Shri Rajnath Sonkar Shastri

Name of Member: Shri Rajnath Sonkar Shastri

Political Party: Janata Dal

Constituency & State: Saidpur-SC (Uttar Pradesh)

Lok Sabha Experience: 7,10

Tenth Lok Sabha

Members BioprofileSONKAR SHASTRI, SHRI RAJNATH

[JD – Saidpur-SC (Uttar Pradesh)]

Father’s NameDate of Birth

Place of Birth

Marital Status

Spouse’s Name

Children

Educational Qualifications

Profession

Permanent Address

Present Address

Positions held

1958-62

1960-65

1962-69

1964-70

1972-76 & 1979-85 and 1985 onwards

1980-84

1985-88

1988

1989

1989-91

1991

Books published

Social and Cultural Activities

Special Interests

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Shri Shivlal Sonkar9th January, 1939

Chandpur Industrial Estate, G.T. Road in Distt. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Married on 19th April, 1956

Smt. Meena Sonkar

Three sons and one daugther

B.A., (Shastri), M.A., (Soc.)

Educated at Jaiswal Inter College, Shri Kashi Vidyapeeth University, Varanasi

Commission Agent for seeds, vegetables and fruits; Journalist, Writer, Political and Social Worker

Sonkar Niwas, Chandpur, G.T. Road, Industrial Estate, P.S. Manduwadeeh, Distt. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). Tel. 55001

118, North Avenue, New Delhi- 110001. Tel. 3792667

President, Nav Yuvak Sangha, Uttar Pradesh

President, Kashi Sahitya Parishad, Uttar Pradesh

Gram Pradhan, Chandpur Gram Sabha, Uttar Pradesh

President, Zila Pichhra Varg Sangh, Uttar Pradesh

President, Pradeshik Minorities, Harijan and Backward Classes Organisation, Uttar Pradesh

Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)

Member, Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Shiksha Salahkar Samiti, Vishwa-Bharti Amendment Bill Samiti and Hindi Salahkar Samiti

General Secretary, National Samta Party

Senior Vice-President, Lok Dal (A), Uttar Pradesh

President, Janata Dal (SC/ST Cell); Member, State Legislature Board, Uttar Pradesh

Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)

Published forty four social novels; some of them are ‘Ansu Aur Zindagi’., Bhoole Rahi;, ‘Naye Raste;, ‘Sooni Dal ke Ghonsale, ‘Bandhan Jab Tut Gaye’, ‘Ek Ghat Ek Pather’ and on Indian Caste System

Film Producer of ‘Dulhan Hee Dahej’, ‘Sheeshe Ki Deewar’, TV film on Godan (Munshi Premchand) and Dr. Ambedkar (in the making)

Literature and film making

Literature writing, Indian games, film making and writing.

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