Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Mayiladuturai (Tamil Nadu )
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Party Name :
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Indian National Congress(INC)
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Email Address :
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri V. Sankar Aiyar
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Bhagyalakshmi Sankar Aiyar
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Date of Birth
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10.04.1941
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Place of Birth
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Lahore (now in Pakistan)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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14 Jan 1973
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Suneet Mani Aiyar
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No.of Daughters
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3
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Economics)
Educated at the Doon School, Dehradun, St. Stephen`s College, University of
Delhi (Delhi) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge University (U.K.)
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Profession
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Writer
Social Worker, Trade Unionist
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Permanent Address |
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12, Avaiyambalpuram,
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Mayiladuturai, Nagapattinam Distt. – 609 001(Tamil Nadu)
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Tels. (04364)29500, 21234, 28678
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Present Address |
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14, Akbar Road,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23015538, 23015548
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Position Held |
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1991
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Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
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1991-92
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Member, Committee on Environment and Forests
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1992
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Elected to All India Congress Committee (AICC)
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1992-96
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Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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1998
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Secretary, All India Congress Committee
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1999
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Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1999-2004
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Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
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2002-2004
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)
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23 May 2004-28 Jan. 2006
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Union Cabinet Minister, Petroleum & Natural Gas; Panchayati Raj
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29 January 2006- onwards
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Union Cabinet Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
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6 April 2008 onwards
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Minister, Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
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Book Published
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(i) “Remembering Rajiv”, Rupa, New Delhi, 1992; (ii) “One Year in Parliament”, Konark, New Delhi, 1993;
(iii) “Pakistan Papers”, UBSPD, New Delhi,1995; and (iv) “Rajiv Gandhi`s India”, 4 vols.
(General Editor), UBSPD, New Delhi, 1997
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Eminent columnist and contributor to various newspapers and periodicals, in India and abroad
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Special Interests
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Reading, writing and music
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Sports and Clubs
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Member, Delhi Gymkhana Club and India International Centre, New Delhi
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled, went on several delegations abroad while in the Indian Foreign Service
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Other Information
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Founder President, Society for Secularism; Member, Indian Foreign Service, 1963-89; Consul-General,
Karachi, 1978-82; Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, 1982-83; Special Assistant to former
Congress (I) President, Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, 1989-91; Trustee, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation;
Member, Governing Council, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies; Member, Court, Visvabharati,
1991-96; Member, Court, Aligarh Muslim University, 1991-96; Member, Court, Pondicherry University,
1995-96; Member, Court, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1999-2000; Has been awarded ” Outstanding Parliamentarain Award” for 2006 by President Smt. Pratibha Devsingh Patil;
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Reference: Loksabha