Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Amritsar
State : Punjab
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri A.M. Bhatia
Mother's Name : Smt. Lal Devi Bhatia
Date of birth : 03 Jul 1921
Profession : Businessperson Industrialist
Positions held :
1972 Elected to 5th Lok Sabha1975-77 Executive Member, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1980-83 Chairman, Committee on PetitionsMember, Committee of Privileges1982-84 President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Punjab1984-86 General Secretary, A.I.C.C.(I)1985 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1992 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term1992-96 Union Minister of State, External Affairs1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)Chairman, Committee on Food and Civil Supplies1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on External AffairsMember, Committee on Public Undertakings2000-2001 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Patron, (i) Manor Public School, Amritsar; (ii) Medical College; (iii) Durgiana Temple, Amritsar; and (iv) International Punjabi Society
Special Interests
Tourism
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; represented India as delegate to the U.N. in 1975
Other Information
Chairman, National Shipping Board; Patron, (i) Kasturba Memorial Trust; (ii) Jallianwalla Bagh Managing Committee and (iii) Durgiana Tirath Committee, Amritsar
