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Held various positions in ABVP and Bharatiya Jan Sangh from 1954 to 1977
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Member, Committee on Science and Technology (Physics Branch) U.P.
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1977
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Member, Governing Council of Indian Institute of Science Bangaluru
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1977
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Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
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1977-79
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General-Secretary, Janata Party in Parliament
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1978 - 1980
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Member, Railway Accident Enquiry Committee (Headed by Justice Sikri)
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1980
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Founder General Secretary, B.J.P.
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1981-83
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Treasurer, B.J.P.
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1986-90
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General-Secretary, B.J.P.
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1991-93
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President, B.J.P.
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1992-96
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Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Member, Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Member, Select Committee on Patent Law
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Member, Select Committee on Trade Marks Bill
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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16 May -1 June 1996
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Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs
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1996-97
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Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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Member, Expert Committee on Low Productivity Areas, Ministry of
Agriculture and Co-operation
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1998-99
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Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development; Science and Technology and Ocean Development
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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13 Oct. 1999 - 21 May 2004
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Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development; Science & Technology and Ocean Development
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July 2004 - 15 May, 2009
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Re-elected to Rajya Sabha 2ndtermsRajya Sabha
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Aug. 2004-09
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Chairman, Standing Committee on Ministry of Commerce
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
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10 Mar. 2006
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President, India-Hungary Parliamentary Friendship Group
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16 May, 2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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7 Aug. 2009
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Member, Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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31 Aug. 2009 - 5 May 2010
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Chairman, Standing Committee on Finance
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16 Sep. 2009
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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7 Oct. 2009
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Member, Committee on Ethics
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19 Oct. 2009
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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31 Jan. 2010
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Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change
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1 May 2010
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Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts
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Member, Committee on Budget
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20 July 2010
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President, India-Hungary Parliamentary Friendship Group
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7 Dec. 2011
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Member, India-Russian Federation Parliamentary Friendship Group
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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14 Aug. 2014 onwards
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Chairperson, Estimates Committee
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1 Sep. 2014 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Defence
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3 Sep. 2014 onwards
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles
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15 Sep. 2014
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Member, Committee on Budget of Lok Sabha
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17 Dec. 2014
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Member, Council of the Indian Institute of Science
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29 Jan. 2015
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Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
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