Anantram Jaiswal

Anantram Jaiswal is an Indian politician and was Member of Parliament of India. He was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha and was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Jaiswal represented the Faizabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Janata Party political party.[1][2][3]

Anantram Jaiswal
Member of Parliament, 6th Lok Sabha and a member of Rajya Sabha
In office
Mar 1977 ā€“ Aug 1979
Preceded byRam Krishna Sinha
Succeeded byJai Ram Varma
ConstituencyFaizabad
MLA, 5th Assembly
In office
Feb 1969 ā€“ Mar 1974
MLA, 4th Assembly
In office
Mar 1967 ā€“ Apr 1968
Personal details
Born (1924-04-01) 1 April 1924
village Chandwara, Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh)
Died7 January, 2015
Barabanki
NationalityIndia
Political partyJanata Party, Samajwadi Party
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Party
Samyukta Socialist Party
Bharatiya Lok Dal
Spouse(s)Savitri
ChildrenRachna Jaiswal shiv
Residence550 Rasoolpur, Barabanki city & New Delhi
Alma materGovernment Inter College, Faizabad
ProfessionAdvocate & politician
CommitteesMember of one committee

Early life and education

Anantram Jaiswal was born in village Chandwara, Barabanki in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He attended the Government Inter College in the city of Faizabad and subsequently attained BA & LL.B degrees (college unknown). Jaiswal worked as an advocate prior to joining politics.[1]

Political career

Anantram Jaiswal entered active politics in the 1950s. Although he was a member of the Janata Party, he was previously associated with three other political parties; viz Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party and Bharatiya Lok Dal. Whilst with Samyukta Socialist Party, he became a member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms and was also Leader of Samyukta Socialist Party in the Assembly from 1969 to 1974. Jaiswal joined the Janata Party in the mid 1970s.

Jaiswal held several key posts and was also a Minister & Deputy Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.[1][3][4]

Imprisonment

Between the 1960sā€“1970s, Jaiswal was imprisoned five times on various counts. Some grounds of imprisonment were participating in campaigns for removal of statues of British rulers, price rise, for grant of fair wages and clearness allowance to the government servants and teachers, for redistribution of land to the landless etc. In 1975, he was also detained for 19 months for Maintenance of Internal Security Act.[1]

Posts held

#FromToPosition
0119671968Member, 04th Assembly of U.P.
0219671967Deputy Minister of Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh
0319691974Member, 05th Assembly of U.P.
0419701970Minister of Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Chairman of AIIMS

0519771979Member, 06th Lok Sabha
0619771979Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
0719891995Member of Rajya Sabha

See also

References

  1. "Member Profile". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. "Election Results 1977" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  3. "Members of 6th Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. "Earlier Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
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