Ranbir Singh Hooda
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Ranbir Singh Hooda is well known in Haryana
's Jat
heartland for his role in India's freedom struggle as a leading member of the Indian National Congress
.
Born on November 26, 1914, in the house of Matu Ram in Sanghi village Rohtak district, Hooda studied at Vaish High School, Rohtak, Government College, Rohtak and Ramjas College, Delhi from where he graduated in early thirties. He was imprisoned four times for participating in nationalist movements. Taking a greater interest in education, he founded Subash High School at Kharkhande and primary schools in villages of Munger Bilbilan and Polangi. He also started a weekly called the Hindi Haryana and headed the Haryana Vidya Parcharani Sabha at Rohtak.
He was a minister in the Punjab Government for a number of years.
At the time of his death, he was the president of All India Freedom Fighter Organization. His another notable contribution included the role he played in development of Bakhra Nangal Power Project as the then Irrigation Minister of joint Punjab. His son, Ch. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
, is the current Chief Minister of Haryana
and his grandson Shri Deepender Hooda is the M.P. from Rohtak.
Hooda, a member of the first Constituent Assembly that framed the Indian Constitution died aged 94, on February 1, 2009, after a long illness.
The was lone surviving member of the Constituent Assembly of India,He took active part in the making of the Constitution of the country and drew the attention of that august house to the problems of the village and the workers and peasants. During this period, he was also a member of the Provisional Parliament and served it from 1950 to 52.
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
's Jat
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...
heartland for his role in India's freedom struggle as a leading member of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
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Born on November 26, 1914, in the house of Matu Ram in Sanghi village Rohtak district, Hooda studied at Vaish High School, Rohtak, Government College, Rohtak and Ramjas College, Delhi from where he graduated in early thirties. He was imprisoned four times for participating in nationalist movements. Taking a greater interest in education, he founded Subash High School at Kharkhande and primary schools in villages of Munger Bilbilan and Polangi. He also started a weekly called the Hindi Haryana and headed the Haryana Vidya Parcharani Sabha at Rohtak.
He was a minister in the Punjab Government for a number of years.
At the time of his death, he was the president of All India Freedom Fighter Organization. His another notable contribution included the role he played in development of Bakhra Nangal Power Project as the then Irrigation Minister of joint Punjab. His son, Ch. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Bhupinder Singh Hooda is an Indian politician, a leader of the Indian National Congress and the current Chief Minister of Haryana. He became the chief minister of Haryana for the first time in March 2005. He created a history of sorts in the Haryana assembly elections of 2009, when Hooda led...
, is the current Chief Minister of Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
and his grandson Shri Deepender Hooda is the M.P. from Rohtak.
Hooda, a member of the first Constituent Assembly that framed the Indian Constitution died aged 94, on February 1, 2009, after a long illness.
The was lone surviving member of the Constituent Assembly of India,He took active part in the making of the Constitution of the country and drew the attention of that august house to the problems of the village and the workers and peasants. During this period, he was also a member of the Provisional Parliament and served it from 1950 to 52.