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Member of Rajya Sabha

LEDGER, SHRI DAVID:

B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.; Congress (I) (Assam); son of late Shri Dennis Ledger and late Shrimati Margaret Ledger; born : at Barpeta Road, Assam, January 10, 1951; educated at (i) St. Joseph's High School, Barpeta Road, (ii) St. Anthony's College, Shillong and (iii) University Law College, Guwahati; married to : Shrimati Mary Ratna Ledger, October 28, 1984; 2 son

Legal Practitioner; Additional Public Prosecutor in the Court of District and Sessions Judge, Barpeta from April, 1986 to May, 1989; President, GLC College Governing Body, Barpeta Road; State Level Secretary, Purbanchaliya Lok Parishad (a regional party of Assam) from 1981--85; General Secretary, North Eastern Congress (I) Coordination Committee from October, 1993; Executive Member, All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad 1982-83; Member, (i) B.H. College Governing Body, Howly, 1986 89, (ii) Regional Transport Authority, Barpeta, 1986--89, (iii) Land Advisory Committee, Barpeta, 1986--89, (iv) State Planning & Development Board, Assam, 1989-90, (v) State Legal Aid Board, Assam, 1989-90, (vi) Sub-Divisional Planning & Development Board since 1989, (vii) Governing body, District Rural Development Agency, Barpeta since 1989, (viii) North Eastern Hill University Court, (ix) National Integration Council, (1991--93), (x) Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha and (xi) Committee on Agriculture; elected to the Rajya Sabha in June, 1989.

Clubs: Member, (i) Barpeta Road Club, (ii) Barpeta District Sports Association and (iii) Constitution Club, New Delhi.

Travels abroad: Nepal, Libya, Jordon and UAE.

Special interest: Reading fictions, horticulture, table tennis, cricket and public speaking.

Permanent address: P.O. Barpeta Road, District Barpeta, Assam.