List of oldest living members of the Lok Sabha
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The following is a list of individuals who were the oldest sitting or former members of the Lok Sabha or its predecessors, the post-Independence Constituent Assembly of India (1947–1950) and the Provisional Parliament of India (1950–1952).
From | To (date of death) | Member | Date of birth | Parliament (terms) | State served | Party | Age (years, days when known) | Notes |
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28 January 1950 | 20 January 1951[1] | Amritlal Thakkar | 29 November 1869 | Provisional Parliament (28 January–15 August 1950)[2][3] | Saurashtra | Indian National Congress | 81 years, 52 days | |
20 January 1951 | 1 May 1966[4] | Dayal Das Bhagat | c.1874 | Constituent Assembly of India (1946–1950) | United Provinces[4] | Indian National Congress | 91–92 | |
1 May 1966 | 25 December 1972[5] | C. Rajagopalachari | 10 December 1878 | Constituent Assembly of India (1946–1950) Provisional Parliament (1950–1952) |
Madras[5] | Indian National Congress (to 1957) Indian National Democratic Congress (1957–1959) Swatantra Party (1959–1972) |
94 years, 15 days | Governor-General of India (1948-1950) Home Minister (1950-1951) Chief Minister of Madras (1952-1954) |
25 December 1972 | 29 April 1979[6] | Raja Mahendra Pratap | 1 December 1886 | Lok Sabha (1957–1962)[7] | Uttar Pradesh[5] | Indian National Congress (1906–1952) Independent (1957–1962) |
92 years, 149 days | |
29 April 1979 | 19 March 1982[8] | Acharya Jivatram Kripalani | 11 November 1888 | Constituent Assembly of India (1946–1950) Provisional Parliament (1950–1952) Lok Sabha (1952–1970)[9] |
Bihar[8] | Indian National Congress (to 1951) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (1951–1952) Praja Socialist Party (1952–1970)[9] |
93 years, 128 days | President of the Indian National Congress (1946) |
19 March 1982 | 2 June 1984[10] | Bishwanath Das | 8 March 1889 | Constituent Assembly of India (1946–1950) Provisional Parliament (1950–1952) |
Odisha[10] | United Front | 95 years, 86 days | |
2 June 1984 | 2 June 1991[11] | Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka | 16 August 1889[12] | Constituent Assembly (1948–1950) Provisional Parliament (1950–1952) Lok Sabha (1962–1970)[12] |
West Bengal | Indian National Congress | 101 years, 290 days | MP (Rajya Sabha) 1956–1962. |
2 June 1991 | 10 April 1995[13] | Morarji Desai | 29 February 1896[13] | Lok Sabha (1957–1979)[13][14] | Bombay State (1957–1960) Gujarat (1960–1979) |
Indian National Congress (to 1969) Indian National Congress (Organisation) (1969–1977) Janata Party (1977–1988) Janata Dal (1988–1995) |
99 years, 41 days | Prime Minister (1977–1979) |
10 April 1995 | 15 January 1998[15] | M. A. Sreenivasan | September 1897 | Constituent Assembly of India (1947–1948)[15] | Gwalior State[16] | Nominated | 100 years | |
15 January 1998 | 15 January 1998[17][15] | Gulzarilal Nanda | 4 July 1898 | Lok Sabha (1952–1977)[15] | Bombay State (1952–1960) Gujarat (1960–1967) Haryana (1967–1977)[18] |
Indian National Congress | 99 years, 195 days | Prime Minister (1964, 1966) |
15 January 1998 | 3 May 2002[19] | Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi | 15 August 1898 | Lok Sabha (1968–1970)[19] | Bihar | Indian National Congress | 103 years, 261 days | MP (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh (1962–1967, 1972–1978). Distinguished hotelier.[19] |
3 May 2002 | 31 January 2003[20] | Balwant Singh Mehta | 8 February 1900 | Constituent Assembly of India (1948–1950) Lok Sabha (1952–1957)[21][20] |
Rajasthan | Indian National Congress | 102 years, 357 days | |
31 January 2003 | 19 August 2005[22] | R. N. Tripathi | c. 1900 | Lok Sabha (1980–1984)[22] | Uttar Pradesh | Indian National Congress (1930-1948) Praja Socialist Party (1948-1975) Indian National Congress (R) (1976-1984)[23] |
104–105 | |
19 August 2005 | 4 February 2006[24] | Sangappa A. Agadi | 11 September 1906 | Lok Sabha (1957–1962, 1967–1970)[24] | Mysore State | Indian National Congress[25] | 99 years, 146 days | |
4 February 2006 | 27 January 2009[26] | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 4 December 1910 | Provisional Parliament (1950–1952) Lok Sabha (1952–1957, 1957, 1977–1984)[26] |
Madras State Tamil Nadu |
Indian National Congress | 98 years, 54 days | President (1987–1992) Vice-President (1984–1987) Minister of Defence (1982–1984) Home Minister (1982) Minister of Finance (1980–1982) |
27 January 2009 | 18 July 2013[27] | Samar Mukherjee | 7 November 1913 | Lok Sabha (1971–1984) | West Bengal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 99 years, 253 days | MP (Rajya Sabha) Dec. 1986-Jul. 1993[27] |
18 July 2013 | 13 June 2015 | Sheila Kaul | 7 February 1915 | Lok Sabha (1971–1977, 1980–1995) | Uttar Pradesh | Indian National Congress[28] | 100 years, 126 days | |
13 June 2015 | 30 November 2019 | Laxminarayan Nayak | 1918 | Lok Sabha (1977–1980) | Madhya Pradesh | Janata Party | 100–101 | |
30 November 2019 | 30 January 2022 | S.K. Paramasivan | 26 February 1919 | Lok Sabha (1962–1967) | Tamil Nadu | Indian National Congress | 102 years, 338 days |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Deaths of Shri A.V. Thakkar and Ch. Mukhtar Singh" (PDF). Provisional Parliament Debates (Part II). 8 (1): 2344. 5 February 1951. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ Parliament of India: Who's Who (1950) (PDF). New Delhi. 1950. p. 118. Search this book on
- ↑ "Resignation of Shri Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar" (PDF). Provisional Parliament Debates (Part II). 6 (1): 20. 19 February 1973. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Obituary Reference" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. Third Series. 55 (54): 14961. 6 May 1966. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Obituary References" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. Fifth Series. 23 (1): 25–27. 19 February 1973. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ "Obituary Reference" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. Sixth Series. 26 (47): 1. 30 April 1979. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ Parliament of India - Second Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1957) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1957. p. 229. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Obituary Reference" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. Eighth Session, Seventh Series. 26 (22): 1. 22 March 1982. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Parliament of India - Second Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1957) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1957. p. 208. Search this book on
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Obituary Reference" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. Fifteenth Session, Seventh Series. 59 (1): 3–4. 23 July 1984. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ↑ "Resolution Re. Demise of Rajiv Gandhi & Obituary References" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates, Tenth Lok Sabha. First Session, Tenth Series. 1 (3): 73. 11 May 1990. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Parliament of India - Third Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1962) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1962. pp. 186–187. Search this book on
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Obituary References: Demise of Shri Morarji Desai, Former Prime Minister of India, and Others" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates, Tenth Lok Sabha. Thirteenth Session, Tenth Series. 39 (15): 1–2. 24 April 1995. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ Parliament of India - Third Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1962) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1962. p. 114. Search this book on
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Obituary References" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates, Twelfth Lok Sabha. First Session, Twelfth Series. 1 (1): 6–7. 25 March 1998. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ Radhakrishna, B.P. (2005). Random Harvest: Biographical Sketches. New Delhi: Geological Society of Inda. p. 179. Search this book on
- ↑ "Former PM Gulzarilal Nanda dead". 15 January 1998. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ Parliament of India - Third Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1962) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1962. pp. 347–348. Search this book on
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Obituary References" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates, Thirteenth Lok Sabha. First Session, Thirteenth Series. 25 (33): 1–2. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Obituary References" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates, Thirteenth Lok Sabha. Twelfth Session, Thirteenth Series. 31 (9): 3–4. 27 February 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ Parliament of India - House of the People: Who's Who (1952) (PDF). New Delhi: Parliamentary Secretariat. 1952. pp. 175–176. Search this book on
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Obituary References" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates, Fourteenth Lok Sabha. Sixth Session, Fourteenth Series. 14 (1): 6. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ Parliament of India - Seventh Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1980) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1980. p. 513. Search this book on
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Obituary References" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates, Fourteenth Lok Sabha. Seventh Session, Fourteenth Series. 17 (1): 24. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ↑ Parliament of India - Fourth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1967) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1967. p. 7. Search this book on
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Obituary References" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates, Fourteenth Lok Sabha. Fifteenth Session, Fourteenth Series. 37 (1): 23–24. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Obituary References" (PDF). Rajya Sabha Debates. 229 (1): 2. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ Parliament of India - Seventh Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1980) (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1980. p. 194. Search this book on
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