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(Redirected from Mahabir Prasad) Indian politician (1939–2010)

Mahabir Prasad
Mahabir Prasad (right) addressing the concluding function of Hindi Divas, in New Delhi on 5 June 2008
ConstituencyBansgaon
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
(Additional charge)
In office
23 April 1996 – 25 July 1997
Preceded bySheila Kaul
Succeeded byV. S. Ramadevi
In office
18 September 1995 – 16 November 1995
Preceded bySudhakarrao Naik
Succeeded bySheila Kaul
Governor of Haryana
In office
1994 - 1999
Preceded byDhanik Lal Mandal
Succeeded byBabu Parmanand
Personal details
Born(1939-11-11)11 November 1939
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died29 November 2010(2010-11-29) (aged 71)
Rajender Nagar, Delhi, India
Political partyINC
SpouseLate Udasi Devi
Children2
ResidenceGorakhpur
As of 22 September

Lt. Prabhunath Prasad.

Lt. Chhavilal Prasad., 2006Source:

Mahaveer Prasad (Hindi: महावीर प्रसाद) (11 November 1939 – 28 November 2010) was an Indian politician. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on the Indian National Congress ticket and until his death was a Member of Parliament for Bansgaon. He was the Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries.

Prasad was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977. He was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980 and to the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984. He was Union Deputy Minister of Railways from February 1988 to July 1989 and Minister of State for Mines and Steel in the Department of Mines from July 1989 to December 1989. He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and served as Governor of Haryana from 14 June 1994 to 1999. While he was Governor of Haryana, he also served as Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 18 September 1995 to 16 November 1995 and again from 23 April 1996 to 26 July 1997. He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004, and following the election he became Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro & Rural Industries on 22 May 2004.

Mahaveer Prasad died on 28 November 2010 at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi after a long illness.

References

  1. ^ Official biography from Parliament of India records Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Former Union minister Mahavir Prasad dies, Press Trust of India, 30 November 2010.
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