Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XII Lok Sabha








SCINDIA, SHRI MADHAVRAO 
[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - GWALIOR (MADHYA PRADESH)]


Father's Name Late Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia Date of Birth 10 March 1945 Place of Birth Bombay* (Maharashtra) Marital Status Married on 8 May 1966 Spouse's Name Smt. Madhavi Raje Scindia Children One son and one daughter Educational Qualifications M.A. (Oxon.) Educated at Scindia School, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Winchester College and New College, Oxford (U.K.) Profession Former Ruler, Political and Social Worker Permanent Address Jai Vilas, Gwalior-470004 (Madhya Pradesh) Tel. (0751) 321446 Present Address 27, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi-110011 Tels. (011) 3792174, 3013185 Fax. (011) 3013148 Positions Held 1971Elected to 5th Lok Sabha 1977Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1977-79Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1980Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1980-83Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs 1983-84Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1984Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1984-86Union Minister of State, Railways 1986-89Union Minister of State, Railways (Independent Charge) 1987-90Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987 1989Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (5th term) 1990-91Chairman, Subject Committee on Science and Technology Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1991Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term) Member, General Purposes Committee 1991-93Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation and Tourism 1995-96Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development 1996Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (7th term) 1996-97Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1996-98Member, Committee on Defence 1997 onwardsMember, Congress Working Committee General-Secretary, All India Congress Committee 1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term) 1998-99Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-III Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests and its Sub-Committee on Ganga Action Plan ** Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence Special Interests Social service, promotion of education, wildlife preservation, development of sports and education Favourite Pastime and Recreation Cricket, bridge, swimming and golf Sports and Clubs President (i) Board of Control for Cricket in India, 1990-93; (ii) Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association; (iii) PILCOM, Wills World Cup Organising Committee, 1996; and (iv) INDCOMM, Indian Committee for Wills World Cup, 1996; Member (i) Gymkhana Club, Delhi; (ii) Roshnara Club; (iii) National Sports Club of India; (iv) Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi; (v) Delhi Race Course Club; (vi) Air Force Golf Club, Mumbai; (vii) Willingdon Club; (viii) Western India Turf Club; (ix) Cricket Club of India; (x) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; (xi) India International Centre, New Delhi; (xii) Noida Golf Club; (xiii) Lions Club and (xiv) Rotary Club

Countries Visited  

Widely travelled (27 countries); Member, Indian Parliamentary 
Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Havana, Cuba,
1981; Delegate to Indo-German Seminar at Bonn, F.R.G., 1984; Leader,
Indian Delegation to Algeria, Australia, Austria, France, 
Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Turkey, U.K., former U.S.S.R.
and also the 4th World Women Conference, Beijing, 1995; Led
Delegation of Board of Control for Cricket in India to Sharjah
for the Asian Cricket Conference and the International Cricket 
Conference at London; accompanied the then Prime Minister of India 
as Human Resource Development Minister to Copenhagen to attend the
Summit on "Education for All", 1995; accompanied Shri R. Venkataraman,
the then President of India, as Minister in Waiting, on his official 
trip to West Germany and Seychelles, 1989; Chaired the Ministerial 
meeting of E-9 Countries at Bali (Indonesia),1995 

Other Information     

President (i) Board of Governors, Scindia School; 
(ii) Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Society and (iii) Samrat Ashok 
Technical Institute; Vice Chairman, Doon School, Dehradun;
Member, (i) Madhav Institute of Technology and Science; 
(ii) Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior; Former Member, Indian 
National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage Governing 
Council (INTACH) and Kendriya Sainik Board 

Election Result of Gwalior Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 12,05,016 Total votes polled 7,25,651 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Madhavrao Scindia (I.N.C.) 2,84,365 (2) Shri Jaybhan Singh Pavaiya (B.J.P.) 2,58,086 (3) Shri Phoolsingh Baraiya (B.S.P.) 1,36,808 (4) Shri Jwalaprasad Kushawah (J.D.) 17,270
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