Accounts Committee, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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1977-80
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General Secretary, Janata Party, Uttar Padesh
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1978-80
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Minister of State, Government of Uttar Pradesh
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1980–85
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Chief Whip, Lok Dal Legislative Party, Uttar Pradesh
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1983-85
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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1986
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General Secretary, Lok Dal
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1986-87
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General Secretary, Lok Dal (A)
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1990-91
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Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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1991
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Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
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1991-94
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Deputy Chief Whip, Janata Dal Parliamentary Party
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1994-96
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Chief Whip, Samata Parliamentary Party
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1998-99
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Member, National Executive Samajwadi Party
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Member, Committee on Rural Development
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Chief Whip, Samajwadi Parliamentary Party
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5 August 2006
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Book Published
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(i) Yaadain Aur Batain; ( ii) Bharatiya Samvidhan Ke Nirman Mein Nehru (in Hindi); (iii ) Dr. Ambedkar – A Multifaceted Personality; (iv) History of Socialist Movement ; and (v) Freedom Movement and Socialist Contribution
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Contributed hundreds of articles in various magazines and Hindi dailies
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Associated with a number of cultural societies
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Special Interests
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Political activities, constructive and developmental work
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Music
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Countries Visited
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Belgium, Germany, Holland, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A.; took part in Samajwadi Yuva Sammelan, Brussels, 1974 and also in several other countries like Germany, Holland and U.K.
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Other Information
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As a student took keen interest in debate competitions; President, Allahabad University Students` Union, 1968-69; detained for 20 months during Emergency for taking part in Jayaprakash Narayan`s movement; also imprisoned several times while taking part in student agitation, 1966, occupying Anand Bhavan, Allahabad and also in an agitation launched by Socialist party on the language issue; jailed alongwith Shri Madhu Limaye for participating in Satyagraha, 1973
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Reference: Loksabha