The Rajya Sabha,constitutionally the Council of States,is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023,it has a maximum membership of 250,of which 238 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 service. The total allowed capacity is 250 according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. The current potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 245,after the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act,2019,the seats came down to 245. The maximum seats of 250 members can be filled up at the discretion and requirements of the house of Rajya Sabha.
The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The President of India,in their role as head of the legislature,has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha,but they can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the Prime Minister and their Union Council of Ministers.
Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Maharashtra twice from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was the finance minister of India from 1988 to 1989 in Rajiv Gandhi ministry. He also served as the home minister of India twice,from 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986 in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet,and from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996 in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was an Indian politician who served as the sixth president of India,serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress Party in the independence movement,he went on to hold several key offices in independent India –as Deputy Chief minister of Andhra state and the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh,a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister—before becoming the Indian president.
Krishan Kant was an Indian politician who served as the tenth vice president of India from 1997 until his death in 2002. Prior to his vice presidency,Kant was the governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997. He was a member of both houses of the Indian Parliament,representing Chandigarh in the Lok Sabha from 1977 to 1980,and Haryana in the Rajya Sabha from 1966 to 1977.
Ram Manohar Lohia was an activist in the Indian independence movement and a socialist political leader. During the last phase of British rule in India,he worked with the Congress Radio which was broadcast secretly from various places in Bombay until 1942.
Ram Niwas Mirdha was an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He served as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1967 and as speaker of the assembly from 1957 to 1967. Mirdha was a cabinet minister of the Government of India for several departments during the 1970s and 1980s and became of member of the Lok Sabha for Barmer,Rajasthan,from 1991 to 1996. He was a member of the executive board of UNESCO from 1993 to 1997. He served as chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi until his death from multiple organ failure. He also served as Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha from 1977 to 1980.
Sayyid Bashir Hussain Zaidi,CIE,MP was a member of the first Lok Sabha and the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 1956 to 1962. He also served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from United Provinces. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour,by Government of India in 1976.
G. S. Melkote was an Indian freedom fighter and parliamentarian. His full name is Gopaliah Subbukrishna Melkote.
Subhash C. Kashyap is a former secretary-general of 7th Lok Sabha,8th Lok Sabha and 9th Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat from 1984 to 1990. He is also a well known political scientist,an expert in the Indian Constitution,Constitutional Law,Parliamentary Experts and a distinguished scholar. He also headed an International Centre for Parliamentary Documentation,IPU at Geneva till 1983. Kashyap was honorary constitutional advisor to the Government of India on Panchayati Raj Laws and Institutions. He is also recipient of several prestigious awards for the Best Books in Constitution,Law and Political Science. At present Dr. Kashyap is an honorary research professor at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR),New Delhi. He was also a member of the National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution and chairman of its drafting and editorial committee.
Avtar Singh Rikhy was an Indian civil servant who was the former Secretary-General of the 6th Lok Sabha and 7th Lok Sabha. He succeeded Shri S. L. Shakdhar after his appointment as the Chief Election Commissioner.
Sanna Pakirappa or Sanna Pakkirappa is an Indian politician and was a member of 15th Lok Sabha from Raichur constituency. He is cousin of B Sriramulu. He contested from Bellary Rural in 2018 Karnataka Assembly Election.
Raja Amareshwara Nayak is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Raichur,Karnataka in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ahmed Mohiuddin was an Indian politician and the Member of parliament from 1952 to 1962 from the Secunderabad,Lok Sabha constituency of Hyderabad State. He was elected twice during the first Lok Sabha and the second Lok Sabha elections which were the India's first and the second general elections held in 1951 and 1957 after the Independence.
Uddhavrao Sahebrao Patil (1920-1984) was an Indian politician. He was the leader of the Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI). He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Peasants and Workers Party of India.
Laxmi Das was an Indian politician and a trade union leader. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Miryalguda in the 3rd Lok Sabha,the lower house of India's Parliament,as a member of the Communist Party of India.
Mahadevappa Yashwantappa Rampure (1920-1973) was an Indian politician,freedom fighter who served as the Deputy Chairman of the Mysuru Legislative Council from 26 December 1956 to 31 March 1957. He was Member of the Lok Sabha for Kalaburagi Lok Sabha constituency from 5 April 1957 to 27 December 1970. He was the founder of Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society.
Kolur Basavanagoud was an Indian politician,educationist,and industrialist who served as a member of the Indian Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha from the Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
Shankar Dev was an Indian politician and three-time Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha. He was also a Member of Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly and served as Deputy Minister and later Minister in former Hyderabad State from 1952 to 1956.
S.T. Quadri is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament (MP),represented the Shimoga constituency in 7th Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He was nominated as the Director of Salem Steel Plant in Tamil Nadu by the Government of India in 1976.
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