- Shri Mohan Swarup
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Shri Mohan Swarup 
Member of Lok Sabha In office
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Lok SabhaIn office
1957–1977Preceded by Shri Mukund Lal Agrawal Succeeded by Md Shamsul Hasan Khan Constituency Pilibhit Personal details Born February 18, 1918
Village Sahora, Bareilly, Uttar PradeshPolitical party Indian National Congress Spouse(s) Smt. Shanti Devi Children 4 sons and 2 daughters Residence Pilibhit Religion Hinduism Ex member of Parliament Shri Mohan Swarup (born 18 February 1918) was Member of Parliament in the second (1957), third (1962), fourth (1971) and fifth Lok Sabha on Praja Socialist Party's ticket and again for fifth term (1977) of Lok Sabha from Pilibhit Constituency on Indian National Congress's ticket. Shri Mohan Swarup was son of Kuwar Shambhu Shai, a prominent freedom fighter and social worker from Vill. Sahora.[1]
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Early life and education
Sri Mohan Swarup had his education from Bareilly College, in Bareilly and married Shrimati Shanti Devi in May 1940 at the age of 22 and had four sons and two daughters from her.[1]
Career
Shri Mohan Swarup was previously associated with PSP till 1970. He was actively worked for various post and as a member of various commettees.[1]
Positions held
- District Board, Bareilly, 1946–56,
- Zila Parishad, Bareilly, since 1956,
- District Bhoodan Samiti, Bareilly,
- Managing Committee, Kr. Dhakan Lal Vidya Mandir College, Sahora, Bareilly,
- Bharat Sewak Samaj, Bareilly,
- National Railway Users' Consultative Committee, 1964–66,
- National Rifle Association,
- Goodwill Mission to Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, 1965,
- Pradhan, Gram Sabha, Sahora, Bareilly, 1949–60,
- Sarpanch, Nyaya Panchayat, Sahora, Bareilly, 1949–55,
- District Secretary, P.S.P., Bareilly, 1952–55,
- President, P. & T. Employees Union, Pilibhit,
- Secretary, All India Caterers' Union, 1958–62,
- Public Accounts Committee, 1962–63 and 1969–70,
- Estimates Committee, 1964–65, 1965–66 and 1966–67,
- Consultative Committee for Works and Housing 1969-70.
He was elected as second Member of Parliament from Pilibhit Constituency with 50.54% votes on Praja Socialist Party's Ticket and defeated his rival contender who was from Indian National Congress and received 34.86% votes in the general election held in the 1957.
He was elected again as third Member of Parliament from Pilibhit Constituency with 29.62% votes on Praja Socialist Party's Ticket and defeated his rival contender who was from Indian National Congress and received 27.42% votes in the general election held in the 1962.
For the general election held in the 1967, He was elected again as fourth Member of Parliament from Pilibhit Constituency with 28.24% votes on Praja Socialist Party's Ticket and defeated his rival contender who was from Indian National Congress and received 24.26% votes.
In the general election held in the 1972, he took Indian National Congress's ticket from Pilibhit Constituency and won the seat with 38.96% votes and defeated his nearest contestant who was from Indian National Congress and received only 29.37% votes.
Personal life
He was highly interested in visiting across the globe to understand the new concepts to develop more, in this regard he visited countries like Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Egypt, U.K., West Germany, France, Switzerland and Burma. Apart from this, he had special interest in Shooting, swimming, horse-riding, painting, writing and photography.[1]
See also
- Related pages about Pilibhit
- All pages beginning with "Pilibhit"
- Articles about places in Pilibhit
- Barkhera
- Bilsanda
- Bisalpur
- Gularia Bhindara
- Jahanabad
- Kalinagar
- Madhotanda
- Majhola
- Nyoria Husainpur
- Puranpur
- Articles about people from Pilibhit
- Shri Mukund Lal Agrawal
- Bhanu Pratap Singh
- Harish Kumar Gangawar
- Parshuram Gangwar
- Md Shamsul Hasan Khan
- Menaka Gandhi
- Varun Gandhi
References
- ^ a b c d Fifth Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile Members Biodata.
External links
- Fifth Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile Members Biodata.
Categories:- 1918 births
- People from Pilibhit
- Indian politicians
- Indian activists
- Living people
- 2nd Lok Sabha members
- 3rd Lok Sabha members
- 4th Lok Sabha members
- 5th Lok Sabha members
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