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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name = Mahendra Prasad | | name = Mahendra Prasad | ||
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] | constituency = [[Bihar]] | |image = Newly elected Rajya Sabha MP, Dr. Mahendra Prasad taking oath of Office at Parliament House in New Delhi on April 3, 2006.jpg | ||
| term_start = May 1985 | | caption = Prasad in 2006 | ||
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]] | | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1940|1|8}} | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|12|27|1940|1|8}} | |||
| death_place = [[Delhi]], India | |||
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] | |||
| constituency = [[Bihar]] | |||
| term_start = May 1985 | |||
| term_end = December 2021 | |||
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]] | |||
| birth_place = Govindpur, [[Jehanabad district]], [[Bihar]], British India | |||
}} | |||
'''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]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge25AAAAIAAJ&q=8+January+1940|title=Who's who in Asian and Australasian Politics|date=1991|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-593-3|pages=186|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sabha|first=India Parliament Rajya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQl9fBeDCjwC&q=+8+January+1940|title=Who's who|date=2012|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat|pages=252|language=en}}</ref> He was the richest Indian MP.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=25 March 2018|title=The reclusive pharma billionaire & globetrotter who has never lost a Rajya Sabha poll|url=https://theprint.in/politics/the-reclusive-pharma-billionaire-globetrotter-who-has-never-lost-a-rajya-sabha-seat/44445/|access-date=27 December 2021|work=[[ThePrint]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Prasad also owned two pharmaceutical companies, Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd. He died at [[Apollo Hospital, Indraprastha|Apollo Hospital]] in [[Delhi]] on 27 December 2021, at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 December 2021|title=JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Prasad passes away at 81|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/jdu-rajya-sabha-mp-mahendra-prasad-passes-away-81-1503033615.html|access-date=27 December 2021|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Prasad was born at Govindpur village in the modern Indian state of [[Bihar]]. He has a wife, Satula Devi and has 3 sons Rajv sharma, Ranjit Sharma and late. Devinder .<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=27 December 2021|title=King Mahendra: The medicine baron who became JDU's longest-serving RS MP|language=en|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/mahendra-prasad-death-jdu-bihar-7692785/|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | |||
Prasad moved out of his home at the age of 24. He did the work of a teacher in a school. 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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== External links == | ==External links== | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070810161849/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=212 Profile on Rajya Sabha website] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070810161849/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=212 Profile on Rajya Sabha website] | ||
{{Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|state=expanded}} | {{Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|state=expanded}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prasad, Mahendra}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Prasad, Mahendra}} | ||
[[Category:1940 births]] | |||
[[Category:2021 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]] | |||
[[Category:Businesspeople from Bihar]] | |||
[[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]] | [[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]] | ||
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]] | [[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]] | ||
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Bihar]] | [[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Bihar]] | ||