1956 Rajya Sabha elections

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Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1956, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. [1]

Elections[edit]

Elections were held in 1956 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

Members elected[edit]

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1956. They are members for the term 1956-62 and retire in year 1962, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 1956-1962
State Member Name Party Remark
Ajmer & Coorg Abdul Shakoor Maulana INC
Andhra V C Keshava Rao INC
Andhra A Balarami Reddy INC res 09/03/1962
Andhra N Narotham Reddy INC res 15/03/1960 LS
Andhra Yasoda Reddy INC res 27/02/1962 2LS
Andhra V Ventakaramana INC
Assam Pushpalata Das INC
Assam Purna Chandra Sharma INC
Bilaspur &
Himachal Pradesh		 Lila Devi INC
Bihar Ram Gopal Agarwala INC
Bihar Michael John INC
Bihar Kishori Ram INC
Bihar Syed Mazhar Imam INC
Bihar Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha INC
Bihar Ganga Sharan Sinha OTH
Bihar Tajamul Husain INC
Bihar Shah Mohd. Umair INC
Bombay B R Ambedkar OTH Dea. 06/12/1956
Bombay Trimbak R Deogirikar INC
Bombay Dr M D D Gilder INC term till 1960
Bombay Dr N S Hardikar INC
Bombay Gajanan R Kulkarni INC
Bombay D Y Pawar INC
Bombay Manilal C Shah INC Dea. 09/01/1960
Bombay Manubhai C Shah INC Res. 12/03/1957 2LS
Bombay Meghjibhai P Shah INC Res. 26/07/1957
Delhi Onkar Nath INC Res. 16/04/1955
Hyderabad V K Dhage IND term till 1960
Hyderabad Dr Raj Bahadur Goud INC
Jammu & Kashmir Syed M Jalali JKNC dea. 22/02/1961
Kutch Premji Bhavanji Thacker INC Res. 26/07/1952
Madhya Bharat Kanhailal D Vaidya INC
Madhya Bharat Krishna Kant Vyas INC
Madhya Pradesh Dr Waman S Barlingay INC
Madhya Pradesh Mohammad Ali INC
Madhya Pradesh Ram Sahai INC
Madhya Pradesh Rukmani Bai INC
Madhya Pradesh Dr Raghu Vira INC
Madhya Pradesh Marotirao D Tumpalliwar INC res. 12/03/1962
Madras V K Krishna Menon INC res. 15/03/1957 2LS
Madras A Ramaswami Mudaliar IND
Madras V M Obaidullah Sahib INC dea. 21/02/1958
Madras T.S. Pattabiraman INC
Madras T N Ramamurti INC
Madras S Venkatanaraman INC
Manipur and Tripura Abdul Latif INC
Manipur Laimayum L M Sharma INC ele 01/12/1956
term till 1960
Mysore S V Krishna Moorty Rao INC 01/03/1962
Mysore M Govinda Reddy INC
Mysore J R Desai OTH
Mysore Dr N S Hardikar INC
Nominated Rukmini Devi Arundale NOM
Nominated N R Malkani NOM
Nominated Dr B V Warekar NOM
Nominated Dr Zakir Hussain NOM res 06/07/1957
Orissa Bhagirathi Mahapatra INC
Orissa Maheshwar Naik INC res. 27/02/1962 3LS
Orissa Abhimanyu Rath INC
P E P S U Lt. Col Joginder Singh Mann OTH
Punjab Chaman Lall Diwan INC
Punjab Darshan Singh Pheruman INC till 22/10/1956
Punjab Zail Singh INC res 10/03/1962
Rajasthan Sharda Bhargava INC
Rajasthan Jaswantt Singh OTH
Rajasthan Dr Kalu Lal Shrimali INC 01 Mar 1962
Saurashtra Nanabhai Bhat INC
Saurashtra Bhogilal M Shah INC
Travancore & Cochin K P Madhavan Nair INC
Travancore & Cochin M N Govindan Nair CPM
Travancore & Cochin P Narayan Nair INC term till 1960
Uttar Pradesh Akhtar Hussain INC
Uttar Pradesh Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee INC term till 1960
Uttar Pradesh Jashaud Singh Bhist INC
Uttar Pradesh Jaspat Roy Kapoor INC
Uttar Pradesh Dr Hriday N Kunzru IND
Uttar Pradesh Chandravati Lakhanpal INC
Uttar Pradesh Anis Kidwai INC
Uttar Pradesh Savitri Devi Nigam INC res. 28/02/1962 3LS
Uttar Pradesh Har Prasad Saksena INC
Uttar Pradesh Prakash Narayan Sapru INC
Uttar Pradesh Ram Kripal Singh INC Dea. 14/03/1961
Uttar Pradesh Ram Prasad Tamta INC res. 01/05/1958
Vindyachal Pradesh Ahmed Gulsher OTH
West Bengal Satyapriya Banerjee FB term till 1960
Dea. 23/03/1957
West Bengal P D Himatsingka INC Res 27/02/1962 3LS
West Bengal Prof Humayun Kabir INC Res 27/02/1962 3LS
West Bengal Satyendra Prosad Ray INC

Bye-elections[edit]

The following bye elections were held in the year 1956.

State - Member - Party

  1. Delhi - Begum Siddiqa Kidwai - INC ( ele 24/11/1956, term till 1958 )
  2. Delhi - Onkar Nath - INC ( ele 24/11/1956 term till 1960 )
  3. Assam - Mahendramohan Chaudhury - INC ( ele 01/12/1956 term till 1958 )
  4. Orissa - Govind Chandra Misra - INC ( ele 06/12/1956 term till 1960 )
  5. Bihar - Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha - INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 )
  6. Bihar - Krishna Mohan Pyare Sinha- INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 )
  7. Madras - Dawood Ali Mirza - INC ( ele 11/12/1956 term till 1962)
  8. Uttar Pradesh - Mahabir Prasad Bhargava - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1958 )
  9. Uttar Pradesh - Bal Krishna Sharma - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 death 29/04/1960 )
  10. Uttar Pradesh - Pandit Algu Rai Shastri - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 res. 24/04/1958 )
  11. West Bengal - Surendra Mohan Ghose - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term till 1962 )
  12. West Bengal - Mehr Chand Khanna - INC ( ele 15/12/1956 res 26/02/1962 3LS )

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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