List of oldest living members of the Rajya Sabha

The following is a list of individuals who were the oldest sitting or former members of the Rajya Sabha.

From	To (date of death)	Member	Date of birth	Terms served	State served	Party	Age (years, days when known)	Notes
3 April 1952	18 May 1958[1]	Raizada Hans Raj	July 1869	3 April–29 August 1952, 17 March 1953—2 April 1958[2]	Punjab	Indian National Congress	88 years
18 May 1958	17 November 1961[3]	Murari Lal[4]	16 March 1874	1952–1956	Uttar Pradesh	Indian National Congress	87 years, 246 days
17 November 1961	29 April 1968	Sailabala Das[5]	25 March 1875	1952–1954	Odisha	Indian National Congress	93 years, 35 days
29 April 1968	2 October 1972	Sita Charan Dube[6]	February 1879	1952–1954	Madhya Pradesh	Indian National Congress	93 years
2 October 1972	20 May 1979[7]	Manchersha Dhanjibhai Dorabji Gilder[8]	5 November 1882	1952–1960	Bombay	Indian National Congress	96 years, 196 days
20 May 1979	21 August 1981	Kaka Kalelkar[9]	1 December 1885	1952–1960	N/A	Nominated	95 years, 263 days	Distinguished educationist, social activist and journalist.
21 August 1981	2 June 1991[10]	Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka	16 August 1889	1956–1962[11]	West Bengal	Indian National Congress	101 years, 290 days	MP (Lok Sabha, 1962–1970)[12]
2 June 1991	25 July 1996	M. A. Manickavelu Naicker	14 December 1896	1962–1964[13]	Madras	Indian National Congress	99 years, 224 days
25 July 1996	3 May 2002[14]	Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi	15 August 1898	1962–1968, 1972–1978[15]	Uttar Pradesh	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	103 years, 261 days	Distinguished hotelier. MP (Lok Sabha, Bihar) from 1968 to 1970[14]
3 May 2002	18 January 2003	Harivansh Rai Bachchan	27 November 1907	1966–1972[16]	N/A	Nominated	95 years, 52 days	Distinguished poet.
18 January 2003	27 June 2006[17]	Sriman Prafulla Goswami	2 February 1911	May 1967 – 1972 1974—1980[18]	Assam	Independent	95 years, 145 days
27 June 2006	14 March 2008[19]	Mukhtiar Singh Malik	3 July 1912	May 1967 – 1968 1984–1990[20]	Haryana	Indian National Congress (I)	95 years, 255 days	MP (Lok Sabha) 1971–1979.
14 March 2008	4 January 2009[21]	Shankarrao Narayanrao Deshmukh	27 August 1913	1984–1990[22]	Maharashtra	Indian National Congress (I)	95 years, 130 days
4 January 2009	18 July 2013[23]	Samar Mukherjee	7 November 1913	1986–1993[24]	West Bengal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	99 years, 253 days	MP (Lok Sabha) 1971–1984
18 July 2013	20 March 2014[25]	Khushwant Singh	2 February 1915	1980–1986[26]	N/A	Nominated	99 years, 46 days	Distinguished author.
20 March 2014	24 May 2014	Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat	24 June 1916	1972–1978[27]	Rajasthan	Indian National Congress	97 years, 334 days	Distinguished author.
24 May 2014	13 March 2018[28]	Hamida Habibullah	20 November 1916	1976–1982[29]	Uttar Pradesh	Indian National Congress	101 years, 118 days
13 March 2018	30 November 2018[30]	Sitaram Singh	May 1919	1970–1976[31]	Bihar	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	99 years
30 November 2018	living	Yadlapati Venkatarao	16 December 1919	1998–2004[32]	Andhra Pradesh	Telugu Desam Party	101 years, 51 days

See also

• Rajya Sabha
• List of current members of the Rajya Sabha
• List of oldest living members of the Lok Sabha

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