1952-2012: Full list of nominated Rajya Sabha MPs

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar will now become a Parliamentarian with the government nominating him to the Rajya Sabha, along with actress of yesteryear Rekha and industrialist Anu Aga. The nomination of the three eminent personalities was approved by President Pratibha Patil under Article 80 of the Constitution that allows the President to nominate 12 members to the 250-member Upper House.

By adopting the principle of nomination in Rajya Sabha, the Constitution has ensured that the nation must also receive services of the most distinguished persons of the country who have earned distinction in their field of activity, many of whom may not like to face the rough and tumble of the election. The first batch of 12 nominated members represented a galaxy of talented persons of proven merit.

Since the Rajya Sabha was constituted in 1952, in all, one hundred and five members have so far been nominated to the House. Here is a full list of nominated members since 1952:

1. Dr Zakir Husain (Educationist) – 1952-57

2. Shri Alladi Krishnaswami (Legal Luminary) – 1952-53

3. Prof. Satyendranath Bose (Scientist) – 1952-59

4. Shrimati Rukmini Devi Arundale (Artist) – 1952-62

5. Prof. N.R. Malkani (Social Worker) – 1952-62

6. Dr. Kalidas Nag (Historian) – 1952-54

7. Dr. J.M. Kumarappa (Scholar and Teacher) – 1952-54

8. Kakasaheb Kalelkar (Scholar) –1952-64

9. Shri Maithilisharan Gupta (Poet) – 1952-64

10. Dr. Radha Kumud Mookerji (Historian) – 1952-58

11. Major - General Sahib Singh Sokhey (Medical Scientist) – 1952-56

12. Shri Prithviraj Kapoor (Artiste) –1952-60

13. Dr. P.V. Kane (Indologist) - 1953-59

14. Prof. A.R. Wadia (Educationist) – 1954-66

15. Shri M. Satyanarayana (Social Worker) – 1954-66

16. Shri B.V. (Mama) Warerkar (Litterateur) – 1956-64

17. Dr. Tara Chand (Historian) 1957-68

18. Dr. A.N. Khosla (Engineer) –1958-59

19. Sardar K.M. Panikkar (Historian) –1959-61

20. Shri Jairamdas Daulatram (Social Worker) – 1959-76

21. Shri Mohan Lal Saxena (Social Worker) – 1959-64

22. Shri Tarashankar Banerjee (Litterateur) – 1960-66

23. Shri V.T. Krishnamachari (Administrator) – 1961-64

24. Shri R.R. Diwakar (Social Worker) – 1962-68

25. Dr. Gopal Singh (Author) – 1962-68

26. Shri G. Ramachandran (Social Worker) – 1964-70

27. Shrimati Shakuntala Paranjpye (Social Worker) – 1964-70

28. Prof. Satyavrata Siddhantalankar (Educationist) – 1964-68

29. Dr. B.N. Prasad (Educationist) – 1964-66

30. Shri M. Ajmal Khan (Scholar) – 1964-69

31. Shri M.C. Setalvad (Legal Luminary) – 1966-72

32. Shri M.N. Kaul (Authority on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure)1966-72

33. Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan (Poet) – 1966-72

34. Prof. D.R. Gadgil (Economist) – 1966-67

35. Shri Joachim Alva (Journalist) – 1968-74

36. Prof. S. Nurul Hasan (Educationist) – 1968-71

37. Dr. K. Ramiah (Scientist) – 1968-74

38. Shri Ganga Sharan Sinha (Social Worker) – 1968-74

39. Shri G. Sankara Kurup (Litterateur) – 1968-72

40. Shrimati Maragatham Chandrasekhar (Social Worker) – 1970-84

41. Shri Uma Shankar Joshi (Litterateur) – 1970-76

42. Prof. Rasheeduddin Khan (Educationist) – 1970-82

43. Dr. V.P. Dutt (Educationist) –1971-80

44. Shri C.K. Daphtary (Legal Luminary) –1972-78

45. Shri Abu Abraham (Cartoonist) –1972-78

46. Shri Habib Tanvir (Artist) – 1972-78

47. Shri Promotho Nath Bisi (Educationist) – 1972-78

48. Shri Krishna Kripalani (Author) –1974-80

49. Dr. Lokesh Chandra (Author) – 1974-86

50. Shri Scato Swu (Social Worker) – 1974-86

51. Shri B.N. Banerjee (Authority on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure)

1976-82

52. Shri Bishambhar Nath Pande (Author) – 1976-82, 1988-94

53. Shrimati Fathema Ismail (Social Worker) – 1978-84

54. Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah (Economist) – 1978-84

55. Shri Bhagwati Charan Varma (Litterateur) – 1978-81

56. Shri Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav (Social Worker) – 1978-84

57. Shrimati Nargis Dutt (Artiste) –1980-81

58. Shri Khuswant Singh (Journalist) – 1980-86

59. Prof. (Mrs.) Asima Chatterjee (Scientist) – 1982-90

60. Shri V.C. Ganesan (Artiste) – 1982-86

61. Shri Hayat Ulla Ansari (Author) – 1982-88

62. Shri Madan Bhatia (Legal Expert) – 1982-94

63. Shri V.N. Tiwari (Educationist) – 1982-84

64. Shri H.L. Kapur (Administrator) – 1985

65. Shri Thindivanam K. Ramamurthy (Social Worker) – 1984-90

66. Shri Ghulam Rasool Kar (Social Worker) – 1984-87

67. Shri Purushottam Kakodkar (Social Worker) – 1985-91

68. Shri Salim Ali (Ornithologist) – 1985-87

69. Shrimati Amrita Pritam (Litterateur) – 1986-92

70. Shrimati Ela Ramesh Bhatt (Social Worker ) – 1986-88

71. Shri M.F. Husain (Artist) – 1986-92

72. Shri R.K. Narayan (Litterateur) – 1986-92

73. Pt. Ravi Shankar (Artist) 1986-92

74. Shri Sat Paul Mittal (Social Worker) – 1988-92

75. *Shrimati Syeda Anwara Taimur (Administrator) – 1988-90

76. Shri Mohammad Yunus (Administrator) – 1989-95

77. Shri Jagmohan (Administrator) – 1990-96

78. Shri Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (Social Worker) – 1990-96

79. Shri Bhupinder Singh Mann (Agriculturist) – 1990-96

80. Shri R.K. Karanjia (Journalist) – 1991-97

81. Dr. M. Aram (Educationist) – 1993-97

82. Dr. B.B. Dutta (Educationist) – 1993

83. Shrimati Vyjayantimala Bali (Artiste) – 1993

84. Maulana Habibur Rahman Nomani (Social Worker ) –1993-99

85. *Shri Mahendra Prasad (Social Worker) – 1993-94

86. Dr. Raja Ramanna (Scientist) – 1997- 2003

87. Shri Mrinal Sen (Film Maker) – 1997-2003

88. Shrimati Shabana Azmi (Artiste) – 1997-2003

89. Dr. C. Narayana Reddy (Poet) – 1997-2003

90. Shri Kuldip Nayyar (Journalist) – 1997-2003

91. Shri Kartar Singh Duggal (Writer) – 1997-2003

92. Dr. (Ms.) P. Selvie Das (Educationist) – 1997-2003

93. Kumari Nirmala Deshpande (Social Worker) – 1997-1999 and 2004 -

94. Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav (Social Worker) – 1997-2003

95. Shri Nana Deshmukh (Social Worker) – 1999 -

96. Ms. Lata Mangeshkar (Artiste) – 1999 -

97. Shri Fali S. Nariman (Senior Advocate) – 1999 -

98. Shri Cho. S. Ramaswamy (Journalist) – 1999 -

99. Shri Bimal Jalan (Economist) – 2003 -

100. Shri Dara Singh (Sportsperson and Artiste) – 2003 -

101. Shrimati Hema Malini (Artiste) – 2003 -

102. Dr. Chandan Mitra (Journalist) – 2003 -

103. Dr. K. Kasturirangan (Scientist) – 2003 -

104. **Shri Vidya Nivas Misra (Educationist) – 2003 - 2005

105. Dr. Narayan Singh Manaklao (Social Worker) – 2003 –

106. Smt. Shobhana Bhartia (Publisher) – 2006 –

107. Shri Shyam Benegal (Artiste) – 2006 -

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* Currently elected Member of Rajya Sabha

* Currently elected Member of Rajya Sabha

** Passed away on 14 February 2005