DAS, SHRI NAYAN TARA, Cong., [Bihar— Jamui (Reserved—Sch. Castes)—1967]: s. of late Shri Sonu Ram: b. at Puranigunj, Monghyr, January 1, 1915; ed. at Ripon Collegiate School, Howrah (now Akshay Sikshayatan), Ripon College, Calcutta (now Surendra Nath College), and Bengal Government Commercial School, Calcutta; m. Shrimati Sharda Devi, June 1, 1940: 6 s. and 4 d.; Cultivator; Sympathiser of the Revolutionary Party of India in the Bengal and Bihar States during student life, 1930—35; Served in the E.I. Railway in 1936-37 and Military Ordnance Depot, Jamalpur, 1943—45; Member, (i)—Community Project Advisory Committee Monghyr, since 1952, (ii) Distt. Development Advisory Committee, Monghyr, since 1953, (iii) Block Development and N.E.S. Advisory Committee, Monghyr, 1957, (iv) Distt. Working Committee, Depressed Classes League, Monghyr, 1939—51 and its Secretary, 1942-43, (v) Town Congress Committee, Monghyr since 1945, (vi) Working Committee, Bihar Provincial Depressed Classes League, Patna 1948—50, (vii) Distt. Harijan Students’ Stipends Distribution Committee Monghyr since 1949, (viii) Municipal S.P.C.A. Sub-Committee, Monghyr, 1951-52, (ix) Managing Committee, Town H.E. School, Monghyr, 1957—65, (x) Managing Committee, Zilla H.E. School, 1957, (xi) Lac Cess Committee, 1957—60, and (xii) E. Railway Consultative Committee, Central 1958—62; Associated with all activities of Congress in the District of Howrah (West Bengal) and Monghyr (Bihar); Volunteer of the Town Distt. Congress Committee, Howrah, 1925—35; Associate Member from Bihar State of the Delimitation Commission, 1952—56; President, Zila Rajak Sangh, Monghyr, 1945—50; General Secretary, Bihar Prantiya Rajak Sangh, Patna, 1947—51; Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57, Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62, and Third Lok Sabha, 1962— 67; Member—(i) Select Committees on Customs Duty Bill, 1962, Gold Control Bill, 1963, and Seeds Bill, 1965-66, (ii) Public Accounts Committee, 1964-65.

Hobbies: Horticulture.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Swimming, sight-seeing and seeing pictures of good quality.

Special interest: Uplift of backward classes.

Sports and clubs: Vice-Captain (1929—31) and Captain (1932) of Ripon Collegiate School Football Team; Member Central Swimming Club, Calcutta 1930—34; Ram Krishnapur Vyam Samiti, Howrah, 1929—36; I.R. Bellilius Physical Culture Institute, Howrah, 1930—35 and Howrah District Sports Club, 1934-35.

Permanent  address: Puranigunj, Monghyr, Bihar.