Party Name : Congress
Constituency : Bidar-SC
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 6
More Information :
DEV, SHRI SHANKAR, M.A., Congress, [Karnataka— Bidar (Res. Sch. Castes)—1977]: s. of Shri Balaji Rao; b. at Bidar, 1922; ed. at Gurukul University, Hardwar and Agra University; m. Smt. Padmavati, 1950; 2 s. and 3 d.; Social worker; Member, (i) Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly, 1952—56 and (ii) Mysore Legislative Assembly 1956-57; Deputy Minister and later Minister in former Hyderabad State, 1952—56; Member (i) Second Lok Sabha, 1957— 62 and (ii) Fifth Lok Sabha 1971—77; General Secretary, All-India Depressed Classes League, 1960—62; represented India in the International Conference on Social work held in Toronto, Canada. Social activities: Left politics totally and joined Sarvodaya and Bhoodan Movement along with Acharya Vinobaji, 1962—71; received a State award from the Government of Karnataka for social services.
