Reshamlal Jangade

B.A., LL.B. [B.J.P.—Madhya Pradesh, Bilaspur, 1989]:  s. of late Tika Ram Jangde; b. at Parsadih, Raipur District, Madhya Pradesh, February 15, 1925; ed. at Chhattisgarh Arts College, Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, University College of Law, Nagpur, Maharashtra; m. Kamla, May 15, 1958, 3 s. and 2 d.; Agriculturist, Lawyer, Political and Social Worker, Religious Missionary, Diplomat; suffered imprisonment in 1942;

Public offices held:  deputy minister, Madhya Pradesh, 1963;

Previous association with political parties:  executive member, Congress Parliamentary Party, 1955; vice-president, BJP, Madhya Pradesh, 1985–86; dy. leader, BJP, Madhya Pradesh, 1986–87;

Previous membership:  provisional parliament, January 1950—February 1952, First Lok Sabha, 1952–57, Second Lok Sabha, 1957–62; legislative assembly, Madhya Pradesh (Bhatgaon constituency), 1962–67, 1972–77 and March 1985—November 1989;

Committee experience:  member, estimates committee, 1957–58, select committee on code of criminal procedure amendment bill, 1959; chairman, committee on private members' bills and resolutions, 1974–75, Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly; member, public accounts committee, 1974–75, estimates committee, 1985–86, committee of privileges, 1987, committee on the welfare of SC & ST, 1987–88, committee on questions references, 1988 and rules committee, 1989, Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly; member, committee on papers laid on the table, January 19, 1990, and consultative committee, ministry of law and justice, 1990;

Favourite pastime and recreation:  reading, dance and songs;

Sports and clubs:  football, kabaddi, volley-ball, yogasan;

Social activities:  efforts to make villages self-reliant; non-exploitation of migrant labour in the coal mines of Bihar, removal of untouchability and dowry system; a leading social and political reformer of Satnami sect in India; set up Panchayats to arrange marriage among Satnamis; removal of animal sacrifice and superstitious practices; encouraging Harijans to participate in community lunch and religious function of the caste Hindus; director, Harijan Education Society which runs 15 hostels for Harijans in M.P. from 1955 to 1963 with 1100 students; restoration of land to tribal people, undertook padyatras covering about 3000 villages in Chhattisgarh region for rural upliftment;

Other information:  mMember, committee on social welfare studies under the central planning commission, 1957–59; a researcher on Guru Ghasidas; founder-leader, Guru Ghasidas Pilgrim Mela; founder of Satnami sect in Chhattisgarh, Bihar;

Permanent address: Janta Quarters—I, Indravati Colony, Raipur, Madhya Pradesh.

references :-

Jangde Ji

http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/756.htm

https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/still-charged-up-after-all-these-years/290727