Shri Khemchandbhai Chavda

CHAVDA, SHRI KHEMCHANDBHAI, B.Sc., [Janata Dal—Gujarat, Patan (SC), 1989]:  s. of Somabhai; b. at Dhinoj, Mehsana District, Gujarat, October 4, 1919; ed. at Baroda College (Bombay University), Bombay, studied LL.B. in law College, Ahmedabad; m. Hiraben Chavda, May, 1946, 4 s. and 3 d.; Political and Social Worker, Journalist, Trade Unionist, Writer, Agriculturist; participated in freedom struggle;

Previous Association with Political Parties:  Secy. CPP (O), 1971-77; Deputy Chief Whip, Janata Parliamentary Party, 1977-79; Vice-President, JP, Gujarat, 1983; Dy. Leader, National Front in Parliament, January—September 1990;

Previous Membership:  Fifth Lok Sabha, August 1971-77, Sixth Lok Sabha, 1977-79; Rajya Sabha, August 1960-March 1971; Legislative Assembly, erstwhile Bombay State, 1952-57;

Committee Experience:  Member, Public Accounts Committee, Bombay Legislative Assembly; Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Estimates Committee, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Committee on Official Language; Member, General Purposes Committee, May 29, 1990 and Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals, 1990; Chairman, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament, March 12, 1990;

Favourite Pastime and Recreation:  Reading, travelling;

Publications:  Constitutional Privileges for Scheduled Castes and Tribes: Origin and Implementation (Gujarati); Morarji Desai: Former Prime Minister; on Disarmament, Peace & Prosperity (English); Publisher, Owner and Editor, Tankar (a fortnightly in Gujarati) and Abhyuday (a weekly in Gujarati).

Delegation to Foreign Countries:  Delegate to Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference, Delhi, 1955, World Peace Conference, Helsinki, Conference of People for World Peace, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1980 and to UN General Assembly, New York, September to December 1978;

Travels Abroad:  Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Lapland, Malaysia, Singapore, U.K., U.S.A., U.S.S.R.;

Sports and Clubs:  Teacher, Rajpur Gymnasium;

Social Activities:  Welfare of SCs; President, Mehsana Prant Antyaj Yuvak Mandal, 1947-51;

Other Information:  Vikas Mandir run by Textile Labour Association and established by Mahatma Gandhi as a part of National Movement during 1938-42; as a Dasta Nayak of Seva Dal Participated in the Haripura Congress Session, 1938, under the Presidentship of Subhash Chandra Bose;

Permanent Address:  Taluka Chanasma, District Meshana, Gujarat.