Mahendra Prasad

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Mahendra Prasad
Newly elected Rajya Sabha MP, Dr. Mahendra Prasad taking oath of Office at Parliament House in New Delhi on April 3, 2006.jpg
Prasad in 2006
MP of Rajya Sabha
In office
May 1985 – December 2021
ConstituencyBihar
Personal details
Born(1940-01-08)8 January 1940
Govindpur, Jehanabad district, Bihar, British India
Died27 December 2021(2021-12-27) (aged 81)
Delhi, India
Political partyJanata Dal (United)

Mahendra Prasad (8 January 1940 – 27 December 2021) was an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United) party, a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha.[1][2] He was the richest Indian MP.[3] Prasad also owned two pharmaceutical companies, Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd. He died at Apollo Hospital in Delhi on 27 December 2021, at the age of 81.[4]

Personal life[]

Prasad was born at Govindpur village in the modern Indian state of Bihar. He has a wife, Satula Devi and has 3 sons Rajv sharma, Ranjit Sharma and late. Devinder .[5]

Career[]

Prasad moved out of his home at the age of 24. He did the work of a teacher in a school. He started his political career in 1980 when he was elected to Lok Sabha on a congress ticket. He was a seven term MP from Bihar who was also once elected to Lok Sabha. He also owned two pharmaceutical companies named Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd.[3][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Who's who in Asian and Australasian Politics. Bowker-Saur. 1991. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-86291-593-3.
  2. ^ Sabha, India Parliament Rajya (2012). Who's who. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 252.
  3. ^ a b "The reclusive pharma billionaire & globetrotter who has never lost a Rajya Sabha poll". ThePrint. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Prasad passes away at 81". The Statesman. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b "King Mahendra: The medicine baron who became JDU's longest-serving RS MP". The Indian Express. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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