Sh Mahabir Prasad, Minister(SSI&ARI)

 

Date of Birth :-

11th November, 1939

Place of Birth :-

Village & PO : Ujjarpar, Dist. Gorakhpur, (Uttar Pradesh)

Mother Tongue :-

Hindi

Languages : Spoken & Written :-

     i.      Hindi

    ii.      English

  iii.      Sanskrit

   iv.      Urdu

    v.      Punjabi

   vi.      Bhojpuri

Acadamic Qualification :-

M.A (Geography),   B.Ed., LLB

Professional Experience :-

Taught for 34 years in the Deptt. of Geography, Gandhi Inter College, Mahuapur, Gorakhpur, (U.P)

Political Experience :-

i.      Was a Student Leader for the Congress Party -

       ·     Worked for the upliftment of SC/ST/Minority and Other suppressed community.

       ·     Developed to betterment of basic units of democracy like panchayat.

ii.      1958 : Elected as the Member of the panchayat of Ujjarpar.

iii.     1960 : Elected as Sarpanch of Sadhan Sahkari Samiti of Ujjarpar.

iv.     1962 : Elected as Member of the Gagaha Regional Committee in1962.

v.      1963 :Elected Member of the Gorakhpur District Council and Chairman of Gorakhpur District Social Welfare Council in 1963.

Positions held in public :-

i.      1974 : Elected as M.L.A of Bansgaon (Reserved Constituency)

ii.    1980 : Elected as Member of Lok Sabha from Bansgaon (Reserved Constituency)

iii.   1985 : -do-

iv.    1989 : -do-

v.      Served as member of the public accounts Committee and Parliamentary Estimates Committee.

vi.    1988 to 1989 : Deputy Minister of Railways.

vii.   June 1989 to Dec. 1989 : Minister of State of Mines.

viii.  14th June, 1995 : Appointed as Governor of Haryana.

ix.   18th Dec. to 16 Nov. 1995 :
Held additional charges of Himachal Pradesh as Governor durig the period 18th Sept. to 16th Nov. 1995 and 23rd April 1996 to 26th July, 1997.

x.     2004 : Elected as Member of Lok Sabha from Bansgaon.

xi.    May, 2004 : Appointed Union Cabinet Minister for Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries.

Other Interests :-

i.      Gardening

ii.      Agriculture.

iii.     Studying.

iv.     Touring.

 v.      Public Services.

Other Additional Information :-

Interested in :-

 i.      Empowerment of Women

ii.     Spreading the ancient cultural heritage of our country.

iii.    Promotion of national Language Hindi to place it to its proper position.

iv.    Planting trees to have clean environment.

v.     Removing illiteracy.

vi.    Population control.