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Father's Name	Late Shri Shiv Bahadur Singh
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Mother's Name	Late Shrimati Mohini Devi
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Date of Birth	5 November, 1930
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Place of Birth	Churhat, Distt. Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh)
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Marital Status	Married on 2 June 1948
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Spouse's Name	Shrimati Saroj Kumari
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Children	Two sons and one daughter
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Educational Qualifications	B.A., L.L.B. Educated at Allahabad University and Agra, University
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Profession	Agriculturist/Farmer
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Permanent Address	Gram : Sanda, P.O. Churhat, Distt. Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh) Tel. : 07802-72006
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Present Address	20, Canning Lane, New Delhi-110001 Tel. : 3386775 E-mail : arjuns@sansad.nic.in
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Positions Held
1957-85	Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Sept.1963-Feb. 1967	Minister of State for Agriculture, Government of Madhya Pradesh
1967	Minister of Planning and Development Government of madhya Pradesh
1972-77	Minister of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh
1980-85	Chief Minister, Madhnya Pradesh
March 1985-Nov. 1985	Governor of Punjab
Nov. 1985-Jan.1986	Minister of Commerce, Government of India
Dec.1985-June 1988	Member, Eighth Lok Sabha
Oct. 1986-Feb.1988	Minister of Communications, Government of India
1988-91	Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Feb.1988-Jan.1989	Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
June 1991-Dec.1994	Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India
June 1991-May 1996	Member, Tenth Lok Sabha
April 2000	Elected to Rajya Sabha
Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interest	Takes keen interest in social work and has been closely associated with various social and cultural organizations
Countries Visited	France, led the Indian delegation to the 26th General Conference of the U.N.E.S.C.O., October 1991; China, led the high level Indian delegation, November 1992; Geneva, led the Indian delegation to the 43rd Session of the International Bureau of Education, November 1992; also visited U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Israel, Pakistan, Mauritius and U.K.
Other Information	In 1954, set up a private legal practice in Rewa (M.P.); was leader of the independent group in the first elected Legislative Assembly of Madhy Pradesh for three years; joined the Congress Party in 1960; was the Founder President of the Cosmopolitan Institute of Public Affairs at Bhopal; Deputy Leader, Indian Delegation to the World Youth Congress held in Moscow in 1964; Convener, Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress from 1965-70; Member, Indian Delegation to the United Nations in 1969; represented India at the Human Rights Seminar organized by the United Nations in Belgrade (Yugoslavia) in 1970; under his leadership, Madhya Pradesh became the first State to give lease-hold rights upon plots and lands to urban slum-dwellers; pioneered a special training and employment programme to improve the lot of the urban poor; credited with the abolition of absentee ownership of cycle rickshaws and the voluntary surrender of dacoits of the Chambal valley; paved the way for the "Rajiv-Sant Longowal Pact" which is now known as "Punjab Accord"; was sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 11 March 1985 and appointed as Governor of Punjab on the following day; was appointed as Union Commerce Minister on 15th November 1985 and elected as Member of Lok Sabha from South Delhi constituency on 15 December 1985; appointed, (i) Vice-President of the Indian National Congress, 19 January 1986, (ii) member of the Congres Woring Committee and Central Parliamentary Board, (iii) Member of the National Integration Council and its Standing Committee; (iv) Convener, All Party Committee on Punjab, (v) President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C. Madhya Pradesh. 9 December 1989 an (vi) Working President of Indian Naitonal Congress (Indira), 22 May 1995; elected to the Congress Working Committee at A.I.C.C. Session, Tirupati in April 1992 with the highest margin of votes; attended the meeting of the Ministers of nine most populous developing countries in paris, 1993; resigned from the Council of Ministers, 24 December 1994 became Member of Indian National Congress again in 1997; elected as Member, C.W.C. in July 1997.