Shri Jagdambi Prasad Yadav political profile

Yadav, Shri Jagdambi Prasad Constituency   : Godda (Jharkhand) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Father’s Name Late Shri Rajpati Prasad Yadav Date of Birth 01 Jan 1925 Place of Birth Vill. Ekashitola, Distt. Monghyr (Bihar) Marital Status Married Spouse’s Name Smt. Janaki Devi No. of Sons 3 No.of Daughters 5 Educational Qualifications B.A., B.L., Acharya (Hindi) Educated at R.D. and D.J. College, Monghyr (Bihar), Patna University, Patna, T.N.V. Law College, Bhagalpur (Bihar), and Sanskrit Mahamandal, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) Profession Agriculturist Advocate, Social Worker, Teacher Permanent Address Vill. & Post Ekashitola, P.S. Bariyarpur, Distt. Monghyr-811211 (Bihar) Tel./Fax (06344) 65111 Present Address 4, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi – 110001 (011) 3717911 Positions Held

1962-67 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly

Member, Estimates Committee

1968-74 Member, Rajya Sabha

1968-71 President, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Bihar

1972-77 Vice-President, Executive Committee, Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh

1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha

Member, Public Accounts Committee

1977-79 Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare

1979 Union Minister of State, Industry

1981-84 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) Bihar

1981-88 Member, Executive and Election Committee, B.J.P.

1982 Member, Rajya Sabha (2nd term)

1983-84 Member, Committee on Rules

Member, Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministries of Planning; Finance; External Affairs; Industry; and Law etc.

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture

1984-88 Member, Committee on Official Language

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Railways

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1998-99 Member, Committee on Railways

Member, Committee on Official Language

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Railways

2000-2001 Member, Library Committee

2000 onwards Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

Books Published (i) Bihar State Cooperative Land Development-A Study; (ii) International Cooperative-A Study, a booklet on Family Welfare in South-East Asian Countries; (iii) Parivar Kalyan Anya Deshon Mein; and (iv) Ganga and Bihar Rajya Bhumi Vikas Bank (in Hindi); and writing articles for newspapers and magazines Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Writing, essays and edited handwritten periodicals of agriculture, cooperatives silk; memoirs and articles on criticism; and has also set up a Library Social And Cultural Activities Engaged in the preservation and development of Indian culture and heritge; working for the welfare of Harijans, labour class; contributed towards dissemination of education and participated in cultural seminars; worked as Chairman and Director in the field of Cooperatives Special Interests Reading, writing and making continuous efforts for propagating the use of Hindi in Government offices Favourite Pastime and Recreation Gardening, horticulture, political, social and religous discussions; watching games on television and travelling Sports and Clubs Indoor games Countries Visited Widely travelled; as Union Minister of State for Health; attended International Conference on Health, in former U.S.S.R. wherein draft proposal, Health for All by 2000 A.D. was adopted; participated in Internation Cooperative Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 1969; attended International Conference on Joint Families, Paris Other Information President, (i) Bihar State Sona Chandi Vyavasayak Sangh; (ii) North-East Railways Indian Workers Union; (iii) From Mandal Samiti to Pradesh Samiti of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Bihar State, since its inception; (iv) All India Ministerial Staff Association of Railways, Jamalpur; Chairman, (i) Food Corportation, Bihar, (ii) Bihar State Land Development Bank, 1968 and later on Director of the same Bank; Director, (i) Bihar State Cooperative Bank, 1968; (ii) Bihar State Karya-Vikaraya Sangh, 1968; (iii) Bihar State Warehousing Corporation; (iv) Central Silk Board; (v) Bihar Rajya Sahkarita Sangh Federation; and (vi) Akhil Bharatiya Bhoomi Vikar Bank; Member, (i) Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.) since 1945; (ii) B.J.S., 1951-1977; (iii) National Railway Users Consultative Committee; (iv) Santhal Pahadion Ka Seva Mandal; and (v) National Committee on Celebration of Birth Centenary of Shri Maithili Sharan Gupta; participated in Freedom Struggle during 1942-46; participated in the movement started by Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan and remained in prison for about one year and six months and was also imprisoned several times in 1949; resorted to Satyagraha in support of the demand for lifting ban on R.S.S. and imprisoned for six months; and also imprisoned during Emergency in 1975

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