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1958-87
1967 & 1977
1989
19 Jan., 1990 to June, 1990
21 April, 1990 to 10 Nov., 1990
1991
Books published
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and Recreation
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23rd August, 1921
Jhamman Bigha in Distt. Jahartabad (Bihar)
Married in March 1937
Smt. Girija Kumari Verma
Three sons
M.A.,
Educated at Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya, Banaras (Uttar Pradesh)
Political and Social Worker and Journalist
Janakpur, P.O. Buniyadganj, Distt. Gaya-823003 (Bihar) Tel. 20658, 20768
34, Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi-110011. Tel, 3792495
State President, Socialist Party, Praja Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Lok Dal, Janata Party, Bihar
Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly
Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Union Minister or State, Rural Development
Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)}
"Anna Sankat", "Khet Mazdooron Ka Sawat", "Bihar Mein Savinaya Awagya", "Bihar Mein Madhyavadhi Chunav", "Cheeni Hamle Ka Mukabila", "Apani Lathi Apana Raj" (all in Hindi)
Editor, 'Mook Awaj', a Hindi Weekly published from Gaya since 1980
Struggle against superstitions, ostentation
in marriages and socio-economic disparities, construction of schools and
colleges
Visiting remote areas, jungles and hills; writing on socio-economic conditions of hill areas
Sports, social service and journalism
Participation in sports during student career
Burma; Delegate 10 Asian Socialist Conference at Rangoon
President, Employees Association of Telephones, Post Offices and Railways Mail Service, Gaya; President, Coal Workers' Union, Sayaldeeh, Hazarihagh, Bihar; Arrested 14 times during freedom movement and after freedom in connection with mass agitation and movement.