Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Inner Manipur (Manipur )
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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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Late Shri Th. Hera Singh
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Date of Birth
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24.05.1937
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Place of Birth
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Vill. Utlou, Distt. Bishnupur (Manipur)
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Marital Status
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Widower
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Date of Marriage
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25 Jan 1961
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Spouse’s Name
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Late Smt. Th. Mangolnganbi Devi
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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4
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Educational Qualifications
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Under Graduate
Educated at D.M. College, Imphal (Manipur)
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Profession
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Social Worker
Artist, Trade Unionist, Sportsperson
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Permanent Address |
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Babupara Ministers Qr. Imphal,
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Manipur State- 795001
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(0385) 227868
FAX: 229082
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Present Address |
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9, Dr. B.D. Marg,
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New Delhi – 110001
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(011) 23736760
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Position Held |
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1958-65
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General-Secretary, Block Congress Committee
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1972-95
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Member, Manipur Legislative Assembly
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1972-74
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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1974-75
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Deputy Speaker, Manipur Legislative Assembly
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1975-80
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Minister of State, Industry, Food and Civil Supplies, Labour and Employment,
Irrigation and Flood Control, Manipur
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1980-84
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General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) [P.C.C. (I)], Manipur
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1980-94
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Cabinet Minister for Sports, Forests and Fisheries, Manipur
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1990-97
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Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)]
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1994-95
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Deputy Chief Minister, Manipur
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1996
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Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
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1996-97
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Member, Committee on Communications
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
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1997
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Working President, Congress Party, Manipur
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Energy, and its Sub-Committee-I on Power
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Leader, Manipur State Congress Party, Lok Sabha
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13 Oct. 1999- 2 Feb. 2000
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Union Minister of State, Culture, Youth Affairs and
Sports
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2 Feb. 2000– 27 May 2000
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Union Minister of State, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports
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27 May 2000- 1 Sept. 2001
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Union Minister of State, Department of Food Processing Industries,
Ministry of Agriculture
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Received Best Actor Award in the All Manipur Drama Festival, twice
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Secretary, Utlou Youth Social Welfare Association, 1950-58; President, (i) Public
Theatre Artists Association, Nambol, 1980 to till date; and (ii) Rural Sports Association, Nambol,
Manipur
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Special Interests
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Upliftment of the rural agriculturists through cooperative movement and encouraging rural youth to
take up sports
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Physical exercises; meeting people and watching sports on television
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Sports and Clubs
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Promotion of rural sports by encouraging and setting up village clubs, play-grounds, buildings and
organising tournaments
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Countries Visited
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Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, U.S.A. and Uruguay; Member,
Indian Parliamentary Delegation to (i) Bali, Indonesia, 1996; and (ii) 101st Inter-Parliamentary Union
Conference, Brussels, Belgium, April 1999
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Reference: Loksabha