Anantram Jaiswal

Anantram Jaiswal
Anantram Jaiswal
Member of Parliament,
	In office; Mar 1977 – Aug 1979
Preceded by	Ram Krishna Sinha
Succeeded by	Jai Ram Varma
Constituency	Faizabad
MLA, 5th Assembly
	In office; Feb 1969 – Mar 1974
MLA, 4th Assembly
	In office; Mar 1967 – Apr 1968
Personal details
Born	1 April 1924 (age 97); village Chandwara, Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh)
Died	7 January 2015; Barabanki
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Janata Party, Samajwadi Party(Founder)
Other political; affiliations	Socialist Party; Samyukta Socialist Party; Bharatiya Lok Dal
Spouse(s)	Savitri
Children	Rachna Jaiswal,Shiv Jaiswal
Residence	550 Rasoolpur, Barabanki city & New Delhi
Alma mater	Government Inter College, Faizabad
Profession	Advocate & politician
Committees	Member of one committee

Anantram Jaiswal (1924-2015) was an Indian politician and was Member of Parliament of India. He was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha and was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Jaiswal represented the Faizabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Janata Party political party.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life and education[]

Anantram Jaiswal was born in village Chandwara, Barabanki in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He attended the Government Inter College in the city of Faizabad and subsequently attained BA & LL.B degrees (college unknown). Jaiswal worked as an advocate prior to joining politics.^[1]

Political career[]

Anantram Jaiswal entered active politics in the 1950s. Although he was a member of the Janata Party, he was previously associated with three other political parties; viz Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party and Bharatiya Lok Dal. Whilst with Samyukta Socialist Party, he became a member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms and was also Leader of Samyukta Socialist Party in the Assembly from 1969 to 1974. Jaiswal joined the Janata Party in the mid 1970s.

Jaiswal held several key posts and was also a Minister & Deputy Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Imprisonment[]

Between the 1960s–1970s, Jaiswal was imprisoned five times on various counts. Some grounds of imprisonment were participating in campaigns for removal of statues of British rulers, price rise, for grant of fair wages and clearness allowance to the government servants and teachers, for redistribution of land to the landless etc. In 1975, he was also detained for 19 months for Maintenance of Internal Security Act.^[1]

Posts held[]

#	From	To	Position
01	1967	1968	Member, 04th Assembly of U.P.
02	1967	1967	Deputy Minister of Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh
03	1969	1974	Member, 05th Assembly of U.P.
04	1970	1970	Minister of Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh Chairman of AIIMS
05	1977	1979	Member, 06th Lok Sabha
06	1977	1979	Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
07	1989	1995	Member of Rajya Sabha

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Member Profile". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ "Election Results 1977" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Members of 6th Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ "Earlier Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

[Member_Profile-1] "Member Profile". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

[Election_Results_1977-2] "Election Results 1977" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

[Members_of_6th_Lok_Sabha-3] "Members of 6th Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

[Earlier_Lok_Sabha-4] "Earlier Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

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