1956 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1956, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. [1]
Elections[]
Elections were held in 1956 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.
Members elected[]
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1956. They are members for the term 1956-62 and retire in year 1962, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
State - Member - Party
State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
---|---|---|---|
Ajmer & Coorg | INC | ||
Andhra | INC | ||
Andhra | INC | res 09/03/1962 | |
Andhra | INC | res 15/03/1960 LS | |
Andhra | Yasoda Reddy | INC | res 27/02/1962 2LS |
Andhra | INC | ||
Assam | Pushpalata Das | INC | |
Assam | Purna Chandra Sharma | INC | |
Bilaspur & Himachal Pradesh |
Lila Devi | INC | |
Bihar | Ram Gopal Agarwala | INC | |
Bihar | Michael John | INC | |
Bihar | Kishori Ram | INC | |
Bihar | INC | ||
Bihar | Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha | INC | |
Bihar | Ganga Sharan Sinha | OTH | |
Bihar | INC | ||
Bihar | Shah Mohd. Umair | INC | |
Bombay | B R Ambedkar | OTH | Dea. 06/12/1956 |
Bombay | INC | ||
Bombay | Dr | INC | term till 1960 |
Bombay | Dr | INC | |
Bombay | Gajanan R Kulkarni | INC | |
Bombay | INC | ||
Bombay | INC | Dea. 09/01/1960 | |
Bombay | Manubhai C Shah | INC | Res. 12/03/1957 2LS |
Bombay | INC | Res. 26/07/1957 | |
Delhi | Onkar Nath | INC | Res. 16/04/1955 |
Hyderabad | IND | term till 1960 | |
Hyderabad | Dr | INC | |
Jammu & Kashmir | JKNC | dea. 22/02/1961 | |
Kutch | Premji Bhavanji Thacker | INC | Res. 26/07/1952 |
Madhya Bharat | Kanhailal D Vaidya | INC | |
Madhya Bharat | Krishna Kant Vyas | INC | |
Madhya Pradesh | Dr | INC | |
Madhya Pradesh | Mohammad Ali | INC | |
Madhya Pradesh | Ram Sahai | INC | |
Madhya Pradesh | Rukmani Bai | INC | |
Madhya Pradesh | Dr Raghu Vira | INC | |
Madhya Pradesh | Marotirao D Tumpalliwar | INC | res. 12/03/1962 |
Madras | V K Krishna Menon | INC | res. 15/03/1957 2LS |
Madras | IND | ||
Madras | INC | dea. 21/02/1958 | |
Madras | INC | ||
Madras | T N Ramamurti | INC | |
Madras | INC | ||
Manipur and Tripura | Abdul Latif | INC | |
Manipur | INC | ele 01/12/1956 term till 1960 | |
Mysore | INC | 01/03/1962 | |
Mysore | INC | ||
Mysore | J R Desai | OTH | |
Mysore | Dr | INC | |
Nominated | Rukmini Devi Arundale | NOM | |
Nominated | N R Malkani | NOM | |
Nominated | Dr | NOM | |
Nominated | Dr Zakir Hussain | NOM | res 06/07/1957 |
Orissa | Bhagirathi Mahapatra | INC | |
Orissa | Maheshwar Naik | INC | res. 27/02/1962 3LS |
Orissa | Abhimanyu Rath | INC | |
P E P S U | Lt. Col Joginder Singh Mann | OTH | |
Punjab | INC | ||
Punjab | Darshan Singh Pheruman | INC | till 22/10/1956 |
Punjab | Zail Singh | INC | res 10/03/1962 |
Rajasthan | Sharda Bhargava | INC | |
Rajasthan | Jaswantt Singh | OTH | |
Rajasthan | Dr Kalu Lal Shrimali | INC | 01 Mar 1962 |
Saurashtra | Nanabhai Bhat | INC | |
Saurashtra | Bhogilal M Shah | INC | |
Travancore & Cochin | INC | ||
Travancore & Cochin | CPM | ||
Travancore & Cochin | P Narayan Nair | INC | term till 1960 |
Uttar Pradesh | Akhtar Hussain | INC | |
Uttar Pradesh | Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee | INC | term till 1960 |
Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
Uttar Pradesh | Jaspat Roy Kapoor | INC | |
Uttar Pradesh | Dr | IND | |
Uttar Pradesh | Chandravati Lakhanpal | INC | |
Uttar Pradesh | Anis Kidwai | INC | |
Uttar Pradesh | Savitri Devi Nigam | INC | res. 28/02/1962 3LS |
Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
Uttar Pradesh | Ram Kripal Singh | INC | Dea. 14/03/1961 |
Uttar Pradesh | Ram Prasad Tamta | INC | res. 01/05/1958 |
Vindyachal Pradesh | Ahmed Gulsher | OTH | |
West Bengal | Satyapriya Banerjee | FB | term till 1960 Dea. 23/03/1957 |
West Bengal | INC | Res 27/02/1962 3LS | |
West Bengal | Prof Humayun Kabir | INC | Res 27/02/1962 3LS |
West Bengal | INC |
Bye-elections[]
The following bye elections were held in the year 1956.
State - Member - Party
- Delhi - Begum Siddiqa Kidwai - INC ( ele 24/11/1956, term till 1958 )
- Delhi - Onkar Nath - INC ( ele 24/11/1956 term till 1960 )
- Assam - - INC ( ele 01/12/1956 term till 1958 )
- Orissa - Govind Chandra Misra - INC ( ele 06/12/1956 term till 1960 )
- Bihar - Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha - INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 )
- Bihar - Krishna Mohan Pyare Sinha- INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 )
- Madras - Dawood Ali Mirza - INC ( ele 11/12/1956 term till 1962)
- Uttar Pradesh - - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1958 )
- Uttar Pradesh - Bal Krishna Sharma - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 death 29/04/1960 )
- Uttar Pradesh - Pandit Algu Rai Shastri - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 res. 24/04/1958 )
- West Bengal - Surendra Mohan Ghose - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term till 1962 )
- West Bengal - Mehr Chand Khanna - INC ( ele 15/12/1956 res 26/02/1962 3LS )
References[]
- ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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