Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Karnal
State : Haryana
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Pt. P.D. Swami
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 11 Aug 1929
Profession : Civil Servant Advocate, Social Worker, Agriculturist
Positions held :
1991-95 Member, National Council, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)1991-96 Member, Executive, B.J.P., HaryanaMember, Disciplinary Committee, B.J.P., Haryana1996 Elected to 11th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Public AccountsMember, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of AgricultureMember, National Council, B.J.P.1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)13 Oct. 1999- onwards Union Minister of State, Home Affairs
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Social And Cultural Activities
Associated with social and cultural organisations after retirement from service; Member, Haryana Educational Trust of Swami Prema Nandjee Adhyatam Sangh, Hissar, Haryana; Patron of various religious-cum-cultural organisations like District Brahmin Sabhas and President, Durga Bhawani Trust, Karnal; Chief Patron, Brahmin Sabha, Haryana; Secretary, “Kalyankarote” (an organisation for the welfare of handicapped in Haryana)
Special Interests
Study of Law, especially Constitutional Law; as Member of “Distt. Bar” at Karnal, helped the poor and needy by serving them free; guided several junior lawyers in Karnal District
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, writing, public speeches, discussions and debates, pilgrimages and visits to religious places all over the country
Sports and Clubs
Excursions, long brisk walks and badminton
Other Information
Participated in freedom movement as student leader in 1946-47; Scholarship holder from class 4th to 10th which was forfeited by the then British Government for having led a procession of students against the famous Red Fort trials of Shahnawaz, Dhillon and Sehgal of INA; President, Students Congress, Ambala district; joined Royal Indian Air Force as a pilot officer in 1949 (Flying Branch) but left the job after two years; as an officer of State Civil Service occupied many senior posts i.e. Deputy Commissioner, Settlement Commissioner, Managing Director of various Corporations and Boards; Joint Secretary, Government of Haryana, and discharged various challenging responsibilities during 33 years of service in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana; retired in 1987 as a senior I.A.S. officer, Haryana and joined B.J.P. the same year
