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Father's Name
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Shri John Fernandes
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Alice Fernandes
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Date of Birth
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03 Jun 1930
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Place of Birth
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Mangalore (Karnataka)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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21 Jul 1971
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Leila Kabir
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No. of Sons
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1
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Profession
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Trade Unionist
Agriculturist, Social Worker, Journalist
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Permanent Address
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3, Leonard Lane, Richmond Town,
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Bangalore-560 025 (Karnataka)
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(080) 2214143
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Present Address
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3, Krishna Menon Marg,
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New Delhi - 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23016035, 23017172, 23793397
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Positions Held
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1967
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Elected to 4th Lok Sabha
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1967-70
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Member, Committee on Petitions
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1969-73
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General Secretary, Samyukta Socialist Party
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1973-77
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Chairman, Socialist Party
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President, All India Railwaymen’s Federation
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1977
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Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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March-July 1977
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Union Cabinet Minister, Communications
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1977-79
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Union Cabinet Minister, Industry
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1989-90
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Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
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March-May 1990
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Minister of Kashmir Affairs (Additional charge)
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1990-91
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Member, Railway Convention Committee
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1993-96
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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1994 onwards
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President, Samata Party
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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1996-97
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource
Development
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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1998-99
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Union Cabinet Minister, Defence
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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Leader, Janata Dal (U), Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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13 Oct. 1999 - 16 March 2001
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Union Cabinet Minister, Defence
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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15 Oct. 2001- May 2004
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Union Cabinet Minister, Defence
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 9th term)
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development
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Books Published
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(i) ‘What Ails the Socialists’; (ii) ‘Railway Strike of 1974’; and (iii) ‘George Fernandes
Speaks’
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Editor, “The Other side” (English monthly); and Chairman, Editorial Board of Pratipaksh
(Hindi monthly)
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Special Interests
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Human rights and civil liberties movements all over the world and anti-nuclear and environmental
campaigns
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled
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Other Information
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As President of the All India Railwaymen’s Federation led the Railway strike involving
1.5 million workers in 1974, resulting in thousands being sent to jail. This was one of the events
that led to the imposition of the Emergency in June 1975; during the Emergency, went underground
and fought the existing rule; arrested in June 1976 on the charge of overawing and overthrowing
the Government in what came to be known as Baroda Dynamite conspiracy case; 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; associated with Samajwadi Abhiyan—a platform for
Socialist Campaigns; Convenor, National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
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