- Ram Lal Thakur
Ram Lal Thakur is the cabinet minister (from
Himachal ) for Industries, I.T. and Youth Services and Sports. He is the son of Paras Ram Thakur. He was born on7 June ,1951 at village Ghial, district Bilaspur. He has done B.A., LL.B. and Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Labour Welfare. He was educated atHimachal Pradesh University (HPU),Shimla . He got married to Kamlesh Thakur.
He has remained an outstanding sportsperson and represented the state in Kabaddi 6 times at the national level and remained its captain thrice. He was the member ofHimachal Pradesh University Sports Council. He was also the General Secretary of Central Students’ Association,Himachal Pradesh University . He was adjudged as the best Navel of NCC Cadet on "All India level" duringRepublic Day Parade and also as the best cadet from Punjab,Haryana ,Chandigarh andHimachal Pradesh in 1971. He also remained the General Secretary of-
* Sports and Cultural Unit of Pradesh NSUI,
* State Youth Congress since 1982: He was the President of Youth Congress in Bilaspur from 1978 to 1982. He got arrested during Jail Bharo Andolan of Congress Party in 1978. He is the member of All India Congress Committee.
He got elected to StateLegislative Assembly first in 1985 and was re-elected again in 1993, 1998 and 2003. He remained the chairman of PUC from 1994 to 1995. He was the Minister of State for Law, Youth Services and Sports,Ayurveda and local self Government from 1985 to 1990. He was also the Health Minister (at Cabinet Rank) from 1996 to 1998. He is working as Cabinet Minister for Industries, I.T. and Youth Services and Sports from March, 2003 onwards. [ [http://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/members.asp Official Profile of Ram Lal thakur @ hpvidhansabha.nic.in] ]References
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