Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Surat (Gujarat )
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Party Name :
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Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Shri Chhabildas
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Kashiben
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Date of Birth
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07.04.1938
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Place of Birth
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Surat (Gujarat)
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Marital Status
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Widower
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Spouse’s Name
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Late Smt. Pushpa
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No. of Sons
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2
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No.of Daughters
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4
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Educational Qualifications
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B.Com., LL.B.
Educated at South-Gujarat University, Surat (Gujarat)
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Profession
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Advocate
Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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78-79, `Vijay Deep`, Atal Road, Adajan,
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Surat – 395 009 (Gujarat)
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Present Address |
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AB- 12, Pandara Road,
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New Delhi – 110 003
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Tel. (011) 23782196,23782144, 9868180486 (M)
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Position Held |
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1975-80
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Member, Gujarat Legislative Assembly
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1977-80
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Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings, Gujarat Legislative Assembly
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1983-84 and 1987
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Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Surat
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1985-87 and 1993-96
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President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Gujarat
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1989
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Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
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1990-91
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Member, Rules Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1991-92
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1996-97
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Member, Estimates Committee
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Broadcasting Bill
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1998-99
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Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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13 Oct. 1999 – 23 May 2003
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Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles
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24 May 2003- May 2004
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Union Cabinet Minister, Rural Development
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
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5 August 2006-onwards
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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1 May 2008
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Founder, Ex-Editor, Rana Jagat (Monthly)
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Social And Cultural Activities
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President, (i) All India Rana Samaj; (ii) South Gujarat Medical Education Trust; and (iii) Chief Trustee, Deendayal Smarak Trust, Surat
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Special Interests
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Reading, writing and sight-seeing
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Old film songs, mushaira, classical music and ghazals
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Sports and Clubs
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Wrestling , weight lifting and Yoga
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Countries Visited
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Visited Chile and U.S.A. as a delegate of IPU; visited Kuala Lumpur as Parliamentary delegate to
Commonwealth Conference; Visited Croatia and West Germany as a member of Indian
Parliamentary Delegation; and visited Brazil, Egypt, France, Ghana, Ivory-Coast, Netherlands,
Switzerland, U.A.E., U.K., and U.S.A. as head of the jute delegation; visited Paris, Rio, Miami, London for promotion of food grade jute products in USA and also visited London College of Fashion; visited Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Bangkok for promotion of wool products; visited Paris, New York, Atlanta, London for inaguration of International Carpet Fair, Atlanta; attended FIT, New York; visited Vienna, Barcelona, Madrid, London for Annual Congress of International Wool Textile Organisation; visited Port Louis and Clothing Technology Centre, Dubai; visited Frankfurt, Tunis, Milan, Pisa, Caracas, Paris for inaguartion of Festival of India and Food Festival, Caracas; visited Frankfurt, Hanover, Atlanta, Dallas, London for DOMOTEX 2003 Fair; inaguration of UNDP Exhibition of Indian Carpet Fair and Handicraft Gift Fair; visited Tokyo, Auckland, Rotorva, Christchurch, Wellington, Sydney and Dubai for meeting with the Forest and Trade Negotiation Minister of New Zealand, Signing of MoU between WRONZ and IICT; attended Plenary Session of UN Economic & Social Council at Geneva; visited Indonesia (Jakarta) as head of the delegation and attended CIRDAP meeting and visited Dhaka (Bangladesh) to attend Conference on Sanitation
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Reference: Loksabha