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{{BLP sources|date=January 2008}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Jaskaur Meena<br />
| image = <br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|5|3|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dausa District]], [[India]]<br />
| office = Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, [[Government of India]]<br />
| term = 2003–2004<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| termstart2 = 23 May 2019<br />
| constituency2 = [[Dausa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dausa]]<br />
| term3 = 1998–2004<br />
| constituency3 = [[Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tonk-Sawai Madhopur]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = Srilal Meena<br />
| children = 2<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| other_names = <br />
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| occupation = Politician, author<br />
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'''Jaskaur Meena''' (born 3 May 1947) is an [[India]]n politician, a former Union minister of state in [[Government of India]] and a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She was also in charge of the [[Scheduled tribes]] (ST) ''Morcha'' (wing) of the party at the national level.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
She was born in 1947 in Sangaroor, Punjab but her family migrated to Rajasthan when she was very young. She has a BEd and a master's degree from the [[University of Rajasthan]]. She is known to be the first female literate political leaders in her community. She served as a teacher and educational administrator in the Women and Child Development Department, Government of [[Rajasthan]]. She belongs to the community of [[Meenas]] in Rajasthan.<br />
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== Positions held ==<br />
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*1999: Elected to 13th [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house) from [[Sawai Madhopur]] constituency.<br />
*2003–2004: Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development<br />
*2019: Elected as a Member of Parliament from Dausa constituency.<br />
*2021: Nominated as BJP's National Executive Counsell Member from Rajasthan.<br />
*2019: Member Standing Committee for Indian Railways.<br />
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== Social activism ==<br />
Jaskaur set up a ''Gramin Mahila Vidyapeeth'' (Rural Girls' University) in the village of Mainpura in [[Sawai Madhopur District]] in 1993 to educate girls in the district. The Vidyapeeth includes girls in grades 1 through 12. It was constructed with the active participation of 4,000 families. She also owns her own dairy farm called 'Shabri'.<br />
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== Books published ==<br />
*''Inhen Bhi Jaaniye'' – containing detailed description of national signs and symbols<br />
*''Samay Ki Ret'' – a compilation of poems<br />
*''Geet Sangrah'' – a collection of folk songs of Rajasthan recited on auspicious occasions<br />
*''Mahila Ke Badhate Charan''<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622175105/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodatap13.asp?mpsno=247 Parliament of India biographical data]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{17th LS members from Rajasthan}}<br />
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[[Category:People from Sawai Madhopur district]]<br />
[[Category:People from Dausa district]]<br />
[[Category:13th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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