Mohar Singh Rathore

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Mohar Singh Rathore (5 January 1926 – 22 June 1985) was a social reformer & political Congress worker. He was a follower of Arya Samaji and Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan movement (land donation movement). He advocated for social reforms such as discouraging purdah, dowry, child marriage & Un-touchability. He became Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1962 for the first time & remained in active Politics all his life. He contested election for the Legislative Assembly again in 1967 but lost to Sh. Meghraj Mali of BKD but in the subsequent election of 1972 he became M.L.A. again. Again he lost Assembly election in 1977 but never look back. Elections lost and won but his ideology was that the service of the people and the development of the area must go on. He was always instrume rdf:langString
rdf:langString Mohar Singh Rathore
rdf:langString Mohar Singh Rathore
rdf:langString Mohar Singh Rathore
rdf:langString New Delhi
xsd:date 1985-06-22
rdf:langString Lakhau, Churu district, Rajasthan, India
xsd:date 1926-01-05
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xsd:date 1926-01-05
xsd:date 1985-06-22
rdf:langString Social activist & political activist
rdf:langString Mohar Singh Rathore (5 January 1926 – 22 June 1985) was a social reformer & political Congress worker. He was a follower of Arya Samaji and Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan movement (land donation movement). He advocated for social reforms such as discouraging purdah, dowry, child marriage & Un-touchability. He became Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1962 for the first time & remained in active Politics all his life. He contested election for the Legislative Assembly again in 1967 but lost to Sh. Meghraj Mali of BKD but in the subsequent election of 1972 he became M.L.A. again. Again he lost Assembly election in 1977 but never look back. Elections lost and won but his ideology was that the service of the people and the development of the area must go on. He was always instrumental in the overall development of Churu area. founded the girls college at Churu under a public trust CHURU BALIKA MAHAVIDYALAYA. He contested Assemble election from Sardarshahar in 1980 but lost by a small margin of 132 votes but kept on his political work, soon in 1984 he contested the election of the Lok Sabha on the Congress ticket and got elected by a record margin of one lac and eleven thousand votes. He died as a sitting Member of the Parliament of India.
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