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Father's Name
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Late Shri Vishwanath Rao
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Bhagiriti Bai
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Date of Birth
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12 Oct 1935
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Place of Birth
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Vill. Chakur, Tehsil Latur, Distt. Latur (Maharashtra)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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03 Jun 1963
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Spouse's Name
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Late Smt. Vijaya Patil
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational
Qualifications
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B.Sc., LL.M.
Educated at Osmania University, Hyderabad and Bombay
University, Mumbai
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Profession
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Advocate
Agriculturist, Social Worker, Professor
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Permanent Address
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`DEO GHAR`, Sadbhavna Nagar,
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Ausha Road, Latur, Maharashtra
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43292,43392
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Present Address
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4, Janpath,
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New Delhi - 110001
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(011) 23794842
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Positions Held
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1967-69
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President, Municipality, Latur
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1971
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President, Municipality, Latur
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1972
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President, Municipality, Latur
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1972-79
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Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (two terms)
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1974-75
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Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee
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1975-76
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Deputy Minister, Law and Judiciary, Irrigation and Protocol, Maharashtra
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1977-78
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Deputy Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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1978-79
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Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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1980
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Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
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May-Sept. 1980
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Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members
of Parliament
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Sept.-Oct. 1980
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Chairman, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members
of Parliament
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1980-82
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Union Minister of State, Defence
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1982-83
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Union Minister of State, Commerce (Independent Charge)
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1983-84
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Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics,
Space and Ocean Development
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1984
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Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1984-86
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Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Space, Atomic Energy,
Electronics, Ocean Development and Bio Technology
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1985
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Union Minister of State, Personnel and Training, Public Grievances and
Pensions and Administrative Reforms
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1986-88
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Union Minister of State, Defence Production
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1988-89
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Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation and Tourism (Independent Charge)
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1990-91
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Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, Library Committee
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Chairman, Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1991-96
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Speaker, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, (i) Business Advisory Committee; (ii) Rules Committee; and
(iii) General Purposes Committee; and Standing Committee of the
Conference of Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India;
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President, (i) Indian Parliamentary Group; (ii) National Group of Inter-
Parliamentary Union; and (iii) India Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1996-98
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Member, Committee on Defence
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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1999-2000
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Chairman, Committee on Finance
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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Books Published
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i) Reminiscences and Reflections; (ii) Emerging Vision of India; (iii) Ecstasy and Agony of a
Presiding Officer; and (iv) Fragrance of Innerself
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Special Interests
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Reading and writing
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, painting and farming
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Sports and Clubs
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Swimming, horse-riding and shooting
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled (41 countries); Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to, (i) 86th Inter-Parliamentary
Conference, Santiago, Chile, 1991; (ii) 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Nassau, Bahamas,
1992; (iii) 39th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Cyprus, 1993; (iv) 90th Inter-Parliamentary
Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1993; (v) 40th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Banff,
Canada, 1994; (vi) 41st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1995;
(vii) 94th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 1995; and (viii) Special Session of the
Inter-Parliamentary Council on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, New
York, 1995; and attended Conference of SAARC Speakers, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1992; also led
Indian Parliamentary Delegations to several countries, 1991-95
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Other Information
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During the tenure of his Speakership of Lok Sabha, India had the privilege of hosting in New Delhi
as many as four major International Parliamentary Conferences, viz. (i) 37th Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference, September 1991; (ii) 89th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, April 1993;
(iii) Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, January 1994; and (iv) First Conference of the
Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians, July 1995; he took initiative and formulated
the scheme for creating seventeen Departmentally Related Standing Committees of Parliament which
were formally inaugurated on 31 March 1993; gave a new thrust to the ongoing computerisation and
modernisation of Lok Sabha Secretariat, especially the information service to the members and they
were provided with computers to get instant and up-to-date information on a wide range of activities;
initiated and got started the construction of a modern ‘Parliament Library Building’ to cater to the
information needs of the members; another initiative undertaken by him was the starting of televising
of parliamentary proceedings in the first instance and later live telecast of Lok Sabha proceedings
since 25 August 1994 within a range of 15 km. from Parliament House, besides the live telecast of
the Question Hour of both the Houses of Parliament on alternate weeks throughout India; got set up a
modernised state-of-the-art studio for televising parliamentary proceedings through robotic
cameras; took personal interest by conceptualising and directing six films on parliamentary practice
and procedures produced by the Lok Sabha Secretariat; took initiative in starting fellowship
awards by the Lok Sabha Secretariat to the researchers conducting studies on subjects related to
parliamentary institutions; Vice-President, CSIR, 1983-86
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