Brief Bio-data
Member of Rajya Sabha
JAISWAL, SHRI ANANT RAM:
B.A., LL.B.; Janata Dal (S) (Uttar Pradesh); son of late Shri Ayodhya Prasad and late Shrimati Kaushalya; born : at Chandwara, District Barabanki, April 1, 1928; educated at (i) Chief Practising School, (ii) Middle School, (iii) City Middle School, (iv) Govt. High School, Barabanki, (v) Govt. Inter College, Faizabad and (vi) Lucknow University; married to : Shrimati Savitri, April 1954; 1 daughter
Advocate; courted arrest in 1957, 1960, 1966 and 1968- 69; detained under MISA for 19 months during emergency period; worked for abolition or caste system and Vanish English Movement under the leadership of late Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia; associated with (i) Socialist Party, (ii) Samyukta Socialist Party, (iii) Lok Dal, (iv) Janata Party and (v) Janata Dal; President, Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh, 1983--85; General Secretary, All India Janata Party, 1985-- 87; Secretary, (i) Socialist Party, Barabanki, 1956, (ii) Samyukta Socialist Party and (iii) Samyukta Socialist Party Vidhan Mandal Dal, Uttar Pradesh. 1967; Leader, Samyukta Socialist Party Vidhan Mandal Dal, 1969--74; Chairman, Parliamentary Board. Rashtriya Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh and member of National Executive Committee of the same party; was Member, (i) VIth Lok Sabha, 1977--79, (ii) Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society, (iii) Petitions Committee and (iv) Public Accounts Committee; Member, (i) Committee on Agriculture and (ii) Petitions Committee; Deputy Education Minister, Uttar Pradesh, 1967- 68; Health Minister, Uttar Pradesh in 1970; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1990.
Travels abroad: Syria and U.K.
Special interest: Reading and organisational work of the Party .
Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading and excursion .
Permanent address: 554, Rasulpur. Barabanki, Uttar