Nawal Kishore Sharma

Nawal Kishore Sharma (

His father's name was Pandit Mool Chand Sharma.[2] He was married to Munni Devi and had three sons.^[2]

He was educated at

He participated in the freedom movement during his student life and had great interest in development of Khadi and Gramodhyog (village industry) and Cooperative Movement, tribal welfare and was associated with the activities of Rajasthan Adim Jati Sevak Sangh and has also long been associated with the activities of Harijan Sevak Sangh which looks after upliftment of Scheduled Castes. He took keen interest in creating awareness of education amongst the minorities and was associated with a few minority educational institutions. He was concerned with the unemployment problem of the youth more particularly rural and through khadi institutions he wanted to encourage village artisan and rural youth to set up cottage industries. He has been associated with Khadi Movement and constructive work for more than 40–50 years. He held a responsible position in the Sanchalak Mandal of Kshetriya Khadi Samiti, Dausa for nearly 40 years. This is one of the pioneer khadi institutions in the country. He was also an active member of the Sanchalak Mandal of Udyog Mandir, Amber. He had also keen interest in Indian culture and its development and Sanskrit language.

As member of Parliament, he visited various countries of the world including U.K., U.S.A., Argentina, Brazil, Vietnam, Uganda, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mauritius, China, South African countries, Cuba, Hungary, Switzerland, Germany and almost all States of former USSR. He attended as the Leader of the Indian delegation in Norway in a conference which was organized by UNESCO and also visited Sweden and Denmark.

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