Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Guna (Madhya Pradesh )
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Party Name :
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Indian National Congress(INC)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia
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Mother’s Name
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Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia
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Date of Birth
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10.03.1945
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Place of Birth
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Bombay (Maharashtra)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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08 May 1966
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Madhavi Raje Scindia
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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Educated at Scindia School, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Winchester College and New College, Oxford (U.K.)
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
Jai Vilas, Gwalior-470004
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(Madhya Pradesh)
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(0751) 321446
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Present Address |
27, Safdarjung Road,
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New Delhi – 110011
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(011) 3019383, 3792174 Fax. (011) 3013148
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Position Held |
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1971
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Elected to 5th Lok Sabha
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1977
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Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1980-83
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Member, Consultative Committe, Ministry of External Affairs
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1983-84
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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1984
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Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1984-86
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Union Minister of State, Railways
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1986-89
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Union Minister of State, Railways (Independent Charge)
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1987-90
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Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987
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1989-91
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1990-91
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Chairman, Subject Committee on Science and Technology
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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Member, General Purpose Committee
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Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation and Tourism
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1995-96
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Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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1996-97
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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1996-98
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Member, Committee on Defence
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1997-99
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General-Secretary, All India Congress Committee
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1997 onwards
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Member Congress Working Committee
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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Member, Committee on External Affair, and its Sub-Committee -III
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Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests and its Sub-Committee on Ganga Action Plan
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (9th term)
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Deputy Leader Congress Party, Lok Sabha
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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Member, Committee on Private Members` Bills and Resolutions
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Member, Committee on Defence
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2000 onwards
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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Special Interests
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Social service, prommotion of education, wildlife preservation, development of sports and education
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Cricket, bridge, swimming and golf
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Sports and Clubs
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President, (i) Board of Control for Cricket in India, 1990-93; (ii) Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association; (iii) PILCOM, Wills World Cup Organising Committee, 1996; (iv) INDCOMM, Indian Committee for Wills World Cup, 1996; and (v) Kendriya Sainik Board; Member, (i) Gymkhana Club, Delhi; (ii) Roshnara Club; (iii) National Sports Club of India, Mumbai; (iv) Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi; (v) Delhi Race Course Club; (vi) Air Force Golf Club; (vii) Willingdon Club, Mumbai; (viii) Western India Turf Club, Mumbai; (ix) Cricket Club of India, Mumbai; (x)India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; (xi) India International Centre, New Delhi; (xii) Noida Golf Club; (xiii) Lions Club; (xiv) Rotary Club; (xv) Army Golf Club; (xvi) ITC Classic Golf Club; (xvii)DLF Golf Resorts; and (xviii) National Sports Club of India, Mumbai
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled (27 countries); Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Havana, Cuba, 1981; Delgate to Indo-German Seminar at Bonn, F.R.G., 1984; Leader, Indian Delegation to Algeria, Australia, Austria France, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Turkey, U.K. former U.S.S.R. and also the 4th World Women Conference, Beijing, 1995; Led Delegation of Board fo Control for Cricket in India to Sharjah for the Asian Circket Conference and the International Cricket Conference at London; accompanied the then Prime Minister of India as Human Resource Development Minister to Copenhagen to attend the Summit on `Education for All`, 1995 accompanied shri R. Venkatraman, the then President of India, as Minister in Waiting, on his official trip to West Germany and Seychelles, 1989; Chaired the Ministerial meeting of E-9 Countries at Bali (Indonesia), 1995
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Other Information
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President, (i) Board of Governors, Scindia School; (ii) Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Society; (iii) Samrat Ashok Technical Institute; and (iv) Maratha Mandir, Mumbai; Vice Chairman, Doon School, Dehradun; Member, (i) Madhav Institute of Technology and Science; (ii) Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior; Former Member, Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage Govenring Council (I.N.T.A.C.H.)
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Reference: Loksabha