V VADUTHALA, SHRI T. K. C. : Bachelor of Oriental Languages, Prabodh (Hindi ) ; Congress (I ) (Kerala ) ; s . of Shri Kandan ; b. December 23, 1921; m. Shrimati Janaky Vaduthala, 3 s. and 3 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1986 to 1-7-1988; Author of a number of novels , short story books , essays and life sketches ; Died . Obit. on 27-7-1988. VAGHELA, SHRI SHANKER SINH : M.A. (Economics), Rashtra Bhasha Hindi Parichaya; B.J.P. (Gujarat); s. of Shri Laxman Sinh Vaghela, b. July 21, 1940; m. Shrimati Gulab Kunwarba, 3 s.; Member, (i) Lok Sabha, 1977-79 and (ii) Rajya Sabha, 10-4-1984 to 27-11-1989; General Secretary, (i) Jana Sangh Gujarat, 1971- 77 and (ii) B.J.P. Gujarat, 1980. Per. Add . : 23, Vithal Park Society, Mehsana (Gujarat). VAHADANE, SHRI SURYABHAN PATIL : S.S.C.; B.J.P. (Maharashtra); s. of Shri Raghunath Narayan Vahadane; b. March 5, 1930; m. Shrimati Susheela Suryabhan Vahadane, 3 s. and 1 d.; Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council, 1982-94; Deputy Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Council, 1988-94; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1996 to 2-4-2002; Vice-President/President, Maharashtra B.J.P., 1994. Per. Add . : At & P.O . Kopargaon , District Ahmed Nagar (Maharashtra). VAIDYA, SHRI KANHAIYALAL D.: Congress (Madhya Bharat now Madhya Pradesh); s. of Shri Doulatram Vaidya; b. 1908; m. Shrimati Rupkunwar Bai Vaidya, 1 s. and 4 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1952 to 2-4-1956; Died. Obit. on 18-12-1974. VAISHAMPAYEN, SHRI S. K. : M. Sc. (Physics); Congress (I) (Maharashtra); s. of Shri Krishenrao M. Vaishampayen; b. May 14, 1916; m. Shrimati Pratibha S. Vaishampayen, 1 s. and 2 d.; Member, (i) Maharashtra Legislative Council, 1970-76 and (ii) Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1964 to 2-4-1970 and 3-4-1976 to 24-8-1981; Died. Obit. on 25-8-1981. VAJPAYEE, SHRI ATAL BIHARI : M.A.; B.J.P. (Madhya Pradesh); s. of Pandit Krishna Bihari Vajpayee; b. December 25, 1926; Bachelor; Member, Lok Sabha , 1957 - 62 , 1967 - 84 , 1991 - 96 , 1996 - 97 , 1998-99 and 1999 till date; Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Lok Sabha, 1969-70; Union Minister of External Affairs, 1977-79; Prime Minister of India, 1999 till date; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1962 to 25-2-1967 and 30-6-1986 to 17-6-1991; Chairman, (i) Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha, 1966-67 and (ii) Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha, 1990-91; President, B.J.P., 1980-86; Author of books containing collection of speeches and poems. Per. Add. : ‘Shinde Ki Chhawni’, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh). VALIULLA, SHRI MOHAMED : B.A., LL.B.; Congress (Mysore now Karnataka); s. of Shri Mohamed Ibrahim Saheb; b. 1899; m. Shrimati Habebunnisa Begum, 1 s. and 2 d; Member, (i) Mysore Constituent Assembly, 1948-50, (ii) Mysore Legislative Assembly, 1950-52 and (iii) Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1952 to 2-4-1958 and 3-4-1958 to 17-12-1960; Died. Obit. on 19-12-1960. VALIULLAH , SHRI RAOOF : M .A . , Sahitya Sudhakar ; Congress (I) (Gujarat); s. of Shri Mohamed Bhai; b. January 14, 1945; m. Shrimati Vijaya; Member, Rajya Sabha, 10-4-1984 to 9-4-1990; Died. Obit. on 24-11-1992. VALLABHARAO, SHRI JAYANTHY VENKETACHELA KAMESWARA : M.A.; Communist Party (Andhra Pradesh); s. of Shri Jaganatharao; b. December 9, 1919; m. Dr. J.V. Lakshmi, 1 s.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1954 to 2-4-1960; Died. Obit. on 4-5- 1993. VANGA GEETHA, SHRIMATI : B.A., LL.B., M.A. (Politics), M.A. (Public Administration), LL.M.; T.D. (Andhra Pradesh); d. of Shri P.V.S. Prakasa Rao; b. March 1, 1964; m. Shri Vanga Kasi Viswanath, 1 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4- 2000 till date; Whip, Telugu Desam Party, Rajya Sabha, December, 2002 onwards; Vice-President, State Telugu Desam Party, 1997 onwards. Per. Add. : D. No. 12-1-29, Suryarao Peta, Kakinada, District East Godavari- 533003 (Andhra Pradesh). VARADARAJ, SHRI G. : A.I.A.D.M.K. (Tamil Nadu); s. of Shri P.S.C. Ganga Naidu; b. November 1, 1936; m. Shrimati Srivalli, 2 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 25-7-1983 to 24-7-1989; Died. Obit. on 27-12-1990. VARIAVA, DR. DARA HORMUSJI : F.C.P.S., M.B.B.S.; Congress (Bombay, now Maharashtra); s. of Shri Hormusji Furdoonji Variava; b. July 5, 1897; m. Shrimati Piloo Navroji Kalyanvala, 1 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1952 to 2-4-1954 and 3- 4-1954 to 2-4-1960; Died. Obit. on 25-8-1961. VARMA, SHRI B. B. : Bar -at-Law; Congress (Bihar); s. of Shri Adeya Prasad Varma; b. February 26, 189 2; Married, 3 d.; Member, (i) Central Legislative Assembly, 1934-39 and 1946-47, (ii) Provisional Parliament, 1950-52 (iii) Lok Sabha, 1952-57 and 1957-61 and (iv) Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1962 to 2-4-1968; General Secretary, Bihar Provincial Congress Committee , 1 9 3 7 - 3 9 ; Died . Obit . on 30- 4-1974. VARMA, SHRI BHAGWATI CHARAN : B.A., LL.B.; (Nominated); s. of Shri Devi Charan; b. August 30, 1903; m. Shrimati Nandita Varma, 4 s. and 1 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 14-4-1978 to 5-10-1981; Author of number of novels , plays , poems etc . ; Died . Obit . on 23-11-1981. VARMA, SHRI C. L. : Congress (Himachal Pradesh); s. of Thakur Hari Dass; b. 1910; m. Shrimati Salo Devi, 4 s. and 1 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1952 to 2-4- 1958 and 3-4-1964 to 2-4-1970; Died. Obit. on 19-2-1973. VARMA, SHRI MAHADEO PRASAD : M.A., B.T.; Janata Party (Uttar Pradesh); s. of Choudhry Rajpal; b. May 10, 1906; m. Shrimati Sundri Devi, 3 s.; Member, (i) Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1962-67 and (ii) Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1974 to 2-4-1980; Working President, BKD Uttar Pradesh; Author of “Hamara Sandesh Kya” in Hindi; Died. Obit. on 3-6-1991. VARMA, SHRI MAN SINGH : B.A., Sahitya Ratna, T. Dip.; Jana Sangh (Uttar Pradesh); s. of Shri Dal Chand Sadh; b. February 10, 1912; m. Shrimati Savitri Devi Varma, 5 s. and 2 d.; Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh, 1967-68; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1968 to 2-4-1974; Joint Secretary/Secretary/Vice-President, Jana Sangh, Uttar Pradesh, 1952-56 and 1972-73. Per. Add . : Prem Niwas, F/3, Jawahar Quarters, Civil Lines, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh). VARMA, SHRIMATI NARYANI DEVI : Congress (Rajasthan); d. of Shri Ram Sahai Bhatnagar; b. 1902; m. Shri Manakya Lal Verma, 1 s. and 5 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1970 to 2-4-1976; Died. Obit. on 28-3-1977. VARMA, SHRI NIRANJAN : B .A . , LL .B . ; Jana Sangh (Madhya Pradesh); s. of Shri Shankerlal Verma; b. October, 1914; m. Shrimati Chandra Kala Devi , 3 s . and 2 d . ; Member , Madhya Bharat/Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1952-57; Leader of the Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly till 1957; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1966 to 2-4 -1972; Vice-President, Jana Sangh, Madhya Pradesh. Per. Add . : Advocate, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh). VARMA, PROF. R. B. S. : M.Sc. (Chemistry), Ph.D.; B.J.P. (Uttar Pradesh); s. of Shri Sukhbasi Lal Varma; b. July 30, 1946; m. Shrimati Ram Nandini Varma alias Kanti Varma, 1 s. and 2 d.; Member, (i) Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1977-80 and 1989-91, and (ii) Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1994 to 2-4-2000 and 3-4-2000 till date; Whip, B.J.P. in Rajya Sabha, July, 2002 onwards. Per. Add. : 25-36, Sewa Kutir, Near Man Durga Palace Cinema, Samata Nagar, Chhibramau, District Kannauj- 209 721 (Uttar Pradesh). VASAN, SHRI G. K. : B.A. (Corporate Secretaryship); I.N.C. (Tamil Nadu); s. of Shri G.K. Moopanar; b. December 28, 1964; m. Shrimati Sunitha Vasan, 1 s.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-2002 till date; President, Tamil Nadu Pradesh Congress Committee, November, 2003 onwards. Per. Add. : 30, Bakthavachalam Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-600 004 (Tamil Nadu). VASAN, SHRI S. S. : Congress (Madras, now Tamil Nadu); s. of Shri N. Subramania Iyer; b. March 10, 1903; m. Shrimati Pattammal, 1 s. and 1 d.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1964 to 28-8-1969; Died. Obit. on 28-8-1969. VASAVADA, SHRI SHAMPRASAD RUPSHANKER : B.A. (Hons.), M.A.; Congress (O) (Gujarat); s. of Shri Rupshankar Vasavada; b. February 26, 1903; m. Shrimati Ansuyaben S. Vasavada, 4 s. and 3 d.; Member, (i) Bombay Legislative Assembly 1946-57 and (ii) Rajya Sabha, 30-8-1968 to 2-4-1970 and 3-4-1970 to 20-11-1972; Recipient of Padma Bhushan; Died. Obit. on 21-11-1972. VASISHT, KUMARI SHANTA : M.A., LL. B., M.A. (Social Work) (Chicago); Congress (O) (N.C.T. of Delhi); d. of Shri Lakshmi Dutt Vasisht; b. June 20, 1924; Member, Delhi State Legislative Assembly, 1952-56; Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister, Delhi State; 1952- 5 3 ; Deputy Minister , Delhi State , 1 9 5 3 - 5 4 ; Member , Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1960 to 2-4-1966 and 3-4-1966 to 2-4-1972. Per. Add. : B-125, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi. VEERAPPAN, SHRI K. K. : B.A., B.L.; D.M.K. (Tamil Nadu); s. of Shri Karuppannan; b. August 12, 1945; m. Shrimati Sivakami Veerappan, 2 s.; Member, Rajya Sabha, 3-4-1990 to 2-4-1996. Per. Add. : 32, Karuppannan Street, S.P. Pudur, Namakkal, Salem District (Tamil Nadu). VENKA, SHRI V. : Intermediate; D.M.K. (Tamil Nadu); s. of Shri Veraswamy; b. July 11, 1935; m. Shrimati V. Rathana Bai, 2 s.