Party Name : Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Constituency : Ballia
State : Uttar Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 8 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Sadanand Singh
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Durpai Devi
Date of birth : 01 Jul 1927
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker
Positions held :
1951 Secretary, Praja Socialist Party (P.S.P.), Distt. Ballia1952 Joint Secretary, P.S.P., Uttar Pradesh1955 General Secretary, P.S.P., Uttar Pradesh1959-62 Member, National Executive, P.S.P.1962 Member, Rajya Sabha1967 General Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha1977-78 President, Janata Party (J.P.)1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1990-91 Prime Minister and incharge of Ministries/Departments of Defence; Home Affairs; Atomic Energy; Science and Technology; Ocean Development; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Electronics; Space; Information and Broadcasting; Industry; Labour; Welfare; Planning and Programme Implementation; External Affairs; Health and Family Welfare; Water Resources and Surface Transport1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)Leader, Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha2000-2001 Chairman, Committee on Ethics2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (8th term)8 July 2007 Passed away
More Information :
Books Published
"Meri Jail Diary" (in Hindi); and “Dynamics of Social Change”
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Founder-Editor and Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board of “Young Indian”
Social And Cultural Activities
Undertook Padyatra of 4,260 kms. from Kanyakumari to Rajghat, New Delhi (6 January 1983 to 25 June 1983) to establish rapport with the masses and understand their problems and established 15 Bharat Yatra Centres in various States to train social and political workers for mass education and grassroot work
Special Interests
Primary education and health services
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Gardening, travelling and discussions
Other Information
Arrested under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during Emergency in 1975 even being a member of the Central Election Committee and Working Committee of All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)]
