Name of Member: Shri Mangat Ram Sharma

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Constituency & State: Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)

Lok Sabha Experience: 11

Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha


SHARMA, SHRI MANGAT RAM
I.N.C. - JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR)



Father's Name	:   	Pandit Chet Ram

Date of Birth	:   	17 November 1932

Place of Birth	:   	Vill. Bigwan in Distt. Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)

Marital Status	:   	Married on 5 May 1948

Spouse's Name	:   	Smt. Daya Rani

Children	:   	Six sons

Educational Qualifications :
	B.Sc.
	Educated at Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)

Profession :
   	Agriculturist

Permanent Address :
   	42 B/D, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu-180004
	Tel. (0191), 530853
 

Positions Held :
   
October 1947	Joined National Conference
1950	Elected Chairman, Tehsil Panchayat, Kathua
1954-56	President, National Conference, Tehsil Kathua
1957	Resigned from the Post of B.D.O., Kathua and joined D.N.C.C.
1957-60	District President, D.N.C.C., Kathua
1960-72	Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council (twice) from 
	Jammu Province Panchayat Constituency
1965-70	President, D.C.C., Kathua
1970 onwards	Member, A.I.C.C.
	General-Secretary, P.C.C., Jammu and Kashmir; 
also held various other offices at block and district levels
1972-90	Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (four times)
1975-77	Minister of State, Transport Relief & Rehabilitation, Jammu and Kashmir
1977-79	Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances, 
	Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
1979-81	Chairman, Committee of Privileges, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
1982-84	Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 
1984-87	Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
1987-89	Leader, Congress Legislative Party, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
1989-90	Cabinet Minister, Transport & Food Supplies, Jammu and Kashmir
1996	Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Special Interests :
   	Co-operatives, panchayat and agriculture

Countries Visited :
   	Widely travelled

Other Information :

Courted arrest for leading a Student’s protest against Dr. Graham’s policy of division of Jammu & Kashmir on the eve of his visit to India; Member (i) Debt Conciliation Board, Kathua; and (ii) Tehsil Council, Kathua, 1950-53; appointed B.D.O., Kathua in 1956; Director, NAFED & Chairman, Co-operative Marketing Federation, Jammu & Kashmir and Tehsil Panchayat Board, 1966-68; President, Marketing Society of village Kathua

Election Result :
   
Jammu Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate	12,06,499
Total votes polled	5,81,314
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Mangat Ram Sharma 	(I.N.C.) 1,94,228
(2) Shri Vaid Vishno Dutt 	(B.J.P.) 1,47,495
(3) Shri Abdul Rehman Sheikh 	(B.S.P.)   91,580
(4) Shri Balwan Singh 		(J.D.)	   88,272

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