Educational
Qualifications |
- B.A., LL.B and Sahitya
Visharad. Educated at Maharaja College, Jaipur;
Agra University, Agra and Hindi Sahitya Sammelan,
Prayag (Uttar Pradesh).
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| Profession |
- Advocate and Agriculturis.
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| Position Held |
- Chairman, Municipal Board,
Dausa – 1951-56
- Pradhan, Panchayat Samiti – 1961-65
- Elected to Lok Sabha (Fourth) – 1968
- Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Fifth) – 1971
- Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party and Member, House Committee – 1971-72
- Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings – 1972-73
- Chairman, Joint Select Committee on Companies (Amendment) Bill – 1972-74
- Joint Secretary, AICC – 1974-77
- Elected to Lok Sabha (7th) for the third time – 1980
- President, I.N.T.U.C, Rajasthan – 1980-82.
- President, Pradesh Congress Committee, Rajasthan – 1982-85
- Elected to Lok Sabha (8th) for the fourth time – 1984
- Union Minister of State, Finance – Nov-Dec.1984
- Union Minister of State (Ind.Charge), Petroleum & Natural Gas – 1985-86
- Secretary, A.I.C.C., Member of Working Committee – 1986-87, 1992-94
- Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission – 1994-96
- Elected to Lok Sabha (11th) for the fifth time – 1996
- Elected MLA from Jaipur Rural Constituency – 1998
- Chairman of Rajasthan Golden Jubilee Celebration Committee – 1998
- General Secretary of AICC for the third time – 2003
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Literary, Artistic
and Scientific Accomplishments |
- Editor of ‘Socialist
India’ and ‘Socialist Bharat’;
Columnist
- Honoured with Honorary
D’Litt for his Gandhian ideology and constructive work by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth University, Varanasi in 1998
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| Social and Cultural
Activities |
- Upliftment of Adivasi
people and removal of untouchability
- Organised convention for non-residents of Rajasthan living in and outside the country to involve them sentimentally with their native land
- Organised national and international sports events to celebrate the golden jubilee
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| Special Interests
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