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Veena Verma (politician)
Veena Verma (born 1 September 1941) is a former member of parliament from Madhya Pradesh as an Indian National Congress candidate. She was elected to the Rajya Sabha three consecutive six year terms, from 1986 to 2000. She served as the Deputy Chairman of ''Committee of Parliament on Official Language'' and also as the Vice-president of All India Mahila Congress and Indian Council of World Affairs. Verma is the widow of Shrikant Verma (1931-1986), Hindi poet and co-member of parliament from Madhya Pradesh. Verma is the mother of Abhishek Verma, an Indian arms dealer. Verma’s daughter-in-law Anca Verma Anca Verma (née Neacșu, born 8 August 1987) is the Romanian supermodel, businesswoman and wife of arms dealer Abhishek Verma. Career Verma graduated from the University of Galați with a master's degree in engineering. After leaving modell ... is former Miss Universe Romania. References Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh 1941 births Living people India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The ''veena'', also spelled ''vina'' ( sa, वीणा IAST: vīṇā), comprises various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps.Vina: Musical Instrument Encyclopædia Britannica (2010) The many regional designs have different names such as the '' Rudra veena'', the '' Saraswati veena'', the '' Vichitra veena'' and others. The North Indian ''rudra veena'', used in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian state by area and the fifth largest state by population with over 72 million residents. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. The area covered by the present-day Madhya Pradesh includes the area of the ancient Avanti Mahajanapada, whose capital Ujjain (also known as Avantika) arose as a major city during the second wave of Indian urbanisation in the sixth century BCE. Subsequently, the region was ruled by the major dynasties of India. The Maratha Empire dominated the majority of the 18th century. After the Anglo-Maratha Wars in the 19th century, the region was divided into several princel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots, while the president can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. The potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 245 (233 elected, 12 appointed), according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with about a third of the 238 designates up for election every two years, in even-numbered years. The Rajya Sabha meets in continuous sessions, and unlike the Lok Sabha, being the lower house of the Parliament, the Rajya Sabha is not subjected to dissolution. However, the Rajya Sabha, like the Lok Sabha, can be prorogued by the president. The Rajya Sabha has equal footing in legislation with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All India Mahila Congress
All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), also referred to as Mahila Congress, is the women's wing of the Indian National Congress (INC). The most recent President was Sushmita Dev who left office in 2021. Currently Netta D'Souza heads the All India Mahila Congress as its acting president appointed on 17 August 2021 by Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi. History An early high point for the organisation was a conference held in Bangalore in mid-1984 attended by Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and 30,000 delegates. Organisation The All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) is split into regional branches designated as :Wikt:Pradesh, Pradesh :Wikt:mahila, Mahila Congress (State Women's Congress) which represents the AIMC in the states and union territories of India. The AIMC consists of the card–holding women members of the Indian National Congress which elects the executive committee and state president of each of the PMCCs. List of presidents General Secretary In October 2015 Nagma, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Council Of World Affairs
Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asian ethnic groups, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India Europe * British Indians, British people of Indian origin The Americas * Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America ** Native Americans in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrikant Verma
Shrikant Verma (18 September 1931 – 25 May 1986) was an Indian poet and a Member of Parliament from Madhya Pradesh as an INC candidate from 1976 to 1982 and 1982 to 1986. Verma died of cancer in 1986 in New York. Verma was married to Veena Verma who was also a Member of Parliament from Madhya Pradesh. Verma's son Abhishek Verma is an Indian arms dealer and was declared youngest billionaire of India in 1997. Verma was born in Bilaspur city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. He graduated from Nagpur University with a Master of Arts degree in Hindi. He has authored twenty books. Verma was awarded Tulsi Samman for ''Jalsagar'' from Madhya Pradesh Government in 1976 and ''Shiksha Samman'' from Madhya Pradesh State Kala Parishad in 1981. In 1982, he presided over the ''Afro-Asian Writer's Conference'' hosted in New Delhi. In 1987, he was posthumously awarded the Sahitya Academy Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhishek Verma (arms Dealer)
Abhishek Verma (born 23 February 1968 in New Delhi, India) is a billionaire arms dealer globally known as the 'Lord of War' and was the main suspect in the Scorpene Submarines deal scandal but was exonerated by Indian Courts in 2015. Personal life Verma's father, Shrikant Verma, was a leading journalist before Indira Gandhi brought him into the Indian National Congress party (INC) and made him a member of the 1976 Indian Parliament. From an early age, he was exposed to the media in his public life due to the assistance he provided his father. His mother, Veena Verma, served for fourteen years as a Member of Parliament, and was Vice-President of the INC, responsible for the Mahila Congress. In 2001, Verma was engaged to marry Evelina Papantoniou, a former Miss Greece and runner-up in the Miss Universe competition. He was also dating Playboy center-fold Simone Cronstrand prior to marrying Anca Neacsu former Miss Romania. Career Verma was Chairman of Atlas Interactive India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anca Verma
Anca Verma (née Neacșu, born 8 August 1987) is the Romanian supermodel, businesswoman and wife of arms dealer Abhishek Verma. Career Verma graduated from the University of Galați with a master's degree in engineering. After leaving modelling, she joined Atlas Telecom Network Romania, a mobile service provider, and was appointed the Deputy general manager of Bucharest operations. Upon her marriage to Abhishek Verma in 2006, she became his lieutenant in his global weapons trade and defense supplies business; in 2011 she bought into 51% equity and was appointed the Managing Director of SIG Sauer India, a joint venture with the multinational weapons contractor. Verma is the Chairperson of Olialia World a fast moving consumer goods multinational corporation. Verma was awarded the contract to construct & own Maldives International Airport with an investment of US$500 million. This airport would be known as 'Olialia International Airport' for 50 years. Close to the interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Universe Romania
Miss Universe România is a national beauty pageant that has selected Romania's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. History Miss România was initially established in the late 1920s, Magda Demetrescu won the first pageant in 1929. She then participated in the former Miss Universe pageant (officially the International Pageant of Pulchritude) in Texas, where she placed sixth. The following year, Mariana Mirica placed third.(31 July 2011)Vezi cum arata romanca ajunsa pe podium la Miss Universe 1930 ''Pro TV'' (in Romanian) After this Texas international pageant ended in 1932, Dorothee Cristescu participated in "Miss Universe" Brussels in 1935.(5 June 1929)Short Hair is Still in Vogue ''Southeast Missourian'' (United Press)(25 Feb 2012)Magda Demetrescu, prima Miss Romania, ''Realitatea TV'' (in Romanian) Romania's participation in international pageants ceased by 1929,Andras, Sonia-DorisThe Ideal Woman: Beauty Contests in Interwar Romania, which continued during World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajya Sabha Members From Madhya Pradesh
The list of current and past Rajya Sabha members from the Madhya Pradesh State. The state elects 11 member for a term of six years and these members indirectly elected by the state legislators of Madhya Pradesh using single transferable votes. Members sit for staggered six-year terms, with one third of the members retiring every two years. History of Rajya Sabha seats Earlier, since 1952, there were 12 seats from Madhya Pradesh, 6 seats from Madhya Bharat, 4 seats from Vindhya Pradesh state and 1 seat from Bhopal State to Rajya Sabha. After Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, there were 16 seats from Madhya Pradesh. After the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, 5 seats are allocated to Chhattisgarh state from Madhya Pradesh State, reducing its seats from 16 to 11 seats, since 15 November 2000. Current members Keys: List of all Rajya Sabha Members from Madhya Pradesh State List by Last Name ''The list is Incomplete''. * Star (*) Represents current Rajya Sabha m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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