Mahendra Singh Mahra
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Mahendra Singh Mehra | |
|---|---|
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttarakhand | |
| In office 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Satyavrat Chaturvedi |
| Succeeded by | Anil Baluni |
| Minister of agriculture and irrigation, Uttarakhand government | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Chief Minister | N.D. Tiwari |
| Member of Legislative assembly, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Puran Singh Fartyal |
| Constituency | Lohaghat |
| Member of Legislative assembly | |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Krishna Chandra Punetha |
| Succeeded by | Krishna Chandra Punetha |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Kamal Kishan Pandey |
| Succeeded by | Krishna Chandra Punetha |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1939 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Education | B.A. from Agra University |
Mahendra Singh Mahra (born Siltham, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand) is an Indian politician and agriculturist who served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand (April 2012 to April 2018), served as Minister Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing & Watershed Management, Government of Uttarakhand (2002 to 2007) and served as a four time MLA representing Pithoragarh Assembly constituency in the first two terms and Lohaghat in the next two terms.
He also served as Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural development. Presently he is a member of AIIMS, Rishikesh.[1]
Mahendra Singh Mahra was born on to Bishan Singh Mahra and Parvati Mahra who hailed from a Jagirdar Thakur family of a town of Pithoragarh. He finished his Primary and secondary education in a school run by the missionaries in Pithoragarh. Later, he graduated through a B.A. degree from Agra University.
His father Bishan Singh Mahra was the first chairperson of the township of Pithoragarh. His uncle Uday Singh Mahra served the people of the town by laying the founding stone of the town's only library, Nagar Palika, sports ground, etc. Following his father's and uncle's footsteps, young Mahra got into politics.