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{{Short description|Indian politician (1901–1984)}}
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'''Mangru Ganu Uikey''' (5 November 1901 – 5 May 1984) was an Indian politician and Social worker, who devoted his entire life working for the upliftment and welfare of tribal people. He served as a Member of [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th [[Lok Sabha]] of the Govt of India. He was awarded with the honour of "[[Padma Shri Awards (1960-1969)|Padma Shri]]" in 1969 by the Government of India for his outstanding contribution in the field of social work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1083.htm|title=Lok Sabha Member's Bioprofile|access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>

== Early life and family ==
Mangru Ganu Uikey was born at Village Wadhona, District. [[Chandrapur district|Chanda]] Fort, [[Madhya Pradesh]]. He was the son of Shri Ganu Uikey. He spent his growing up years and completed his formal education at villages Wadhona and Bramhpuri (District Chanda).

He worked in Bengal Nagpur Railway from 1918 to 1943 as a Booking Clerk and Goods Clerk. He was married to Smt. Janakibai, and had three daughters and four sons. He later maintained his permanent residence at [[Nainpur]], District. [[Mandla district|Mandla]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].

== Social work ==
Mangru Ganu Uikey was known to be the voice of the tribals, a determined social activist and an eminent political leader.

He served as the Secretary of (i) Akhil Gondwana Gond Mahasabha for ten years from 1934 to 1944 and (ii) Akhil Bharatiya Gond Mahasabha for sixteen years from 1934 to 1950.

He founded an Orphanage and several primary schools in [[Mandla district|Mandla]] and [[Chhindwara district|Chhindwara]] in 1944. He worked for economic upliftment of Adimjati in Balaghat in 1946 and started several primary schools and banks.

He organised a Tribal Summit & Fest – "Provincial Adimjati Mahasabha Vanjati Anandotsava" at [[Nainpur]] District. Mandla in 1950 and six sessions of Akhil Bhartiya Gond Mahasabha.

He was the Founder and Director of a monthly magazine - "Sachitra Adimjati Sevak".

== Political career ==
He belonged to [[Indian National Congress]]. In the [[1951 Indian general election|1951 election]] he was elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from the [[Mandla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mandla Lok Sabha]] constituency of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Madhya Pradesh]].

Member of Parliament - (i) [[1st Lok Sabha|First Lok Sabha]], 1952-57 (ii) [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second Lok Sabha]], 1957–62, (iii) [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third Lok Sabha]], 1962–67, (iv) [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth Lok Sabha]], 1967-70 and (v) [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth Lok Sabha]], 1971–77.

Member – (i) Parliamentary Consultative Committee, [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], 1952–67 and (ii) Estimates Committee, 1959–61.

== Administrative work ==
President, (i) South Eastern Railwaymen's Congress, Nainpur Branch since 1953, (ii) South Eastern Railway Ministerial Staff Association, Nainpur Branch since 1954;

Member, (i) Madhya Pradesh Tribal Advisory Council since 1950, (ii) All India Tribal Advisory Board and Scholarship Board, 1956–60, (iii) Adivasi Vikas Niti Nirdharan Ayog, M.P. State since 1968, (iv) Goodwill Team, Bastar, 1961, (v) Western Railway Zonal Consultative Committee, 1967, (vi) Food Situation Study Team, Bengal, (vii) Agricultural Labour Minimum Daily Wages Committee, Madhya Pradesh;

== Awards ==
Awards - Recipient of Award of "[[Padma Shri Awards (1960-1969)|Padma Shri]]" in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Publications ==
Publications - Report on the working of Akhil Gond Mahasabha from 1935 to 1945.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1083.htm Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile] [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sahba]] ([[Parliament of India]]).
* [http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html Lok Sabha Results 1951-52]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102132934/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok01/party/01ls01.htm Members of First Lok Sabha]
* [http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html Lok Sabha Results 1957]
* [http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html Lok Sabha Results 1962]
* [http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1967-election-results.html Lok Sabha Results 1967]
* [http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1971-election-results.html Lok Sabha Results 1971]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf Padma Awards Directory 1954-2014] [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] (India).

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