Office held and date of assumption of office

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Speaker; 9 March 2000

Political Party

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Indian National Congress

Date of Birth

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21 May 1943

Marital Status

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Married

Children

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Four

Education

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B.Com., B.L.

Career:

1967

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Member, Indian National Congress

1968

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General Secretary, District Congress Committee, Bhagalpur

1969, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 2000

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Elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly            (6 terms)

1970

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Chairman, Committee on Estimates

1973

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Minister of State for Irrigation and Power, Government of Bihar

1980

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Minister of State for Irrigation and Power, Government of Bihar

1983-1990

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Member, Panel of Chairmen, Bihar Legislative Assembly

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Chairman, Nivedan Committee, Petitions  Committee; Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Bihar Legislative Assembly 

9 March 2000

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  Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly

Conferences/Seminars attended and visits made:

1987-1988, New Delhi

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 Conference of Chairmen of Committees on Subordinate Legislation of Parliament and State Legislatures

2000, London

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46^th CPA Conference

2001,New Delhi

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All India Conference of Presiding Officers, Chief Ministers, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Leaders and Whips of Parties on ‘Discipline and Decorum in Parliament and State Legislatures,

          Australia

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47^th CPA Conference

2001, Malaysia,

New Zealand and Singapore

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Study tour

2002, Namibia

2002, France, Kenya, the

Netherlands, South Africa

2003, Bangladesh

Germany and USA

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48^th CPA Conference

Study tour

-  49^th CPA Conference

-  Study tour

Interests/Recreations

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Social  work, reading and agriculture

Travels abroad

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Australia, Bangladesh, France, Germany, Kenya, Malaysia, Namibia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, U.K. and U.S.A.

Additional Information:

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Established a number of schools, colleges and a medical college