JAISWAL, SHRI
ANANTRAM, B.A., LL.B., Janata, Uttar Pradesh, 1967; Health Minister,
Uttar Pradesh Prasad, b. at Chandwara Village, Barabanki District, April 1,
1928, ed. at Government Inter College, Faizabad; m. Smt. Savitri, June
1954; 1 d.; Advocate; previously associated with Socialist Party, Samyukta
Socialist Party and Bhartiya Lok Dal; jailed in 1957, 1960, 1966, 1968 and 1970 for participating in the campaigns
for the removal of the
statues of British rulers, against price rise, for the grant of fair wages
and clearness allowance to the government servants and teachers, for
redistribution of land to the landless; detained under Maintenance of Internal
Security Act during 1975-76 for 19 months; Leader, Samyukta Socialist Party
in the Uttar Pradesh Legislature, 1969