MAHENDRA PRATAP, RAJA (Aryan Peshwa), Ind., (Uttar Pradesh—Mathura—1957): S. of Raja Harnarain Singh; B. Mursan, Aligarh Distt, Dec. 1, 1886; ed. at Mohammedan College, Aligarh; 1 S., 1 D.; Public worker and preacher; President, First Provisional Government of Hind founded at Kabul, Dec. 1, 1915; President, Executive Board of India to Free India, founded in Japan in 1940; Member, Congress Party, 1906—1952.

Social activities: Service to humanity, removal of friction from society.

Favourite pastime: Writing,

Travels abroad: Widely travelled from 1914—1946; Five times round the world; U.S.A. 6 times; Moscow 10 times, 1918—1930; Germany 10 times; Afghanistan 5 times; Over 15 years in Japan, Tibet, China, Iran, Turkey, France, Italy, England, Mexico etc.

Publications: Over 35 booklets including ‘My life Story of 55 years’, ‘Religion of Love’, ‘World Federation’, ‘Aryan Four Salvations’ in English, ‘Rajput’, ‘Sardar Swarg Sidhar Gaya’, ‘Brajapala’, ‘Prem Dharma’ in Hindi, and ‘Din Muhammad’ and ‘Patwar Ke Nawab’ in Urdu.

Permanent address: (1) Vrindaban, Dt. Mathura, U.P., (2) Rajpur, Dehradun, U.P.

[Voting results at the Election:

 Electorate: 4,23,452

Raja Mahendra Pratap ..   95,202

Shri Digambar Singh . .    69,209

Shri Pooran …                29,177

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee .. 23,620

Shri Sugrija Singh ..           8,993

Shri Shankar Rao ..           7,818]