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| | birth_date = 1934<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OgLB6l1QWcIC&q=Melhupra+Vero+1934&dq=Melhupra+Vero+1934&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2ja2juJznAhU6UxUIHXyNA_QQ6AEIKzAA Who is who, pg. 58]</ref>
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| | birth_place = Runguzu village, Phek District, [[Nagaland]], India
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| | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2020|01|24|86|df=y}}
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| '''Melhupra Vero''' (1934 – January 24, 2020) was an Indian politician and the first [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|member of parliament]] from among the [[Naga people]].<ref name="A festival for beauty forever: Tributes on International Day for the elderly">{{cite web | url=http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/a-festival-for-beauty-forever-tributes-on-international-day-for-the-elderly/ | title=A festival for beauty forever: Tributes on International Day for the elderly | publisher=Easter Mirror Nagaland | date=1 October 2015 | access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> Born in the [[Dimapur]] city of the Indian state of [[Nagaland]], Vero contested the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1989 and won the election as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate.<ref name="AC: Nagaland 1989">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/info?eid=82&stateac=33 | title=AC: Nagaland 1989 | publisher=India Votes | date=1989 | access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Empowering India">{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/preview.aspx?candid=440882&cid=18 | title=Empowering India | publisher=Empowering India | date=2015 | access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2006, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> On 1 October 2015, the [[Government of Nagaland]] honoured him during the [[International Day of Older Persons]] celebrations.<ref name="Continue teaching young people">{{cite web | url=http://morungexpress.com/international-day-of-older-persons-observed/ | title=Continue teaching young people | newspaper=Morung Express | date=1 October 2015 | access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref>
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Naga people]]
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| * [[International Day of Older Persons]]
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| [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]]
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| [[Category:People from Dimapur district]]
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| [[Category:Naga people]]
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| [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Nagaland]]
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