Anantram Jaiswal

Anantram Jaiswal
Member of Parliament, 6th Lok Sabha
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byRam Krishna Sinha
Succeeded byJai Ram Varma
ConstituencyFaizabad Lok Sabha constituency
MLA, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1967–1974
ConstituencyBarabanki
MLC, 4th council
ConstituencyBarabanki
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1990–1996
Personal details
Born(1924-04-01)1 April 1924
Barabanki, United Provinces, British India
Died17 January 2015(2015-01-17) (aged 90)
Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyJanata Party, Samajwadi Party (Founder)
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Party
Samyukta Socialist Party
Bharatiya Lok Dal
SpouseSavitri Jaiswal
ChildrenGrandson Darsh Jaiswal
ResidenceBarabanki city & New Delhi
Alma materGovernment Inter College, Faizabad
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
CabinetEducation, Health, Forest

Anantram Jaiswal (1 April 1924 - 17 January 2015) was a freedom fighter and Indian politician was also a Member of Parliament of India. He was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha and was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Jaiswal represented the Faizabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh now known as Ayodhya, he was also a member of the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha ,was also the opposition leader of Janata Party.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Anantram Jaiswal was born in village Chandwara, Barabanki in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He attended the Government Inter College in the city of Faizabad and subsequently attained BA & LL.B degrees Jaiswal worked as an advocate prior to joining politics.[1]

Political career

Jaiswal joined active politics in the 1950s. Although he was a member of the Janata Party, he was previously associated with three other political parties; viz Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party and Bharatiya Lok Dal. Whilst with Samyukta Socialist Party, he became a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms and was also Leader of Samyukta Socialist Party in the Assembly from 1969 to 1974. Jaiswal joined the Janata Party in the mid-1970s. Jaiswal was a senior leader of Janata Party and also was a Uttar Pradesh State President of Janata Party. He was also a Samajwadi Party Ideologist along with Ram Manohar Lohia and Chandra Shekhar.

Jaiswal held several key posts and was also a Minister & State President in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He had represented many leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav.[1][3][4]

Imprisonment

Between the 1960s–1970s, Jaiswal was imprisoned five times on various counts. Some grounds of imprisonment were participating in campaigns for removal of statues of British rulers, price rise, for grant of fair wages and clearness allowance to the government servants and teachers, for redistribution of land to the landless etc. In 1975, he was also detained for 19 months for Maintenance of Internal Security Act.[1]

Posts held

# From To Position
01 1967 1969 Member, 04th Assembly of U.P.
02 1967 1969 Education Minister Government of Uttar Pradesh
03 1969 1974 Member, 05th Assembly of U.P.
04 1969 1974 Minister of Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh
06 1977 1980 Member, 06th Lok Sabha
07 1977 1979 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
08 1980 1983 Director of AIIMS Delhi
09 1990 1996 Member of Rajya Sabha

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Member Profile". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Election Results 1977" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Members of 6th Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Earlier Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.