Manik Chand Jatav-vir

Rao Manik Chand Jatav- was a Dalit activist and Member of 1st Lok Sabha from Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.

Biography

Manik Chand Jatav-vir was born to Shri Bab Saheb Bhola Nath Jatav-Vir and Smt. Vishastra Devi in March 1897 at Agra, North-Western Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh). He got his education at St. John's College, Agra. He was imprisoned in connection with Dalit Uplift movement in 1947. He had a lifelong interest in Dalit Uplift and Social Services. He lived in Vir Bhawan, Raja ki Mandi, Agra (U.P.)

Posts held

• Member of Parliament (Krishikar Lok Party) from Bharatpur-Sawai MadhopurRajasthan (Reserved for SC) in 1952.
• 1 D.; Businessman; Member, Sewa Samiti, Agra, 1912
• Member, Arya Kumar Sabha, Agra, 1912
• Founder, Shree Jatav Maha Sabha, 1917
• Member, Arya Mitra Sabha, 1915—18
• Incharge, Municipal Hospital, Agra, 1918—28
• Founder, Jatav-Vir Dal, 1923
• President, U.P. Depressed Classes League
• Founder, the "Jeevan Jyoti" and the "Jatav Granthmala", monthly magazines, 1934
• M.L.A., U.P., 1937—39
• Founder, Jatav-Vir Institute, Agra, 1937
• Chairman, District Scheduled Caste Education Board, Agra, 1938-45.
• Member, U.P. Provincial War Board, 1940—44
• Member, Provincial Civil Defence Committee, 1941
• Member, Provincial Reclamation Board, U.P., and Provincial Scheduled Castes Education Board, U.P., 1943—45

Recognition

• In 1943, Viceroy awarded a prize for services to Depressed Classes
• Became Rao Sahib and then Jagir in 1945.