Than Singh Jatav | |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency: | Bayana |
Term End: | 1991 |
Predecessor: | Lala Ram Ken |
Successor: | Ganga Ram Koli |
Residence: | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
Birth Place: | Hathras, Aligarh district, United Provinces, British India |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1933 |
Spouse: | Usha Devi (m.1972) |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Than Singh Jatav was an Indian politician and former civil servant.
Than Singh Jatav born in 1933 to Phaguni Singh into Scheduled Caste family at Hathras, Aligarh district, British India. He completed his graduation from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University at Uttar Pradesh.[1] [2]
In 1961 he got selected into Rajasthan Administrative Service. After serving as a non-gazetted official and AG, Rajasthan was promoted as BDO, SDM, Additional Collector, and Distt. Magistrate; Addl. Commissioner of Transport, Departmental Enquiries and Secretary of Rajasthan Housing Board, Settlement Officer and Secretary of Sports Council, etc. and took voluntary retirement in 1989.[3] [4]
In 1989 he became Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from the Bayana constituency.[5] [6]
He also served in Parliamentary Committees -
He was also the Honourable General Secretary of Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Welfare Society, President of the Dalit Sahitya Academy, All India Federation of SC/ST, Backwards and Minorities Employees Welfare Association, and associated with Ambedkar Vichar Manch of Rajasthan.[7]