Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Nainital
State : Uttarakhand
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri Poornanand Tiwari
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Chandrawati Tiwari
Date of birth : 18 Oct 1925
Profession : Social Worker Journalist
Positions held :
1952-62 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1952-54 Member, Finance Committee, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1954-60 Member, Estimates Committee, Uttar Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMember, Privileges Committee, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1960-61 Leader of Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1960-62 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Uttar Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMember, Uttar Pradesh Police Commission Member, Panchayati Raj Commission1965-69 President, Indian Youth Congress1969-79 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1969 Minister, Labour, Planning and Panchayati Raj, Uttar Pradesh1970 Minister, Finance and Parliamentary Affairs, Uttar Pradesh1971 Minister, Finance, Power, Heavy Industries, Irrigation, Labour, Sugarcane, Excise, Panchayati Raj and Parliamentary Affairs, Uttar Pradesh1973 Minister, Finance, Industry, Irrigation, Labour, Sugarcane, Excise and Parliamentary Affairs, Uttar Pradesh1974-75 Minister, Finance, Heavy Industries, Hill Development and Planning1976-77 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh1977-79 Leader of Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1980 Elected to 7th Lok SabhaJune 1980- July 1981 Union Minister, PlanningOct. 1980- Aug. 1981 (Additional Charge of Labour Ministry)Deputy Chairman, Planning CommissionJuly 1981- Aug. 1984 Union Minister, IndustryJan. 1982-Feb. 1983 (Also held additional charge of the Ministry of Steel and Mines)1984- Sept. 1985 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1984- Sept. 1985 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh (2nd term)1984-85 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative CouncilSept. 1985-Oct. 1986 Union Minister for IndustryDec. 1985-Oct. 1988 Member, Rajya SabhaJanuary 1986 Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh (3rd term)June 1986-Oct. 1986 (Also held additional charge of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas)Oct. 1986-July 1987 Union Minister, External AffairsMay-June 1987 Leader, Rajya SabhaJuly 1987-June 1988 Union Minister, Finance and CommerceMember, Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs1988- Dec. 1989 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1988 - Dec. 1989 Chief Minister, Maharashtra (4th term)1988-Dec. 1989 Leader of Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1990-91 Leader of Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1991-93 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly1993 Nominated to Congress Working Committee (C.W.C.)Aug.-Dec. 1994 President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Uttar Pradesh1995-Dec.1996 President, All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)May 1996- Dec. 1996 Leader, Parliamentary Party, A.I.I.C. (T)1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on Finance Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Parliamentary Pay Committee Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts2000-2001 Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts
More Information :
Books Published
“European Miscellany”—A collection of articles published in 1964
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Editor, “Prabhat” (Monthly); contributed numerous articles in Amrit Bazar Patrika; Leader, Deshdoot, National Herald, Pioneer, Blitz etc.; Special correspondent, National Herald
Social And Cultural Activities
Established Jana Vidyapeeth (People`s College) in Haldwani in 1962; also established Jawahar Lal Nehru National Youth Centre in 196
Special Interests
Reading books on modern topics, economics, planning, international relations and socio-economic reforms in the Indian/World perspective, Technological/Industrial/Integrated Development
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and music
Sports and Clubs
Life Member, India International Centre, New Delhi and World Youth Hostel
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (about 75 countries)
Other Information
Participated in the Freedom Movement during 1942-44 and jailed along with father for 15 months; Secretary, All India Students Congress, 1945-49; President, Allahabad University Students Union, 1947; Vice-President, Co-operative Dairy Federation, 1962; Director, Uttar Pradesh Land Development Bank, 1962; Deputy Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Evaluation Advisory Council, 1965-69
