Virdhi Chand Jain

Virdhi Chand Jain
Member of Parliament
In office 1980-1984 Seventh Lok Sabha 1984-1989 Eighth Lok Sabha

Virdhi Chand Jain (1920-2010) was an Indian freedom fighter, parliamentarian and lawyer. He was a Member of Parliament for Barmer in Rajasthan and former Member of Legislative Assembly in Barmer constituency from Rajasthan. He was a party member of Indian National Congress. ^[1]

Personal

Late Shri Virdhi Chand Jain also known as Vridhi Chand Jain, son of Shri Rawat Mal Jain, was born on 4 July 1920 in a Bohra Jain family at Chohtan, Barmer, Rajasthan. A Commerce and Law graduate, studied at Sanatan Dharma College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He was married to Late Smt. Mooli Devi and has three sons, and 9 grandchildren. Late Shri Virdhi Chand Jain was Bohra - Jain by religion and was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) party. ^[2]

Member of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party affiliation
Seventh	1980-1984	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-1989	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress

MLA/Member of Barmer assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha	Duration	Name of M.L.A.	Party affiliation
[1998 Vidhan Sabha]	1998-2003	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress
[1977 Vidhan Sabha]	1977-1980	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress
[1972 Vidhan Sabha]	1972-1977	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress

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Social activities

Fought for the cause of the downtrodden, oppressed and eradication of dacoit menace; pleaded the cause of agriculturists in eradicating "Begar" and Lag Bag and introducing "Baghori" (cash rent) in Barmer District of Rajasthan. ^[4]

References

1. "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
2. "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
3. "Electiontrends.in".
4. "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.