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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Mahendra Prasad<br />
|image = Newly elected Rajya Sabha MP, Dr. Mahendra Prasad taking oath of Office at Parliament House in New Delhi on April 3, 2006.jpg<br />
| caption = Prasad in 2006<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1940|1|8}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|12|27|1940|1|8}}<br />
| death_place = [[Delhi]], India<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Bihar]]<br />
| term_start = May 1985<br />
| term_end = December 2021<br />
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]]<br />
| birth_place = Govindpur, [[Jehanabad district]], [[Bihar]], British India<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mahendra Prasad''' (8 January 1940 – 27 December 2021) was an Indian politician from [[Janata Dal (United)]] party, a Member of the [[Parliament of India]] representing [[Bihar]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge25AAAAIAAJ&q=8+January+1940|title=Who's who in Asian and Australasian Politics|date=1991|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-593-3|pages=186|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sabha|first=India Parliament Rajya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQl9fBeDCjwC&q=+8+January+1940|title=Who's who|date=2012|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat|pages=252|language=en}}</ref> He was the richest Indian MP.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=25 March 2018|title=The reclusive pharma billionaire & globetrotter who has never lost a Rajya Sabha poll|url=https://theprint.in/politics/the-reclusive-pharma-billionaire-globetrotter-who-has-never-lost-a-rajya-sabha-seat/44445/|access-date=27 December 2021|work=[[ThePrint]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Prasad also owned two pharmaceutical companies, Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd. He died at [[Apollo Hospital, Indraprastha|Apollo Hospital]] in [[Delhi]] on 27 December 2021, at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 December 2021|title=JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Prasad passes away at 81|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/jdu-rajya-sabha-mp-mahendra-prasad-passes-away-81-1503033615.html|access-date=27 December 2021|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Prasad was born at Govindpur village in the modern Indian state of [[Bihar]]. He has a wife, Satula Devi and has 3 sons Rajv sharma, Ranjit Sharma and late. Devinder .<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=27 December 2021|title=King Mahendra: The medicine baron who became JDU's longest-serving RS MP|language=en|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/mahendra-prasad-death-jdu-bihar-7692785/|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Prasad moved out of his home at the age of 24. He did the work of a teacher in a school. He started his political career in 1980 when he was elected to Lok Sabha on a congress ticket. He was a seven term MP from Bihar who was also once elected to Lok Sabha. He also owned three pharmaceutical companies named Aristo Pharmaceuticals Aristo Laboratories and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070810161849/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=212 Profile on Rajya Sabha website]<br />
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[[Category:1940 births]]<br />
[[Category:2021 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Businesspeople from Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]]<br />
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