Mahabir Lal Vishwakarma (born 1 January 1936) is an Indian politician, educationist and the former Member of parliament. He was elected during the 11th general elections of India conducted in 1996. He represented Hazaribagh parliamentary constituency from 1996 to 1998.

Life and background

Vishwakarma was born on 1 January 1936 in

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and raised in Noora area of

Hazaribagh Hazaribagh is a city and a municipal corporation in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the administrative headquarters of Hazaribagh district and divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is known ...

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state. He did

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and

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, and then

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and

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. After completing his education, he then worked as a teacher and educationist.

Career

Vishwakarma was initially serving as a teacher and then established his associations with

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to contest

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elections. He was elected as the member of parliament and remained in office from 1996 to 1998. In

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and

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, the party declined his ticket, citing "He made unsuitable efforts" during the election campaign against its official candidate

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. After resigning from the party, he contested as a nonpartisan candidate but was declared "defeated".

Personal life

Vishwakarma was born to "Latoo Mistry" and married to "Sita Devi" on 21 May 1954. The couple has four daughters and two sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vishwakarma, M. L. 1936 births India MPs 1996–1997 People from Bihar People from Hazaribagh district Living people Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University alumni