Kailash Meghwal is a former union minister of state in Government of India

Government of India

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 and a national vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

. He represents Tonk

Tonk (Lok Sabha Constituency)

Tonk Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan state in India. It was abolished following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.-Members of Parliament:...

 constituency of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 in 14th Lok Sabha

14th Lok Sabha

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. He was minister of state for social justice and empowerment from 2003 to 2004.

Born in 1934 in Udaipur District

Udaipur district

Udaipur District is one of the 33 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. The historic city of Udaipur is the administrative headquarters of the district....

 he did MA and LLB from University of Rajasthan

University of Rajasthan

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He was imprisoned in emergency in 1975 and released in 1977. He was president of Udaipur Bar Association and a member of senate of Udaipur University.

Positions held

• 1962 Joint Secretary, Praja Socialist Party. Rajasthan
• 1969-1975 Joint Secretary,Bharatiya Jansangh, Rajasthan
• 1977-1985 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (two terms)
• 1977 Minister of State with Independent Charge of Ministry of Mines & Geology, Panchayati Raj & Sheep and Wool ,Government of Rajasthan
• 1978 Cabinet Minister, Sahakarita and Mines and Geology, Government of Rajasthan
• 1980-1982 Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
• 1981-1984 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
• 1982-1985 General Secretary, B.J.P., Rajasthan
• 1987 onwards Vice-President, B.J.P., Rajasthan
• 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha from Jalore
  Jalore
  Jalor, also known as Jalore , is a city in Rajasthan state of western India. It is the administrative headquarters of Jalor District.- Geography :...
  
  
• 1990 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (third term)
• 1991-1992 Cabinet Minister, Irrigation and Relief, Government of Rajasthan
• 1993-1998 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, (fourth term)
• 1994-1998 Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Home, Mines and Printing , Government of Rajasthan
• 22 September 2001 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (in bye-election, 2nd term)
• 2003-2004 Union Minister of State, Social Justice and Empowerment
• 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

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