Nationality India Died January 17, 2015 | Role Politician Name Anantram Jaiswal | |
Other politicalaffiliations Socialist PartySamyukta Socialist PartyBharatiya Lok Dal Alma mater Government Inter College Faizabad, Faizabad | ||
Anantram Jaiswal is 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.
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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.
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.
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.