SAIGAL , SHRI , A .S., (Madhya Pradesh – Bilaspur -1967) :  s . of  late Sardar Baijnath  Singh ; b. at  Bilaspur , February, 1903 ; ed . at Municipal  Boys School , Bilaspur , Hitkari High School , Jabalpur , Government  High School , Bilaspur , Cotton  Institute , Calcutta , Central  Hindu Collage , Banaras and  National  Collage , Calcutta; m. Shrimati  Basanti  Devi  ; 4 s. and  4 d.; Social worker and Agriculturist; Member. (1) Bilaspur Local Board, 1921—24: (2) Mahakoshal P.C.C., 1921— 47 and 1950—57; (3) M.P. P.C.C. upto 1962; (4) Chhattisgarh Divisional Cooperative Institute, 1929—54; (5) C.P. and Berar State Assembly, 1935—45; (6) All India Congress Committee, 1934—46/47, 1949—57; (7) Mahakoshal Provincial Congress Parliamentary Committee, 1936; (8) C.P. and Berar Congress Parliamentary Committee, Nagpur, 1936; (9) Working Committee. Bilaspur D.C.C. since 1937; (10) Mahakoshal Provincial Congress Working Committee, 1938: (11) Provincial Council. Hindusthan Boy Scouts Association, 1938—45; National Council, Hindusthan Scouts Association and Second Round Table Congress of Boy Scouts Association , 1938 ; (12) Mahakoshal Provincial Election  Tribunal (Congress) for  Saugor District , 1939; (13) Executive Council  , Hindusthan Scouts Association ,1939-45;(14) Madhya Pradesh  Cooperative Federation , 1947 ;(15) Central Committee for Gurdwara , Nanded , since 1953; (16) Zonal Railway Users’ Consultative Committee, Central Railway, 1953—55; (17) S.E. Railway Users’ Consultative Committee, Calcutta, 1955—58; (18) All India National Railways’ Committee, 1967; (18) Public Amenities Committees, Central Railway, 1955—57; (20) Central Board of Sche. Castes and Sche. Tribes, Government of India, since 1955: (21) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to China. 1956; (22) All India Cotton Committee, 1967: (23) Government Assurances Committee, 1967. Chairman, (1) Janjgir Local Board from 1927 to 1938; (2) Janjgir Local Board, 1939—43; (3) South Eastern Railwaymen’s Federation, Bilaspur, 1954; Vice-President, (1) D.C.C. Bilaspur since 1949; (2) Divisionail Cooperative Institute. 1950—53; Senior Vice-President, Madhya Pradesh Sikh Pritinidhi Sabha, 1950—54; President, (1) Election Petition Tribunal (Congress), Khandwa, 1933; (2) Chairman, Reception Sub-Committee, Tripuri Session of the Congress; (3) Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee C.P. and Berar, since 1946; Delegate to Indian National Congress, since 1921; Secretary, (1) Cooperative Central Bank, Bilaspur, 1929—49; (2) Bilaspur D.C.C, 1937-47 and 1953; (3) All India Nationalist Sikh Conference, Delhi, 1951; Organiser, Volunteer Corps; Deputy General Officer Commanding, Indian National Congress, Tripuri, 1938; Election Officer (Congress), Bilaspur Distt. 1939; Divisional Organiser and Recruiting Officer, Home Guards, Chhatisgarh Division and Hindi Districts, 1947—49; Hony. Liaison and Welfare Officer, Home Guards, Northern area, Bilaspur, 1951; suffered imprisonment in 1930—32 and 1940; detained during 1942—45 for three years and four months; Masonic Lodge, Member, Heart of India 3760 E.C., Bilaspur, 1953; raised Worshipful Master in 1953; rank in District Grand Lodge, Bombay, Past District Grand Senior Decan, I960; became Mark Master Mason in January, 1956; rank in District Grand Lodge District Grand Std.; First Principal, became Chapter in May, 1954; obtained the degree of Royal Mariner on January 17, 1956; Member, Lodge Raza Jubilee 132 G. L. India in 1962; Raza Council No. 58 Senior Warden, 1967; Chairman, (1) South Eastern Railway Zonal, Commercial Clerks’ Association, 1965; (2) South Eastern Railway Divisional Guards Associations; Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57, Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62 and Third Lok Sabha, 1962—67; Estimates Committee. 1958, March 1961; Patron, The Friends’ Central Government Employees Cooperative House Building Society Ltd., New Delhi, 1965.

Social activities:  Uplift of backward classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Hobbies:  Reading, gardening and music.

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Travelling, reading newspapers and periodicals, playing-with children.

Special interests:  Village uplift, cooperative movement, military education, welfare of servicemen, uplift of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

Publications:  “Shivrenarayan Affairs”, The Truth of Religion, Dharm ka swaroop aur uski Upyogita; also written several anticles in newspapers.

Sports:  Hockey, Cricket, Tennis and Badminton.

Travels abroad:  Japan, China Thailand, Burma, U.S.S.R., and several countries in Asia.

Permanent address:  42/4, Azadnagar, Bilaspur (M.P.).