Kameshwar Paswan Explained

Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:1996
Term End:1998
Constituency:Nawada
Predecessor:Prem Chand Ram
Successor:Malti Devi
Office1:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Term Start1:10 April 1990
Term End1:9 April 1996
Constituency1:Bihar
Successor1:Shatrughan Sinha
Office3:Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start3:1972
Term End3:1980
Constituency3:Fatuha
Predecessor3:Kauleshwar Das
Successor3:Punit Rai
Birth Name:Kameshwar Paswan
Birth Date:15 January 1941
Birth Place:Fatuha, Patna
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Patna, Bihar
Children:1 Son & 2 Daughter's
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Education:M. A.
Source:http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3743.htm

Kameshwar Paswan (1941-2018) was a politician from Bihar state of India and was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former state minister and a former member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. He was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly first time in 1972 as a candidate of Bharatiya Jan Sangh . Later in 1977 he was again elected to the assembly and served as minister for welfare in Government of Bihar until 1979. Paswan got elected to Rajya Sabha in 1990 and served as its member until 1996. In the same year he was elected to Lok Sabha from Nawada.

He studied MA from Ramdayalu Singh College and Langat Singh College in Muzaffarpur. He was a teacher by profession.

Paswan took part in Bihar movement launched by Jayaprakash Narayan and was arrested by then Congress government in the emergency in 1976 and kept in jail for 19 months.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Bihar: Former Bihar minister Kameshwar Paswan passes away | India News - Times of India. The Times of India. 28 May 2018 .
  2. http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3743.htm