Mahaveer Prasad

Mahabir Prasad
Mahabir Prasad
	Mahabir Prasad (right) addressing the concluding function of Hindi Divas, in New Delhi on 5 June 2008
Constituency	Bansgaon
Governor of Himachal Pradesh; (Additional charge)
	In office; 23 April 1996 – 25 July 1997
Preceded by	Sheila Kaul
Succeeded by	V. S. Ramadevi
	In office; 18 September 1995 – 16 November 1995
Preceded by	Sudhakarrao Naik
Succeeded by	Sheila Kaul
Governor of Haryana
	In office; 1994 - 1999
Preceded by	Dhanik Lal Mandal
Succeeded by	Babu Parmanand
Personal details
Born	11 November 1939; Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died	29 November 2010 (aged 71); Rajender Nagar, Delhi, India
Political party	INC
Spouse(s)	Late Udasi Devi
Children	Vimla Devi Nirmala Devi
Residence	Gorakhpur
	As of 22 September, 2006; Source:

Mahaveer Prasad (Hindi: महावीर प्रसाद) (11 November 1939 – 28 November 2010) was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress and former Member of Parliament.[1]

Personal Life

Mahavir Prasad was born in Dalit community to Ammar Prasad at Ujjarpur, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.[2]

He did M.A., B.Ed. and LLB, Gorakhpur University and Lucknow University.

Politics

Prasad was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977.

He was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha from Bansgaon comstituency 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.[3]

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.[4]

He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004, and following the election he became Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries, Agro & Rural Industries on 22 May 2004 and Union Cabinet Minister for Small and Village Industries.[5]

Prasad died on 28 November 2010 at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi after a long illness.[6]

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References

Official biography from Parliament of India records Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
Mehra, Ajay K. Party System in India. Lancer Publishers LLC. ISBN 978-1-935501-67-1.
"Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
"Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
"Prasad: Govt firm on promoting khadi". Hindustan Times. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
Former Union minister Mahavir Prasad dies, Press Trust of India, 30 November 2010.

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[Sketch-1] Official biography from Parliament of India records Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] Mehra, Ajay K. Party System in India. Lancer Publishers LLC. ISBN 978-1-935501-67-1.

[3] "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[4] "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[5] "Prasad: Govt firm on promoting khadi". Hindustan Times. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[6] Former Union minister Mahavir Prasad dies, Press Trust of India, 30 November 2010.