Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Inner Manipur
State : Manipur
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri Th. Hera Singh
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 24 May 1937
Profession : Social Worker Artist, Trade Unionist, Sportsperson
Positions held :
1958-65 General-Secretary, Block Congress Committee1972-95 Member, Manipur Legislative Assembly1972-74 Member, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Committee on Estimates1974-75 Deputy Speaker, Manipur Legislative Assembly1975-80 Minister of State, Industry, Food and Civil Supplies, Labour and Employment, Irrigation and Flood Control, Manipur1980-84 General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) [P.C.C. (I)], Manipur1980-94 Cabinet Minister for Sports, Forests and Fisheries, Manipur1990-97 Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)]1994-95 Deputy Chief Minister, Manipur1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Member, Committee on CommunicationsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry1997 Working President, Congress Party, Manipur1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Energy, and its Sub-Committee-I on PowerMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Leader, Manipur State Congress Party, Lok Sabha13 Oct. 1999- 2 Feb. 2000 Union Minister of State, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports2 Feb. 2000– 27 May 2000 Union Minister of State, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports27 May 2000- 1 Sept. 2001 Union Minister of State, Department of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Agriculture
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Received Best Actor Award in the All Manipur Drama Festival, twice
Social And Cultural Activities
Secretary, Utlou Youth Social Welfare Association, 1950-58; President, (i) Public Theatre Artists Association, Nambol, 1980 to till date; and (ii) Rural Sports Association, Nambol, Manipur
Special Interests
Upliftment of the rural agriculturists through cooperative movement and encouraging rural youth to take up sports
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Physical exercises; meeting people and watching sports on television
Sports and Clubs
Promotion of rural sports by encouraging and setting up village clubs, play-grounds, buildings and organising tournaments
Countries Visited
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, U.S.A. and Uruguay; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to (i) Bali, Indonesia, 1996; and (ii) 101st Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Brussels, Belgium, April 1999
