Shri Chiranji Lal Sharma

[Cong. (I) – Karnal (Haryana)]

Place of Birth

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Children

Educational Qualifications

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Permanent Address

Present Address

Positions held

1962-67

1962-64

1962-67

1965-67

1972-77

1980-85

1984

1989

1 May, 1990

1990

1991

Other Positions held

Literary, Artistic
and Scientific Accomplishments

Social and Cultural Activities

Special Interests

Sports and clubs

Countries visited

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Ahulana in Distt. Sonepat (Haryana)

Married on 26th May, 1946

Smt. Sharda Rani

Three sons and three daughters

B.A., (Hons.) English, LL.B.

Educated at Hindu College, Delhi and Law College, Delhi, Distinguished as an elocutionist and a good orator

Lawyer, Teacher and Educationist, Political and Social Worker

(Practised law from 1949 and is a leading Criminal Lawyer of repute)

Mission Road, Sonepat (Haryana). Tel. 2741

15, Balwant Rai Mehla Lane, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3782411

Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly

Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Punjab Legislative Assembly

Member, Committee on Prohibition, Punjab Legislative Assembly

Secretary, Opposition Party, Punjab Legislative Assembly

Member, Consultative Committee on Police Deptt. and Public Prosecutions

Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances, Punjab Legislative Assembly

Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly

Cabinet Minister, Haryana [Minister for Revenue, P.W.D. (B&R) Technical Education and also Education Ministry]

Elected 10 Lok Sabha (Seventh)

Chairman, First Sub-Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Languages

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)

Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

Member, Public Accounts Committee

Member, Railway Convention Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Railway Ministry

Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the third time

Member, Estimates Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time

Chairman, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

President, D.C.C., Sonepat (Haryana) for 10 years;

Senior Vice-President, P.C.C., Haryana for 10 years

Translated the Punjab Gram Panchayat Act in 1949 (from English to Urdu); Contributed articles in Magazines

Implementation of 20 point-programme for the welfare of landless, Harijans and Backward classes in Haryana,promotion of educational institutions; President, Janata High School, Ganaur, District Sonepat; President, GaurBrahman School and Colleges, Rohtak; Member, Management Body CRA College, Sonepat for 17 years, Member of the Managing Committee of Goswami Ganesh Dutt College, Chandigarh

Welfare of Harijans and the downtrodden

Football and volleyball

Widely travelled; As Chairman of the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Official Language visited Austria, Egypt, France, Kuwait, Switzerland, U.K., U.S.S.R. and West Germany, September-October, 1980; Also visited U.S.A. and Canada in 1985

Member, State Transport Authority, Punjab 1962-64,

Member, State Citizens Council, Punjab 1962-67.