Haryana Vidhan Sabha WHO’S WHO 1977 Publication Branch Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat, Chandigarh Preface This publication of the "Who's Who" containing the life sketches of the Members of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha elected in the General Elections held in June, 1977, bye-election in February, 1978 (from Badli) and bye- election in April 1979 (from Narnual) has been brought out on the basis of information received from them. Any suggestion regarding improvement in this publication will be gratefully received by the Secretariat. Chandigarh Raj Krishan July, 1979 Secretary HARYANA VIDHAN SABHA Speaker Col. Rao Ram Singh Deputy Speaker Kanwar Vijay Pal Singh Secretary Shri Raj Krishan, M.A., LL.B. COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Shri Devi Lal, Chief Minister. Shri Mangal Sein, Industries Minister. Shri Ran Singh, Agriculture Minister. Shri Mool Chand Jain, Finance Minister. Shri Verander Singh. Irrigation & Power Minister. Shri Bhajan Lal, Cooperation & Dairy Development Minister. Shri Prit Singh, Revenue Minister. Shri Bir Singh, Development Minister. Shri Lachhman Singh, Public Works Minister. Shrimati Kamla Verma, Health & Printing & Stationery Minister. Shri Ram Lal Wadhwa, Local Government Minister. Shri Hira Nand, Education Minister. Shri Mehar Singh Rathi, Jails Cultural Affairs Minister. Shri Sher Singh, Excise & Taxation Minister. Shri Gajraj Bahadur Nagar, Food & Supplies Minister. Shri Surinder Singh, Chief Parliamentary Secretary. LIST OF IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS A.I.C.C. : All India Congress Committee B. Born. BIS. Bhartiya Jan Sangh B.KO. Brick Kiln Owners BID. : Bhartiya Lok Dal D.IR : Defence of India Rule D.c.c. : District Congress Committee E.S.I. Employees State Insurance H.S.E.B. : Haryana State Electricity Board i.s.c.u.s. : Indo Soviet Cultural Society M.I.S.A.. Maintenance of Internal Security Act M.L.A. : Member Legislative Assembly M.P. Member Parliament N.C.C. National Cadet Corps NIT. New Industrial Town N.S.C.I. National Sports Club of India N.W.F.P. Northwestern Frontier Provinces O.T.C. ; Officers Training Camp P.L.M.B. Primary Land Mortgage Bank P.P.C.C. Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee R.S.S. Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh S.C. : Scheduled. Castes S.V.D. Sanyukt Vidhayak Dal U.K. : United. Kingdom U.S.A. ; United States of America U.S.S.R. ; Union of Soviet Socialist Republic Shri Harcharan Singh Brar, Governor Chaudhri Devi Lal, Chief Minister Col. Rao Ram Singh, Speaker Kanwar Vijay Pal Singh, Deputy Speaker Biographical Sketches AGNIVESH, SWAMI (Janata) 26—Pundri—1977 Disciple of Swami Dayanand; B. at Shakti, Distt. Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh on 21st September, 1939; Unmarried; Sanyasi. Id. and place of Ed. : M.Com., LL.B.; Matric from Shakti, Distt. Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh and all other education from Calcutta. Languages known : Telgu, Hindi, Bengali, English and French. Present Profession : Public service Social activities : To organise and Publicity of Arya Samaj; Publication and Editing of Raj Dharam Weekly; Serving Haryana Education Board. Hobbies : To read books on new Socio-economic setup; to participate in seminars. Offices held in various organisations : President, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab; Chancellor, Gurukul Kangri University; Chairman, Haryana School Education Board. Conferences attended : Hundreds. Favourite Subjects : To organise the exploited and to fight against injustice. Other information : Pure Vegetarian. Publications : "Vedic Samajvad" and wrote hundreds of other articles. Foreign Travels : Thailand and Singapur. Permanent Address : None. (Voting results at the Election) Total number of electors 62,112 Shri Agnivesh 24,256 Shri Ant Ram 7,546 Shri Sultan Singh 2,831 Shri Brij Lal 2,729 Shri Balbir Singh 2,633 Shri Bhim 317 Shri Mam Chand Persana 316 Shri Ramesh Chander 193 Shri Mamu Ram 144 Shri Chhaju 89 Shri Multan Singh 76 Shri Shri Chand 69 Shri Mam Chand 15 AYODHYA PRASHAD, SATHI (Janata) 90—Narnaul—1977 Son of Shri Meena Ram; B. at Narnaul, Jaistha shudi 8, S. 1978; Married, Widower; 1 son. Ed. and place of Ed. : Narnaul. Languages known : Hindi, Urdu, (some knowledge of English). Present profession : Public Service. Social activities : Interest in backward classes. Hobbies : Continuous fight against economic, political and social disparity. Recreations and entertainments : To love all the Chilldren. Offices held in various organisations : President and Secretary of Socialist party, Prajamandal for many terms. Conferences attended : Participated in Janvani Divas and annual party conference. Favourite subject : Politics. Other information : Remained in jail for nine years during the period from 1942 to 1977 and 45 cases were registered against him in that period. Always remained in opposition. Permanent address : Mohalla Frashkhana, Narnaul, Distt. Mahendragarh. (Voting results at the Election) Total number of electors 74,495 Shri Ayodhya Prashad 20,784 Shri Attar Singh 9,375 Shri Pusa Ram 6,574 Shri Nihal Singh 6,298 Shri Onkar 1,633 Shri Atam Parkash 484 Shri Dharam Pal 476 Shri Kurgha 343 Shri Ram Kishore 139 Shri Hari Das 80 Shri Jaswant 30 ADITYA VESH, SWAMI (Janata) 56—Hathin—1977 Disciple of Swami Dayanand Saraswati; B. in India on 1st January, 1942; Unmarried. Ed. and place of Ed. : M.A. (Economics), Allahabad. Languages known : Hindi, English, Sanskrit (Bangla-Urdu). Present profession : Political work. Social activities : To propagate and work for prohibition, Teachers movement, Electricity employees movement; Kisan movement; Labour movement? Total revolution movement; Arya samaj and flood relief movement and against the groupism. To prepare public opinion for Bangla Desh. Hobbies : To struggle against injustice. Recreations and entertainments : Hard labour; to hear the public grievances and try to remove them. Sports and clubs : To practise Yoga. Offices held in various organisations : Vice-President, All India Arya Sabha; President of Sarvdeshik Arya Parvak Parishad, Distt. Gurgaon; President Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Haryana (for some time); Librarian, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab; Convener, Jan Sangharsh Samiti, Distt. Gurgaon. Conferences attended : Kisan conference, labour conference; Arya Sammelan; prohibition conference; Hindi Sammelan; Arya Rashtariya Sammelan; Bangla Desh Sammelan; Goraksha Sammelan; different political conferences at different times; economic conference. Favourite Subjects : Economics, Political Services, Veda, Philosophy of Upnishads, History, Geography, Biographies of greatmen, History of movements & History of political revolutions. Other information : Complete vegetarian; Makes efforts to solve the population problems and to remove the economic disparity. Inclination to lead a simple life. Permanent address : Office of Janata Party, G.T. Road, Palwal, Distt. Gurgaon. (Voting results at the Election) Total number of electors 66,372 Shri Adityavesh 15,182 Shri Chatt Mall 5,665 Shri Prabhu Dayal Mittal 5,107 Shri Bashir 4,751 Shri Hem Raj 3,744 Shri Rajender Singh 2,358 Shri Net Ram 1,985 Shri Dal Singh 1,794 Shri Roop Chand 1,242 Shri Mohammad Lakdhir 828 Shri Parma Nand Verma 184 Shri Udey Singh Rawat 97 Shri Shamsuddin 96 INDERJIT SINGH, SHRI (Vishal Haryana) 87—Jatusana—1977 Son of Rao Birender Singh : B. at village Ram-pura, Rewari on February 11, 1950; Married. Ed. and place of Ed. : B.A. (Hons.) LL.B. Lawrence School, Sanawar and Hindu College (Delhi University). Languages known : English, Hindi. Present profession : Advocate. Hobbies : Hiking and Fishing. Recreations and entertainments : Reading Sports : Tennis. Foreign travels : All Europe except a few Communist Block Countries. Other information : Non-vegetarian. Permanent address : Rampura, Rewari, Distt., Mahendargarh, Haryana. (Voting results at the Elections) Total, number of electors 81,681 Shri Inder Jit Singh 19,799 Shri Raj Singh 14,500 Shri Maha Singh 7,100 Shri Bansi Dhar 3,445 Shri Mata Din 3,099 Shrimati Kamla Yadav 628 Shrimati Champa Devi alias 541 Chamba Yadav Shri Satyawan 523 Shri Banwari 446 ISHWAR SINGH, SHRI (Janata) 24—Guhla (S.C.)—1977 Son of Chaudhri Singh Ram; B. at Village Jadaula on April 10, 1950; Married Shrimati Sona Devi; 2 sons and 1 daughter. Ed. and place of Ed. : J.B.T. Matric; Pehowa and Jadaula. Languages known : Hindi, English and Punjabi. Present profession : Agriculture. Social activities : Rural uplift and Welfare of Backward Classes. Hobbies : Lecture and Songs. Recreations and entertainments : Social, Cultural Programmes and Reading of religious books. Sports and clubs : Volley Ball. Offices held in various organisations : District General Secretary Scheduled Castes Welfare Associations; President, Dr. Ambedkar Sabha; Secretary, Shri Guru Ravi Dass Sabha. Conferences attended: Harijan Conference; Teachers Conference and Backward Classes Conference. Favourite Subjects : Social Study. Other information : Vegetarian. Permanent address : Village Jadaula, Tehsil Kaithal, Distt; Kuruksbetra. (Voting results at the Election.) Total number of electors 63,480 Shri Ishwar Singh 20,824 Shri Sant Ram 5,057 Shri Jaga Ram 3,345 Shri Gulzar Singh 2,534 Shri Vijay Kumar 1,536 ShriAmrit 1,089 Shri Raj Kumar alias Ram Kumar 537 Shri Garibu 510 Shri Bhim 508 UDE SINGH DALAL, CHAUDHRI (Janata) 36—Badli—1978 Son of Chaudhri Chandgi Ram; B. at Village Mandothi on 16-8-28; Married Shrimati Nand Kaur; 2 sons and 1 daughter, Ed. and place of Ed. : 9th Class pass; Mandothi and Sampla. Languages known : Urdu, English and Punjabi. Present profession : Agriculture and business. Social activities : Worked actively in the Social and Educational Institutions from