Party Name : Krishikar Lok Party
Constituency : Bharatpur- Sawai Madhopur-SC
State : Rajasthan
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 1
More Information :
JATAV-VIR, DR. MANIK CHAND, Krishikar Lok Party [Rajasthan—Bharatpur-Sawai Madhopur (Reserved—Sch. Castes)—1952]: S. of Shri Bab Saheb Bhola Nath Jatav-Vir; B. at Agra, March, 1897; ed. at St. John's College, Agra; m. Shrimati Vishastra Devi, March 1, 1915; 1 D.; Businessman; Member, Sewa Samiti, Agra, 1912; Member, Arya Kumar Sabha, Agra, 1912; Founder, Shree Jatav Maha Sabha, 1917; Member, Arya Mitra Sabha, 1915—18; Incharge, Municipal Hospital, Agra, 1918—28; Founder, Jatav-Vir Dal, 1923; President, U.P. Depressed Classes League; Founder, the "Jeevan Jyoti" and the "Jatav Granthmala", monthly magazines, 1934; M.L.A., U.P., 1937—39; Founder, Jatav-Vir Institute, Agra, 1937; In 1943, Viceroy awarded a prize for services to Depressed Classes; Title of Rao Sahib was also conferred and Jagir also given in 1945. All these were returned subsequently; Suffered imprisonment in connection with Harijan Andolan in 1947; Member, U.P. Provincial War Board, 1940—44; Member, Provincial Civil Defence Committee, 1941; Member, Provincial Reclamation Board, U.P., and Provincial Scheduled Castes Education Board, U.P., 1943—45; Chairman, District Scheduled Caste Education Board, Agra, 1938-45. Special interest: Harijan Uplift and Social Service. Permanent address: Vir Bhawan, Raja ki Mandi, Agra (U.P.).
