BHATIA, SHRI RAGHUNANDAN LAL
CONGRESS (I)- AMRITSAR (PUNJAB)

Father's Name  :Shri A.M. Bhatia

Date of Birth  :3 July 1921

Place of Birth :Amritsar (Punjab)

Marital Status :Married on 7 March 1943

Spouse's Name  :Smt. Sarla Bhatia

Children       :One son and one daughter

Educational Qualifications :
B.A., LL.B. 
Educated at H.S. College, Amritsar and University Law College, 
Lahore (Pakistan)

Profession :
Businessman

Permanent Address :
Bhatia House 26, The Mall, 
Amritsar-143001 (Punjab) 
Tel. (0183) 227900

Positions Held :

1972Elected to Lok Sabha (Fifth)
1975-77Executive Member, C.P.P.
1980Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
1980-83Chairman, Committee on Petitions
Member, Committee of Privileges
1982-84President, P.C.C., Punjab
1984-86General Secretary, A.I.C.C. (I)
1985Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) for the third time
1992Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time
July 1992-Union Minister of State,  External Affairs
mAY 1996
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fifth time

Social and Cultural Activities :
Patron (i) Manor Public School Amritsar; (ii) Medical College; 
and (iii) Durgiana Temple, Amritsar

Special Interests :
Tourism

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Reading

Countries Visited :
Widely travelled; represented India as delegate to the U.N. 
in 1975

Other Information :
Chairman, National Shipping Board; Patron, Durgiana Tirath 
Committee, Amritsar

Election result of :

Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate11,34,857
Total votes polled 6,67,780
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri R. L. Bhatia (I.N.C.)2,68,490
(2) Shri Kirpal Singh (J.D.)2,34,818
(3) Shri Baldev Raj Chawla (B.J.P.)  83,981
(4) Shri Daljit Singh Sandhu [S.A.D.(M)]  19,980