Mahendra Prasad
Prasad in 2006
MP of Rajya Sabha
In office
May 1985 – December 2021
Succeeded byAnil Hegde
ConstituencyBihar
Personal details
Born(1940-01-08)8 January 1940
Govindpur, Jehanabad district, Bihar, British India
Died27 December 2021(2021-12-27) (aged 81)
Delhi, India
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
Alma materPatna College

Mahendra Prasad (8 January 1940 – 27 December 2021) was an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United) party, a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha.[1][2] He was the richest Indian MP.[3] Prasad also owned two pharmaceutical companies, Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd. He died at Apollo Hospital in Delhi on 27 December 2021, at the age of 81.[4]

Personal life

Prasad was born at Govindpur village in the modern Indian state of Bihar. He belonged to Bhumihar Brahmin family. He was married to Satula Devi and had 3 sons Rajiv Sharma, Ranjit Sharma and late Devinder.[5]

Career

Prasad moved out of his home at the age of 24. At young age he left for Bombay to start a business. He worked as a teacher in a school.He started working with pharma businessman Samprada Singh. He later went on to start his company Aristo Pharmaceuticals in 1971.[6] He started his political career in 1980 when he was elected to Lok Sabha on a congress ticket. He was a seven term MP from Bihar who was also once elected to Lok Sabha. He also owned two pharmaceutical companies named Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ Who's who in Asian and Australasian Politics. Bowker-Saur. 1991. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-86291-593-3.
  2. ^ Sabha, India Parliament Rajya (2012). Who's who. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 252.
  3. ^ a b "The reclusive pharma billionaire & globetrotter who has never lost a Rajya Sabha poll". ThePrint. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Prasad passes away at 81". The Statesman. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b "King Mahendra: The medicine baron who became JDU's longest-serving RS MP". The Indian Express. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ^ Anshuman, Kumar (25 March 2018). "The reclusive pharma billionaire & globetrotter who has never lost a Rajya Sabha poll". ThePrint. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

External links

List of members of the Rajya Sabha from Bihar State (16)
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