Mahaveer Prasad


Mahaveer Prasad was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress and former Member of Parliament.

Personal Life

Mahavir Prasad was born in Dalit community to Ammar Prasad at Ujjarpur, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
He did M.A., B.Ed. and LLB, Gorakhpur University and Lucknow University.

Politics

Prasad was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977.
He was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha from Bansgaon comstituency in 1980 and to the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984. He was Union Deputy Minister of Railways from February 1988 to July 1989 and Minister of State for Mines and Steel in the Department of Mines from July 1989 to December 1989.
He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and served as Governor of Haryana from 14 June 1994 to 1999. While he was Governor of Haryana, he also served as Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 18 September 1995 to 16 November 1995 and again from 23 April 1996 to 26 July 1997.
He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004, and following the election he became Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries, Agro & Rural Industries on 22 May 2004 and Union Cabinet Minister for Small and Village Industries.
Prasad died on 28 November 2010 at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi after a long illness.