Parasram Maderna (July 23, 1926 – February 16, 2014) was an Indian National Congress politician and senior Jat leader from Rajasthan, India. He originated from Lakshman Nagar village in Jodhpur district.
Maderna was schooled first in his village and then at Jodhpur before proceeding to take his MA and LLB degrees at the University of Lucknow.
On his return to Rajasthan from Lucknow, he was involved with Baldev Ram Mirdha in the Marwar Kisan Sabha and then the Rajasthan Kisan Sabha, both of which were agrarian movements. The Kisan Sabha became a part of the Indian National Congress and in 1953 he was elected as Sarpanch of Chadi village Chadi. Subsequently, he was elected on nine occasions as a Member of Legislative Assembly in Rajasthan.
In the course of his public and political life he was a minister in Rajasthan Cabinet of General Administrative, Revenue, Panchayat Raj, Cooperative, Forest, Colonization, Rehabilitation, Flood, Famine, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Community Development, Local Bodies and Sheep & Wool, Energy, Irrigation Departments.
Maderna died in the early hours of February 16, 2014, at SMS Hospital Jaipur following a prolonged illness. He was 87.
1957 - 1962 - Member, Second Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1962 - 1967 - Member, Third Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1967 - 1972 - Member, Fourth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1972 - 1977 - Member, Fifth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1977 - 1980 - Member, Sixth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1980 - 1985 - Member, Seventh Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1990 - 1992 - Member, Ninth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1993 - 1998 - Member, Tenth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1998 - 2003 - Member, Eleventh Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1953 - 1956 - Sarpanch, Village - Chadi, District -Jodhpur
1957 - 1962 - Member of PAC and Estimates Committee
1987 - 1990 - Chairman, Central Cooperative Bank Ltd, Jodhpur
1962 - 1966 - Dy. Minister, Deptt of General Administration
1966 - 1977 - Minister Deptt of GAD, Revenue, Panchayat Raj, Cooperative, Forest, Colonization, Rehabilitation, Flood, Famine, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Community Development, Local Bodies and Sheep & Wool, Government of Rajasthan
1974 - 1977 - Dy. Leader of INC Party in the Assembly
Feb'1979 - Aug'1979, and 1993–1998, Leader of Opposition, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1980 - 1981 - Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
1981 - 1982 - Minister, Deptt of Irrigation, PHED, Revenue, Land Reforms, Energy, and Flood & Famine, Government of Rajasthan
1981 - 1985 - Member, Syndicate, Jodhpur University
1982 - 1985 - Minister, Deptt of Irrigation, PHED, and Ground Water, Govt of Rajasthan
1990 - 1992 - Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
1994 - 1998 - Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee
6th Jan, 1999 to 15th Jan, 2004 Speaker, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1957 - 1959 - President, District Pradesh Congress Committee
1959 - 1962 - General Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
1989 - 1994 - President, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
Political families of Rajasthan and Political families of India.
Mahipal Maderna, his son, Former State Cabinet Minister.
Leela Maderna, his daughter in-law, General Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee, Former Chairperson, Apex Bank Rajasthan, Chairperson, Jodhpur Central Co-operative Bank, Zila Parishad Member Jodhpur.
Divya Maderna his grand daughter, Zila Parishad Member Jodhpur, Member Rajasthan Pradeep Congress Committee.
