BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

AGARWAL, SHRI LAKKHIRAM Permanent address : Village and Post Kharsia, District Raigarh, Madhya Pradesh.

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Middle; B.J.P.(Madhya Pradesh); s. of late Shri Mansha Ram Agarwal and late Shrimati Rukmani Devi; b. at Kharsia, District Raigarh, Madhya Pradesh, February 13, 1932; ed. at Primary School and Middle School, Naharpalli, Kharsia; m. Shrimati Marwan Devi, 1950; 5 s.

Businessman; President, (i) Municipal Council, Kharsia, 1964-69, (ii) District Cooperative Bank, Raigarh, 1977-80, (iii) Madhya Pradesh State B.J.P., March, 1990 to May, 1994 and (iv) Agarsen Jan Kalyan Trust, Kharsia; Vice-President, M.P. State Marketing Federation, Bhopal, 1977-80; General Secretary, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh; Member, (i) Committee on Petitions, 1994-96, (ii) Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals, 1993-96, (iii) Committee on Energy, (iv) Committee on Government Assurances and (v) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1990 and re-elected in April, 1996.

Travels abroad : Nepal.

Publications : President of Daily `Yugdharm', Raipur, 1977-82.

Special interest : Social activities.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading and writing.