1956 Rajya Sabha elections

Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament August 2019 Rajya Sabha elections, 1956 India Indirect no 1956 Rajya Sabha members for term 1956-1962 Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1956, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi 13 September 2017 14 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190214083532/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx dead Elections Elections were held in 1956 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete. Members elected The following members are elected in the elections held in 1956. They are members for the term 1956-62 and retire in year 1962, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. State - Member - Party + Rajya Sabha members for term 1956–1962 State Member Name Party Remark Ajmer & Coorg Abdul Shakoor Maulana INC Andhra V C Keshava Rao INC Andhra A Balarami Reddy INC res 09/03/1962 Andhra N Narotham Reddy INC res 15/03/1960 LS Andhra Yasoda Reddy INC res 27/02/1962 2LS Andhra V Ventakaramana INC Assam Pushpalata Das INC Assam Purna Chandra Sharma INC Bilaspur & Himachal Pradesh Lila Devi INC Bihar Ram Gopal Agarwala INC Bihar Michael John INC Bihar Kishori Ram INC Bihar Syed Mazhar Imam INC Bihar Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha INC Bihar Ganga Sharan Sinha OTH Bihar Tajamul Husain INC Bihar Shah Mohd. Umair INC Bombay B. R. Ambedkar OTH Dea. 06/12/1956 Bombay Trimbak R Deogirikar INC Bombay Dr M D D Gilder INC term till 1960 Bombay Dr N. S. Hardikar INC Bombay Gajanan R Kulkarni INC Bombay D Y Pawar INC Bombay Manilal C Shah INC Dea. 09/01/1960 Bombay Manubhai C Shah INC Res. 12/03/1957 2LS Bombay Meghjibhai P Shah INC Res. 26/07/1957 Delhi Onkar Nath INC Res. 16/04/1955 Hyderabad V K Dhage IND term till 1960 Hyderabad Dr Raj Bahadur Goud INC Jammu & Kashmir Syed M Jalali JKNC dea. 22/02/1961 Kutch Premji Bhavanji Thacker INC Res. 26/07/1952 Madhya Bharat Kanhailal D Vaidya INC Madhya Bharat Krishna Kant Vyas INC Madhya Pradesh Dr Waman S Barlingay INC Madhya Pradesh Mohammad Ali INC Madhya Pradesh Ram Sahai INC Madhya Pradesh Rukmani Bai INC Madhya Pradesh Dr Raghu Vira INC Madhya Pradesh Marotirao D Tumpalliwar INC res. 12/03/1962 Madras V. K. Krishna Menon INC res. 15/03/1957 2LS Madras A Ramaswami Mudaliar IND Madras V M Obaidullah Sahib INC dea. 21/02/1958 Madras T.S. Pattabiraman INC Madras T N Ramamurti INC Madras S Venkatanaraman INC Manipur and Tripura Abdul Latif INC Manipur Laimayum L M Sharma INC ele 01/12/1956 term till 1960 Mysore S V Krishna Moorty Rao INC 01/03/1962 Mysore M Govinda Reddy INC Mysore J R Desai OTH Mysore Dr N. S. Hardikar INC Nominated Rukmini Devi Arundale NOM Nominated N. R. Malkani NOM Nominated Dr B. V. Warekar NOM Nominated Dr Zakir Hussain NOM res 06/07/1957 Orissa Bhagirathi Mahapatra INC Orissa Maheshwar Naik INC res. 27/02/1962 3LS Orissa Abhimanyu Rath INC P E P S U Lt. Col Joginder Singh Mann OTH Punjab Chaman Lall Diwan INC Punjab Darshan Singh Pheruman INC till 22/10/1956 Punjab Zail Singh INC res 10/03/1962 Rajasthan Sharda Bhargava INC Rajasthan Jaswantt Singh OTH Rajasthan Dr Kalu Lal Shrimali INC 01 Mar 1962 Saurashtra Nanabhai Bhat INC Saurashtra Bhogilal M Shah INC Travancore & Cochin K P Madhavan Nair INC Travancore & Cochin M N Govindan Nair CPM Travancore & Cochin P Narayan Nair INC term till 1960 Uttar Pradesh Akhtar Hussain INC Uttar Pradesh Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee INC term till 1960 Uttar Pradesh Jashaud Singh Bhist INC Uttar Pradesh Jaspat Roy Kapoor INC Uttar Pradesh Dr Hriday Nath Kunzru IND Uttar Pradesh Chandravati Lakhanpal INC Uttar Pradesh Anis Kidwai INC Uttar Pradesh Savitri Devi Nigam INC res. 28/02/1962 3LS Uttar Pradesh Har Prasad Saksena INC Uttar Pradesh Prakash Narayan Sapru INC Uttar Pradesh Ram Kripal Singh INC Dea. 14/03/1961 Uttar Pradesh Ram Prasad Tamta INC res. 01/05/1958 Vindyachal Pradesh Ahmed Gulsher OTH West Bengal Satyapriya Banerjee FB term till 1960 Dea. 23/03/1957 West Bengal P D Himatsingka INC Res 27/02/1962 3LS West Bengal Prof Humayun Kabir INC Res 27/02/1962 3LS West Bengal Satyendra Prosad Ray INC Bye-elections The following bye elections were held in the year 1956. State - Member - Party Delhi - Begum Siddiqa Kidwai - INC ( ele 24/11/1956, term till 1958 ) Delhi - Onkar Nath - INC ( ele 24/11/1956 term till 1960 ) Assam - Mahendramohan Chaudhury - INC ( ele 01/12/1956 term till 1958 ) Orissa - Govind Chandra Misra - INC ( ele 06/12/1956 term till 1960 ) Bihar - Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha - INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 ) Bihar - Krishna Mohan Pyare Sinha- INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 ) Madras - Dawood Ali Mirza - INC ( ele 11/12/1956 term till 1962) Uttar Pradesh - Mahabir Prasad Bhargava - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1958 ) Uttar Pradesh - Bal Krishna Sharma - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 death 29/04/1960 ) Uttar Pradesh - Pandit Algu Rai Shastri - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 res. 24/04/1958 ) West Bengal - Surendra Mohan Ghose - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term till 1962 ) West Bengal - Mehr Chand Khanna - INC ( ele 15/12/1956 res 26/02/1962 3LS ) References Category:1956 elections in India 1956