| Office | Member of Parliament, 6th Lok Sabha and a member of Rajya Sabha
|
|---|---|
| Office | MLA, 5th Assembly |
| Office | MLA, 4th Assembly
|
| Term start | Mar 1977 |
| Term end | Aug 1979 |
| Predecessor | Ram Krishna Sinha |
| Successor | Jai Ram Varma
|
| Constituency | Faizabad
|
| Born | 1924-04-01 (age 102) |
| Born | village Chandwara, Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Died | 7 January 2015 |
| Place of death | Barabanki |
| Nationality | Indian
|
| Political party | Janata Party,
Samajwadi Party(Founder) |
| Spouse | Savitri |
| Children | Rachna jaiswal |
| Alma mater | Government Inter College, Faizabad
|
Anantram Jaiswal (1924-2015) was an Indian politician and was Member of Parliament of India. He was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha and was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Jaiswal represented the Faizabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Janata Party political party.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Anantram Jaiswal was born in village Chandwara, Barabanki in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He attended the Government Inter College in the city of Faizabad and subsequently attained BA & LL.B degrees Jaiswal worked as an advocate prior to joining politics.[1]
Political career
Anantram Jaiswal entered active politics in the 1950s. Although he was a member of the Janata Party, he was previously associated with three other political parties; viz Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party and Bharatiya Lok Dal. Whilst with Samyukta Socialist Party, he became a member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms and was also Leader of Samyukta Socialist Party in the Assembly from 1969 to 1974. Jaiswal joined the Janata Party in the mid 1970s. Jaiswal was a most senior leader of Janata Party and also was a Uttar Pradesh State President of Janata Party
Jaiswal held several key posts and was also a Minister & State President in the Government of Uttar Pradesh, He had represented many leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav.[1][3][4]
Imprisonment
Between the 1960s–1970s, Jaiswal was imprisoned five times on various counts. Some grounds of imprisonment were participating in campaigns for removal of statues of British rulers, price rise, for grant of fair wages and clearness allowance to the government servants and teachers, for redistribution of land to the landless etc. In 1975, he was also detained for 19 months for Maintenance of Internal Security Act.[1]
Posts held
| # | From | To | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1967 | 1968 | Member, 04th Assembly of U.P. |
| 02 | 1967 | 1967 | Education Minister Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| 03 | 1969 | 1974 | Member, 05th Assembly of U.P. |
| 04 | 1970 | 1970 | Minister of Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| 06 | 1977 | 1979 | Member, 06th Lok Sabha |
| 07 | 1977 | 1979 | Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
| 08 | 1980 | 1983 | Director of AIIMS Delhi |
| 09 | 1989 | 1995 | Member of Rajya Sabha |
See also
- 6th Lok Sabha
- Government of India
- Lok Sabha
- Parliament of India
- Politics of India
- Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Janata Party
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Member Profile.
- ↑ Election Results 1977. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Members of 6th Lok Sabha.
- ↑ Earlier Lok Sabha. Retrieved 14 January 2014.