Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Jalore-SC
State : Rajasthan
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 8 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Sardar Bir Singh
Mother's Name : Sardarni Beant Kaur
Date of birth : 21 Mar 1934
Profession : Agriculturist Journalist
Positions held :
1962 Elected to 3rd Lok Sabha1966-68 Member, Public Accounts Committee1967 Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1971 Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Chairman, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1973-74 Convenor, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)], Harijan Cell1974-76 Union Deputy Minister, Railways1976-77 Union Deputy Minister, Commerce1978-80 General-Secretary, A.I.C.C. (I)1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (4th term)1980-82 Union Minister of State, Shipping and Transport1982 Union Minister of State, Supply and Rehabilitation (Independent Charge)1982-83 Union Minister of State, Supply and Sports (Independent Charge)1983-84 Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs, Sports and Works and Housing1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (5th term)1984-85 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture and Rural Development1985-86 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture1986-89 Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term)1994-95 Chairman, Committee on Defence1995-96 Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term)March-April 1998 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications1998-99 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Committee on Finance1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (8th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Committee on CommunicationsMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes2000-2001 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
More Information :
Books Published
Punjabi Speaking State (a critical analysis) and a collection of articles on Punjabi literature and Sikh history
Special Interests
Service of the socially and economically depressed people, National Integration and Religious Studies
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, writing articles on Harijan problems, and working for the upliftment of agricultural labour
Sports and Clubs
Swimming, shooting, hiking; Vice-President, Asian Amateur Athletics Association, 1979; President, Amateur Athletics Federation of India, 1976-84 and its Life President since 1984; Chairman and Chief Coordinator, Special Organising Committee, IX Asian Games, 1982
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, (i) Indian Delegation to the World Food Congress, the Hague, 1969; and (ii) Indian Delegation to the United Nations, 1972-73
Other Information
Associated with Shiromani Akali Dal, 1962; President, (i) All India Confederation of Farmers’ Association, Punjab 1969-70; (ii) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar All India Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi; and (iii) Bharat Ekta Andolan, 1991; Chairman, World Centre for the Unity of Man, 1991; Organising-Secretary, Rural Labour Federation, 1974; and Convenor, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Centenary Celebrations Committee constituted under the auspices of Indian Parliamentary Group by the Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha, 1991; Member, (i) National Small Savings Committee, 1973-74; (ii) Senate, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1974-80; and (iii) Senate, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
