Mahaveer Prasad () (11 November 1939 – 28 November 2010) was an Indian politician. He stood for the

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on the

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ticket and until his death was a Member of Parliament for Bansgaon. He was the Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries.Official biography from Parliament of India records
. Prasad was a member of the

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from 1974 to 1977. He was elected to the

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in 1980 and to the

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in 1984. He was Union Deputy Minister of Railways from February 1988 to July 1989 and Minister of State for Mines and Steel in the Department of Mines from July 1989 to December 1989. He was elected to the

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in 1989 and served as

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from 14 June 1994 to 1999. While he was Governor of Haryana, he also served as

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from 18 September 1995 to 16 November 1995 and again from 23 April 1996 to 26 July 1997. He was elected to the

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in 2004, and following the election he became Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro & Rural Industries on 22 May 2004. Prasad was from Chamar caste of village Ujjarpar, P/O Ujjarpar, Dist Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh. He was oldest among his brothers, Lt.Prabhunath Prasad and Lt. Chhavilal Prasad. His Nephew (Brother's son's) are Vijay Kumar, Raj Kumar, Baijnath Kumar who are currently lives in Gorakhpur and doing well in their career. Mahaveer Prasad died on 28 November 2010 at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in

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after a long illness.Former Union minister Mahavir Prasad dies
Press Trust of India, 30 November 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prashad, Mahaveer 1939 births 2010 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Politicians from Gorakhpur India MPs 2004–2009 Members of the Cabinet of India Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Governors of Haryana Governors of Himachal Pradesh India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1984–1989 India MPs 1989–1991 People from Gorakhpur district