Harsh Vardhan
Born(1947-12-01)1 December 1947
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Died4 October 2016(2016-10-04) (aged 68)
New Delhi, India
EducationB.A.[1]
Alma materLucknow University.[1]
Occupations
Years active1974–2016
Political partyIndian National Congress[1]
SpouseVishnu Singh[1]
Children1 son, 1 daughter (including Supriya Shrinate)

Harsh Vardhan (1 December 1947 – 4 October 2016) was an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh who entered politics with Socialist Party but later joined Congress. He was elected from Maharajganj constituency of Uttar Pradesh in 1989 and 2009.[1]

Education and background

Harsh Vardhan, was an alumnus of Lucknow Sainik School and held a B.A. degree from Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.[1] He died after a short illness on 4 October 2016.[2]

Family

His daughter[3] is Supriya Shrinate, who was executive editor with ET Now, the business channel of Times Television Network, before resigning to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from Maharajganj[4] unsuccessfully[5] and was later appointed as the INC spokesperson.[6]

Posts held

# From To Position
01 1974 1977 President, Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, (Youth Wing of Socialist Party) Uttar Pradesh
02 1985 1989 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
03 1985 1989 Member, Committee on Questions and References, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
04 1985 1989 Member, Committee of Privileges, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
05 1985 1989 Member, Committee of Petitions and Subordinate Legislation, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
06 1986 1988 General Secretary, Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
07 1989 - Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
08 1990 - Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
09 2003 2004 Vice President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
10 2000 Date Member, AICC
11 2009 Date Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
12 2009 Date Member, Committee on Home Affairs
13 2009 Date Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Profile on Lok Sabha Official Website".
  2. ^ "Harshwardhan: Former Congress MP Harshwardhan dies | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. 4 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Twist in Tale: Congress Replaces Jailed Politician's Daughter with Journalist Supriya Shrinate in UP". 29 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Supriya Shrinate quits business news channel ET Now - ET BrandEquity".
  5. ^ "Congress names former-TV journalist Supriya Shrinate as spokesperson". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 21 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Congress appoints ex-journalist Supriya Shrinate as spokesperson".

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