Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Nandurbar
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 9 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri Hodlya Bonda Gavit
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Jamunabai
Date of birth : 29 Oct 1934
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1965-71 Member, Navapur Village Panchayat, Distt. Dhule, Maharashtra1971-78 Chairman, Social Welfare Committee, Zila Parishad, Dhule, Maharashtra1978-84 Vice-President, District Congress Committee (Indira) [D.C.C.(I)], Distt. Dhule, Maharashtra1980-81 Member, Maharashtra Legislative AssemblyChairman, Committee on Social Welfare1981 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1990-91 Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House1990-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)1991-93 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways (two terms)1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Labour and WelfareMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the HouseMember, Committee on Railways1999-2001 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 8th term)23 May 2004 Union Minister of State, Home Affairs2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (9th term)1 June 2009 Pro-tem Speaker31 Aug. 2009 Member, Commitee on Rural Development7 Oct. 2009 Chairman, Committee on Ethics17 Jun. 2013 Union Minister of State, Social Justice and Empowerment
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Social service, promotion of education; Chairman, Adivasi Sahayak Sanstha, Dhule
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Adivasi Lok Sangeet
Sports and Clubs
Cricket and Hockey
Countries Visited
South Africa; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to South Africa
Other Information
Chairman, (i) Social Welfare Committee, Dhule, Maharashtra; (ii) Visharwadi Educational Society, Dhule, since 1974; (iii) Maharashtra State Tribal Corporation, 1980-84; (iv) Senior College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Navapur; and (v) B.Ed. College, Navapur; Member, (i) Senate, Poona University, 1974-75; and (ii) National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board, 1998-99; suffered imprisonment in 1978 for participation in the “Jail Bharo Andolan” called by Janata Government