[J.D. – Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)]

Place of Birth

Marital Status

Spouse’s Name

Children

Educational Qualifications

Profession

Permanent Address

Present Address

Positions held

1957-67

1967

1971-74

1971

1974-77

1980

1991

Other Positions held

Social and Cultural Activities

Special Interests

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Sports and Clubs

Countries visited

Savupaha in Distt. Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

Married in 1949

Smt. Asha Yadav

One son

M.A., LL.B.

Educated at S.K.P. College, Azamgarh; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Lucknow University, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

Lawyer

Mohalla Hari Bansh Pura, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

78, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3017214

Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Deputy Leader, C.P.I. Group, Uttar Pradesh State Legislature

Elected to Lok Sabha (Fourth)

General Secretary, A.I.C.C.

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Fifth)

Union Minister, Steel and Mines

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) for the third time

Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time

Chairman, Public Accounts Committee

President, Indo-G.D.R. Friendship Society, Uttar Pradesh; National Committee on Aid for Democratic Republic of Vietnam; Vice-President, Afro-Asian Peace and Solidarity Committee; General Secretary, U.P. Kisan Sabha; President, All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation; Vice-President, Indo-Soviet Cultural Society; Member, Presidium of the World Peace Council; Vice-President, Asian Solidarity Organisation; Chairman, W.P.C. Asia Committee

Reading biographies and poetry

Gardening and swimming

Cricket

Widely travelled.