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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Mahabir Prasad<br />
| image = The Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Shri Mahabir Prasad addressing the concluding function of Hindi Divas, in New Delhi on June 05, 2008.jpg<br />
| caption = Mahabir Prasad (right) addressing the concluding function of Hindi Divas, in New Delhi on 5 June 2008<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|11|11|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gorakhpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = Gorakhpur<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|11|29|1939|11|11|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Rajender Nagar]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| constituency = [[Bansgaon (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Bansgaon]]<br />
| office1 = [[List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh|Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]<br/>{{small|(Additional charge)}}<br />
| term1 = 23 April 1996 – 25 July 1997<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Sheila Kaul]]<br />
| successor1 = [[V. S. Ramadevi]]<br />
| term2 = 18 September 1995 – 16 November 1995<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Sudhakarrao Naik]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Sheila Kaul]]<br />
| office3 = [[List of Governors of Haryana|Governor of Haryana]]<br />
| term3 = 14 Jun 1995 - 18 Jun 2000<ref>https://haryanarajbhavan.gov.in/former-head/shri-mahabir-prasad/</ref><br />
| predecessor3 = [[Dhanik Lal Mandal]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Babu Parmanand]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| spouse = Late Udasi Devi<br />
| children = 2<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 22 September<br />
| year = 2006|<br />
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20071030105327/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2782<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mahaveer Prasad''' ({{langx|hi|महावीर प्रसाद}}) (11 November 1939 – 28 November 2010) was an Indian politician. He stood for the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok Sabha elections]] on the [[Indian National Congress]] ticket and until his death was a Member of Parliament for [[Bansgaon (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Bansgaon]]. He was the [[Ministry of Small Scale Industries (India)|Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries]] and [[Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries (India)|Agro and Rural Industries]].<ref name=Sketch>[http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2782 Official biography from Parliament of India records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030105327/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2782 |date=30 October 2007 }}.</ref><br />
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Prasad was a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from 1974 to 1977. He was elected to the [[7th Lok Sabha]] in 1980 and to the [[8th Lok Sabha]] in 1984. He was Union Deputy Minister of Railways from February 1988 to July 1989 and Minister of State for Mines and Steel in the Department of Mines from July 1989 to December 1989. He was elected to the [[9th Lok Sabha]] in 1989 and served as [[Governor of Haryana]] from 14 June 1994 to 1999. While he was Governor of Haryana, he also served as [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]] from 18 September 1995 to 16 November 1995 and again from 23 April 1996 to 26 July 1997. He was elected to the [[14th Lok Sabha]] in 2004, and following the election he became Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro & Rural Industries on 22 May 2004.<ref name=Sketch/><br />
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Prasad was from Chamar caste of village Ujjarpar, P/O Ujjarpar, Dist Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh.<br />
He was oldest among his brothers, Lt. Prabhunath Prasad and Lt. Chhavilal Prasad. His nephews (brother's sons) are Vijay Kumar, Raj Kumar, Baijnath Kumar who currently live in Gorakhpur and doing well in their career.<br />
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Mahaveer Prasad died on 28 November 2010 at the [[Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)|Sir Ganga Ram Hospital]] in [[Delhi]] after a long illness.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Former-Union-minister-Mahavir-Prasad-dies/717439 Former Union minister Mahavir Prasad dies], Press Trust of India, 30 November 2010.</ref><br />
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[[Category:1939 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Gorakhpur]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 2004–2009]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Cabinet of India]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Governors of Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Governors of Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1980–1984]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1984–1989]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1989–1991]]<br />
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