Know your Politician
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Godda (Jharkhand )
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Party Name :
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Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Rajpati Prasad Yadav
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Date of Birth
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01.01.1925
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Place of Birth
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Vill. Ekashitola, Distt. Monghyr (Bihar)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Janaki Devi
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No. of Sons
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3
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No.of Daughters
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5
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A., B.L., Acharya (Hindi)
Educated at R.D. and D.J. College, Monghyr (Bihar), Patna University, Patna, T.N.V. Law College, Bhagalpur (Bihar), and Sanskrit Mahamandal, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
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Profession
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Agriculturist
Advocate, Social Worker, Teacher
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Permanent Address |
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Vill. & Post Ekashitola, P.S. Bariyarpur,
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Distt. Monghyr-811211 (Bihar)
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Tel./Fax (06344) 65111
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Present Address |
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4, Dr. B.D. Marg,
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New Delhi – 110001
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(011) 3717911
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Position Held |
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1962-67
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Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Member, Estimates Committee
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1968-74
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Member, Rajya Sabha
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1968-71
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President, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Bihar
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1972-77
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Vice-President, Executive Committee, Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh
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1977
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Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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1977-79
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Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare
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1979
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Union Minister of State, Industry
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1981-84
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President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) Bihar
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1981-88
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Member, Executive and Election Committee, B.J.P.
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1982
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Member, Rajya Sabha (2nd term)
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1983-84
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Member, Committee on Rules
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Member, Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministries of Planning; Finance; External Affairs; Industry; and Law etc.
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture
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1984-88
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1996-97
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Member, Committee on Railways
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Railways
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Railways
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2000-2001
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Member, Library Committee
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2000 onwards
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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Book Published
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(i) Bihar State Cooperative Land Development-A Study; (ii) International Cooperative-A Study, a booklet on Family Welfare in South-East Asian Countries; (iii) Parivar Kalyan Anya Deshon Mein; and (iv) Ganga and Bihar Rajya Bhumi Vikas Bank (in Hindi); and writing articles for newspapers and magazines
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Writing, essays and edited handwritten periodicals of agriculture, cooperatives silk; memoirs and articles on criticism; and has also set up a Library
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Engaged in the preservation and development of Indian culture and heritge; working for the welfare of Harijans, labour class; contributed towards dissemination of education and participated in cultural seminars; worked as Chairman and Director in the field of Cooperatives
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Special Interests
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Reading, writing and making continuous efforts for propagating the use of Hindi in Government offices
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Gardening, horticulture, political, social and religous discussions; watching games on television and travelling
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Sports and Clubs
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Indoor games
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled; as Union Minister of State for Health; attended International Conference on Health, in former U.S.S.R. wherein draft proposal, Health for All by 2000 A.D. was adopted; participated in Internation Cooperative Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 1969; attended International Conference on Joint Families, Paris
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Other Information
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President, (i) Bihar State Sona Chandi Vyavasayak Sangh; (ii) North-East Railways Indian Workers Union; (iii) From Mandal Samiti to Pradesh Samiti of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Bihar State, since its inception; (iv) All India Ministerial Staff Association of Railways, Jamalpur; Chairman, (i) Food Corportation, Bihar, (ii) Bihar State Land Development Bank, 1968 and later on Director of the same Bank; Director, (i) Bihar State Cooperative Bank, 1968; (ii) Bihar State Karya-Vikaraya Sangh, 1968; (iii) Bihar State Warehousing Corporation; (iv) Central Silk Board; (v) Bihar Rajya Sahkarita Sangh Federation; and (vi) Akhil Bharatiya Bhoomi Vikar Bank; Member, (i) Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.) since 1945; (ii) B.J.S., 1951-1977; (iii) National Railway Users Consultative Committee; (iv) Santhal Pahadion Ka Seva Mandal; and (v) National Committee on Celebration of Birth Centenary of Shri Maithili Sharan Gupta; participated in Freedom Struggle during 1942-46; participated in the movement started by Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan and remained in prison for about one year and six months and was also imprisoned several times in 1949; resorted to Satyagraha in support of the demand for lifting ban on R.S.S. and imprisoned for six months; and also imprisoned during Emergency in 1975
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Reference: Loksabha