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DIGAMBER SINGH, CHAUDHARI [Janata (S)—Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, 1980] s. of Shri Chhatar Singh; b. at Kursanda Village, Mathura District, June 9; 1913; ed. at Dharam Samaj High School, Aligarh; matric; m. (i) Smt. Saubhagyawati, 1922 and (ii) Smt. Chandra Kanta, 1952; 2 s. and 5 d.; Agriculturist; previously associated with the Socialist Party, Congress, and Bharatiya Kranti Dal; during the Freedom Movement went to jail in 1941 and 1942; President, D.C.C., Mathura, 1958; Member, A.I.C.C., 1946-18; General Secretary, District Socialist Party, 1948-51: Founder Par-Sevak Party, Kursanda; Member, (i) Dev Sasmaj, Lahore, 1935, (ii) Spiritual Society, Bombay, 1940, (iii) jat Pat Torak Mandal, Lahore, 1935; Vice President, U.P. Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow, 1956, and its Working President, 1957; Chairman and Managing Director, District Co-operative Bank, Mathura, 1954-76: Member, (i) First Lok Sabha, 1952-57, (ii) Third Lok Sabha, 1962-67 and (iii) Fourth Lok Sabha, 1970; presently Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament.
Favourite pastime and recreation: Playing Chess and Touring.
Special interests: Reading, Philosophy.
Publications: ‘Raja Mahendra Pratap Abhinandan Granth’.
Permanent address: (i) Kursanda Village, Mathura District, Uttar Pradesh, (ii) Bhagat Singh Park, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
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