FERNANDES, SHRI GEORGE
[SAMATA PARTY - NALANDA (BIHAR)]
Father's Name Shri John Fernandes Date of Birth 3 June 1930 Place of Birth Mangalore (Karnataka) Marital Status Married on 21 July 1971 Spouse's Name Smt. Leila Kabir Children One son Profession Trade Unionist, Agriculturist and Journalist Permanent Address 3, Leonard Road, Richmond Town, Bangalore-560025 (Karnataka) Tel. (080) 2214143 Present Address 3, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi-110011 Tels. (011) 3017172, 3016035 Fax. (011) 3793397 Email. Ramesh@dhs.unv.ernet.in Positions Held 1967Elected to 4th Lok Sabha 1967-70Member, Committee on Petitions 1969-71General Secretary, Samyukta Socialist Party 1971-77Chairman, Socialist Party 1973-77President, All India Railwaymen's Federation 1977Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term) March-Union Cabinet Minister, Communications July 1977 1977-79Union Cabinet Minister, Industry 1980Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1989Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1989-90Union Cabinet Minister, Railways March-Minister of Kashmir Affairs (Additional charge) May 1990 1990-91Member, Railway Convention Committee 1991Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (5th term) 1995-96 Member, Committee on Finance 1996Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (6th term) 1997-98Member, Committee on External Affairs 1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term) President, Samata Party 19 March 1998Union Cabinet Minister, Defence onwards Member, General Purpose Committee Books Published (i) What Ails the Socialists; (ii) Railway Strike of 1974; and (iii) George Fernandes Speaks Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments Editor, The Otherside (English); and Chairman, Editorial Board of Pratipaksha (Hindi) Special Interests Human rights and civil liberties movements all over the world and anti-nuclear and environmental campaigns Countries Visited Widely travelled Other Information As president of the All India Railwaymen's Federation led the largest known railway strike in 1974, resulting in thousands being sent to jail. This was one of the events that led to the imposition of the Emergency, June 1975. During the Emergency went underground and fought the dictatorship. Fought the 1977 elections from jail. Founder Chairman, The New India Cooperative Bank; Co-Chairman, Indo-Libyan, Indo-GDR and Indo-Hungarian Joint Commissions, 1977-79; Chairman (i) India Development Group, London, 1979; (ii) Schumacher Foundation, 1979; President, Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat; Member (i) Amnesty International; (ii) Press Council of India; and (iii) People's Union for Civil Liberties
Our Other Sites IndianPost.com AcornObituaries.com AllIndiaNews.comTotal electorate 11,78,070 Total votes polled 9,23,663 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri George Fernandes (S.A.P.) 4,44,784 (2) Shri Ram Swaroop Prasad (R.J.D.) 3,39,114 (3) Shri Surendra Ram [C.P.I.(ML)(L)] 51,291 (4) Shri Vijay Kumar Yadav (C.P.I.) 49,539
Election Result of Nalanda Lok Sabha Constituency