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Banshilal Mahto

PEP · Politician

Banshilal Mahto is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Banshilal Mahto · Mahto, Dr. Banshilal · बंशीलाल महतो · বানশিলাল মাহ্টো · 班希爾勒·馬赫托				[sources]
Alias	Banshilal Mahto · Dr Banshilal Mahato · बंशीलाल महतो · બંશીલાલ મહતો · ବଂଶୀଲାଲ ମହତୋ · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1940-06-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Korba district · Salihabhata, Korba, Chhattisgarh				[sources]
Death date	2019-11-23				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	banshilal.mahto@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Banshilal				[sources]
Last name	Mahto				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party				[sources]
Title	Dr.				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16897826				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	B.A.M.S. Ayurvedacharya (Integrated) Educated at N.P. Awasthi Govt. Ayurvedic College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	89, North Avenue, · Champa Road, Main Road, Sitamani, Korba,				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-08	Last processed	2026-04-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Associated with Vidya Bharati; holding the posts of Organizer, Deputy Chairman and Chairman of Saraswati Shikshan Samiti, Korba, run by Saraswati Shiksha Sansthan, Raipur for many years Chairman : Saraswati Shikshan Samiti, Korba and Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya, Korba (Chhattisgarh)

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Indian politician (1940–2019)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-26

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Kaushalya Devi Mahto Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Lok Sabha	-	-
Member of the Lok Sabha	2014-06-04	2019-02-13

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,803

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

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Wikidata330,785

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,144

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: in-sansad-ls-4882 · evpo-4c0e08f7-8f76-4d01-a4d0-3079e4970fb7

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