Biography

Father's Name       	Shri Suryabhanji Gavai                  

Date of Birth       	30 October 1929

Place of Birth      	Darapur, Distt. Amravati (Maharashtra)

Marital Status      	Married on 29 November 1959

Spouse's Name       	Smt. Kamaltai Gavai                     

Children            	Two sons and  one daughter

Educational Qualifications  

               B.A.

               Educated at Vidarbha Mahavidyalay, Nagpur University,
               Amravati (Maharashtra)

Profession         

               Agriculturist

Permanent Address  

               44, `Kamalpushpa'                       
               Congress Nagar, Amravati-444601         
               (Maharashtra)                           

               Tels. (0721) 662179, 662183                                            

Present Address

	       21, Canning Lane,
	       New Delhi - 110001

	       Tel. (011) 378262

Positions Held  

1964-94        Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council

1968-78        Deputy Chairman, Maharashtra Legislative Council

1978-84        Chairman, Maharashtra Legislative Council

1986-88        Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative
               Council

1998           Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1998-99        Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
     
               Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
               Agriculture

Books Published  

(i) Five year plan in relation to the Scheduled Castes and
Schedule Tribes (ii) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes..
Their Service Privileges (iii) The Caste war over Reserva-
tion....A case before the Peoples Bar (iv) Facilities to
Buddhists converted from Scheduled Castes (v) Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar....Deserved the thanks of the country (vi) Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Vidyapeeth.....Petition before
the Peple of Marathwada; (vii) Report for Eradication of
Leprosy; and (viii) Reports on Employment Gurantee

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments  

Conferred national integration awards for peace and harmony
Recipient of Kusta Mitra Award

Social and Cultural Activities  

President, (i) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti, Deeksha
Bhoomi, Nagpur; and (ii) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Shikshan
Prasarak Mandal, Amravati; Running various colleges
(Arts, Commerce, Science, Law & M.B.A.), High Schools and
Hospitals

Special Interests  

Reading

Sports and Clubs  

Wrestling, swimming and running; President, Western India
Football Association, Mumbai

Countries Visited  

Widely travelled; Member (i) 15th and 20th Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference heald at Trinidada and Tobago in
1969 and at Colombo in 1974 and at Lusaka. 1978; (ii) Asian
Conference for Family Planning and Women, Child Welfare,
Peking (China), 1980; (iii) 13 to 19 General Conferences of
World Fellowship of Buddhists, held in Thailand, Sri Lanka,
Nepal, U.S.A., Korea, Taiwan and Bangkok; and (iv) 20th
Conference of World Fellowship of Buddhists - Sydney
(Australia), 1998

Other Information  

Participated in the Freedom Struggle; Vice-President and
Member of Executive Committee of World Fellowship of
Buddhist; Member, Maharashtra Branch of Commonwealth

Parliamentary Association