Parasram Maderna

Parasram Maderna (23 July 1926 – 16 February 2014) was an Indian National Congress politician and senior Jat leader from Rajasthan, India. He originated from Lakshman Nagar village in Jodhpur district. His grand daughter Divya Maderna, is presently the MLA from his constituency Osian, Jodhpur

Parasram Maderna
Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
1999 - 2004
Preceded bySamrath Lal Meena
Succeeded bySumitra Singh
Personal details
Born(1926-07-23)23 July 1926
Died16 February 2014(2014-02-16) (aged 87)
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress

Education

Maderna was schooled first in his village and then at Jodhpur before proceeding to take his MA and LLB degrees at the University of Lucknow.

Career

On his return to Rajasthan from Lucknow, he was involved with Baldev Ram Mirdha in the Marwar Kisan Sabha and then the Rajasthan Kisan Sabha, both of which were agrarian movements. The Kisan Sabha became a part of the Indian National Congress and in 1953 he was elected as Sarpanch of Chadi village Chadi. Subsequently, he was elected on nine occasions as a Member of Legislative Assembly in Rajasthan.

In the course of his public and political life he was a minister in Rajasthan Cabinet of General Administrative, Revenue, Panchayat Raj, Cooperative, Forest, Colonization, Rehabilitation, Flood, Famine, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Community Development, Local Bodies and Sheep & Wool, Energy, Irrigation Departments.

Maderna died in the early hours of 16 February 2014, at SMS Hospital Jaipur following a prolonged illness.[1] He was 87.

Membership of Legislature
  • 1957 - 1962 - Member, Second Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1962 - 1967 - Member, Third Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1967 - 1972 - Member, Fourth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1972 - 1977 - Member, Fifth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1977 - 1980 - Member, Sixth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1980 - 1985 - Member, Seventh Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1990 - 1992 - Member, Ninth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1993 - 1998 - Member, Tenth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1998 - 2003 - Member, Eleventh Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Positions held
  • 1953 - 1956 - Sarpanch, Village - Chadi, District -Jodhpur
  • 1957 - 1962 - Member of PAC and Estimates Committee
  • 1987 - 1990 - Chairman, Central Cooperative Bank Ltd, Jodhpur
  • 1962 - 1966 - Dy. Minister, Deptt of General Administration
  • 1966 - 1977 - Minister Deptt of GAD, Revenue, Panchayat Raj, Cooperative, Forest, Colonization, Rehabilitation, Flood, Famine, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Community Development, Local Bodies and Sheep & Wool, Government of Rajasthan
  • 1974 - 1977 - Dy. Leader of INC Party in the Assembly
  • Feb'1979 - Aug'1979, and 1993–1998, Leader of Opposition, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
  • 1980 - 1981 - Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
  • 1981 - 1982 - Minister, Deptt of Irrigation, PHED, Revenue, Land Reforms, Energy, and Flood & Famine, Government of Rajasthan
  • 1981 - 1985 - Member, Syndicate, Jodhpur University
  • 1982 - 1985 - Minister, Deptt of Irrigation, PHED, and Ground Water, Govt of Rajasthan
  • 1990 - 1992 - Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
  • 1994 - 1998 - Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee
  • 6 January 1999 to 15 January 2004 Speaker, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Party posts held
  • 1957 - 1959 - President, District Pradesh Congress Committee
  • 1959 - 1962 - General Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
  • 1989 - 1994 - President, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee

References
  1. PTI (16 February 2014). "Veteran Congress leader Parasram Maderna dies". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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