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Member's Name :
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot
Father's Name :
Shri Ramlal Gehlot
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Mother's Name :
Shrimati Suman Bai
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Date of Birth :
18 May 1948
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Place of Birth :
Village Rupeta (Nagda), Distt. Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)
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Marital Status :
Married on 1 May 1965
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Spouse's Name :
Shrimati Anita Gehlot
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Children :
Three sons and one daughter
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B.A., D.Litt.
Educated at Vikram University, Ujjain,
Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh
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Business
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56 Block, Maharana Pratap Nagar, Nagda Junction,
District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.456335 Tel. - {07366} 246635(R), Mobile : 09425091516
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4, Janpath, New Delhi110001 Tel. - 23012175,23012195, Mobile: 9013181955
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E-mail :
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1980-84, 1990-92 and
1993-96 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (three terms)
1980-84 and 1990-92 Member, Committee on Estimates, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Member, Labour Advisory Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1990-92 Minister of State, Water Resources, Narmada Valley Development, Panchayat and Rural Development, Antyodaya Programme and Implementation of 20-Point Programme, Government of Madhya Pradesh
1993-96 Member, Committee on Estimates, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1996-97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha
1996-97 and 1999-2000 Member, Committee on Agriculture
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Labour
1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
1998-99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (second term)
Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Industry
1999 Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha
1999-2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term)
1999-2000 Member, Committee on Agriculture
2000-2001 Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women
2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs
Member, Business Advisory Committee
2004-2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)
Member, Committee on Official Language
Member, Committee on Labour
April 2012 Elected to Rajya Sabha
May 2012 - May 2014
Member, Committee on Labour
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Aug. 2012 - May 2014 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Aug. 2012 onwards Member, Central Advisory Committee for Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare (BOCW)
27 May 2014 onwards Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Jan. 2015 onwards Special Invitee Member, Niti Aayog
April 2018 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
30 May 2019 onwards Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
17 June 2019 onwards Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
July 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee
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Freedom Fighter :
No
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Contributed articles in Vidhayani – a quarterly Journal published by Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly; made efforts to eradicate the social evils rituals and conservatism from the society through Balai Samaj; active in the above tasks through social and political organisations since 1960; social and political activities; completed 310 km Padayatra in 11 days to promote literacy in 1991 in Aalot Vidhan Sabha Constituency; interest in cultural programmes
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Swimming, kabaddi, volleyball and gymnastics; Office bearer, (i) Kabaddi Association and (ii) Shivaji Kreeda Mandal, Nagda, Ujjain; enjoys cultural plays, songs and sports
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U.S.A., represented India as a member of Indian Delegation to United Nations, 1998 and 2007; Durban (South Africa), to attend world conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, 2001; China, and Australia for Study Tour in 2012 and 2013 as a Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation; accompanied the President of India on official visit to Jordon, Israel and Palestine, Oct. 2015; Edinburgh (Scotland) to attend 23rd International Rehabilitation Conference, Oct. 2016; London (U.K.), to visit the Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Home, Oct., 2016; Beijing (China), to participate in high level inter governmental meeting on Mid Point Review of the Asian and Pacific Decades of PWDS, Nov. 2017
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Remained in judicial custody many times in various movements and kept in jails 1966 to 1970; remained in judicial custody for 10 months in Bhairavgarh jail, Distt. Ujjain in 1971; detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (M.I.S.A.) in Bhairavgarh, district jail, Ujjain during Emergency, 1975-76; detained in connection with political agitations in Ujjain, Bhopal and Delhi; Conferred, Best Legislator Award by the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 19 March 1996; worked as a labour in Grasim Industries, Birla Udyog, Nagda Junction, Ujjain District, Madhya Pradesh, 1965-70; Secretary, Grasim Engineering Shramik Sangh affiliated to Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, 1967-75; Secretary, (i) Treasurer Chemical Shramik Sangh affiliated to Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, 1967-75, (ii) R.S.S. Shakha, Nagda Junction, Distt. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh and (iii) Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Madhya Pradesh, 1984-86; represented, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training (B.P.S.T.), New Delhi, 1982; Chief Organiser, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.) Shakha, Nagda Junctions, Distt. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, 1972-77; Nagar Karyavahak, R.S.S. Shakha, Nagda Junction, Distt. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh; General Secretary and Vice-President, Janata Party (J.P.), Distt. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, 1977-80; Vice-President and State Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Madhya Pradesh, 1983-84 and 1985-86; President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Distt. Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, 1986-87; National Secretary, B.J.P., 2002-May 2004; Vice-President, B.J.P. and in-charge of North East (excluding Assam); National General Secretary, B.J.P., 2006-2014 (in-charge of Karanataka, Delhi and Uttarakhand States) and National In-charge of B.J.P. SC Morcha; Member, (i) R.S.S. Shakha, Nagda Junction, Distt. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, 1962-77, (ii) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 1962-77, (iii) Senate, Vikram University Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, 1982-85; (iv) Madhya Pradesh Sansadiya Sangh, 1996, (v) Board of Patrons, Nagda Balai Samaj Sangathan Samiti, (vi) Central Election Committee, B.J.P., since 2006 and (vii) Central Parliamentary Board, B.J.P., since 2006 (in-charge of Uttarakhand); also held various posts in several organizations of Madhya Pradesh Balai Samaj
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