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Educational
Qualifications:
B.A., LL.B and Sahitya Visharad. Educated at
Maharaja College, Jaipur, Agra University, Agra.
Profession:
Advocate and Agriculturist.
Position
Held:
Chairman, Municipal Board, Dausa 1951-56
Member, Jaipur District Board from 1952-1956
Pradhan, Panchayat Samiti 1961-65
Elected to Lok Sabha (Fourth) 1968
Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Fifth) 1971
Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party.
1971-72
Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings
1972-73
Chairman, Joint Select Committee on Companies
(Amendment) Bill 1972-74
Secretary, Publication Committee of AICC and
the Editor of Socialist India and Socialist
Bharat, Congress History Project Committee
and other publications of the AICC (1973-1977)
Joint Secretary, AICC 1974-77
Elected to Lok Sabha (7 th ) for the third
time 1980
President, I.N.T.U.C, Rajasthan 1980-82.
President, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress
Committee, Rajasthan 1982-85
Chairman, NAFED 1983-1985
Elected to 8th Lok Sabha for the fourth time
1984
Union Minister of State, Finance
Nov-Dec.1984
Union Minister of State (Ind.Charge),
Petroleum & Natural Gas 1985-86
Secretary, A.I.C.C., Member of Working
Committee 1986-87, 1992-94 and 2003.
Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries
Commission 1994-96.
Elected to 11th Lok Sabha for the fifth time
1996
Elected MLA from Jaipur Rural Constituency
1998
Chairman of Rajasthan Golden Jubilee
Celebration Committee 2000 to Nov.2003
Chairman, (PUC), Rajasthan Assembly -
1998-2003
Literary,
Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments:
Editor of Socialist India' and Socialist
Bharat'; Columnist
Honoured with Honorary D'Litt for his Gandhian
ideology and constructive work by Mahatma Gandhi
Kashi Vidyapeeth University, Varanasi in 1998.
Has worked as Secretary of Gandhi Smriti (Rajghat)
for nearly three years.
Member of the Board of Rural Electrification
Corporation, Govt.of India for Jaipur District
Rural Electrification which was a pioneer
programme for Rajasthan and the success of the
programme in this District led to large scale
rural electrification in many districts of
Rajasthan.
Social and Cultural Activities:
Upliftment
of Adivasi people and removal of untouchability.
Organised convention for non-resident
Rajasthanis living in and outside the country.
Organised national and international sports
events Kavi Sammelan and Mushara to celebrate
the golden jubilee celebrations.
Special Interests:
Participated in the freedom movement during
his student life. He has great interest for
development of Khadi and Gramodhyog (village
industry) and Cooperative Movement, tribal
welfare and is associated with the activities of
Rajasthan Adim Jati Sevak Sangh and has also
been associated with for long with the
activities of Harijan Sevak Sangh which looks
after upliftment of Scheduled Castes. He
takes keen interest in creating awareness of
education amongst the minorities and is
associated with a few minority educational
institutions. He is concerned with the
unemployment problem of the youth more
particularly rural and through khadi
institutions he wants to encourage village
artisan and rural youth to set up of cottage
industries. He has been associated with Khadi
Movement and constructive work for more than
40-50 years. He holds a responsible position
in the Sanchalak Mandal of Kshetriya Khadi
Samiti, Dausa for nearly 40 years. This is one
of the pioneer khadi institution in the
country. He is also an active member of the
Sanchalak Mandal of Udyog Mandir, Amber. He
has also keen interest in Indian culture and its
development and Sanskrit language.
As member of Parliament, he visited various
countries of the world including U.K., U.S.A,
Argentina, Brazil, Vietnam, Uganda, Egypt,
Greece, Spain, Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Mauritius, China, South African countries, Cuba,
Hungry, Switsarland, Germany and almost all
States of former USSR. He attended as the Leader
of the Indian delegation in Norway in a
conference which was organized by UNESCO and
also visited Sweden and Denmark.
Gubernatorial
Assignment:
Took over as Governor of Gujarat from 24 th July
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