Radhakishan Malviya was an Indian politician. He was a member of parliament representing

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 seco ...

in the

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the

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as member of the

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 Em ...

Political career

He was a prominent Dalit face of

MP Congress Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Current President of MPCC is Kamal Nath. Structure and composition Madhya P ...

. Labour and Parliamentary Affairs minister in

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...

ministry, Member of Parliament for consecutive 18 years, Chairman of Parliament Housing Committee, President of

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Current President of MPCC is Kamal Nath. Structure and composition Madhya P ...

for two terms, President of All India Harijan Sewak Sangh New Delhi which was formed by Mahatma Gandhi, MLA from Sanwer constituency and President of Indore District Congress Committee for 14 years.

Personal life

He has 1 son. Rajendra Malviya, Working Chairman of MP Congress Sc. Department, Chairman Madhya Pradesh Harijan Sewak Sangh, ex. Working committee member of

and Zila Panchayat Member. He was MLA candidate from

Tarana ''Tarana'' is a type of composition in Hindustani classical vocal music in which certain words (e.g. "odani", "todani", "tadeem" and "yalali") based on Persian and Arabic phonemes are rendered at a medium (''madhya laya'') or fast (''drut laya'') ...

constituency in 2013 and has a grandson Vishal Malviya who is currently chairman of Indore Janpad Panchayat krishi samiti.

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RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952-2019
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malviya, Radhakishan Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians Politicians from Indore 1943 births 2013 deaths