Mahaveer Prasad (11 November 1939 – 28 November 2010) was an India

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n politician. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections

Indian general election, 2004

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 on the Indian National Congress

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 ticket and until his death was a Member of Parliament for Bansgaon

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. He was the Union Cabinet Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries.

Prasad was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977. He was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha

7th Lok Sabha

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 in 1980 and to the 8th Lok Sabha

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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 9th Lok Sabha

9th Lok Sabha

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 in 1989 and served as Governor of Haryana from 14 June 1995 to 2000. While he was Governor of Haryana, he also served as Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 18 September 1995 to 16 November 1995 and again from 23 April 1996 to 26 July 1997. He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha

14th Lok Sabha

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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 died at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)

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 in Delhi

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after a long illness.