X was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Maharastra since childhood.

X was responsible for BJP's alliance with Shiv Sena. X took part in the agitation against the state of emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. After unsuccessfully contesting the 1984 Lok Sabha elections, he became the president of the All India Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1986 and again from 1990-92. He lost in the LS elections of 1998 and then contested successfully for Rajya Sabha. He was appaointed as Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Food Processing in the Govt. of Sri. A B Vajapayee and was later shifted to Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources.
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 0 will be for special trains, 3 for Kolkata locals, 4 for Secunderabad, 9 for Mumbai suburban locals, and 1 is for all mail and express trains. What is all this about?

 The new district created around Amethi has been renamed after Chattrapati Shahuji. Similarly, the Kanpur Dehat district has been renamed, this time after the wife of a social reformer. What is the new name?

 Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyuktha Sangha in Hubli is the only organization authorised to do what?

 Which superstar, born in Amritsar on 29 Dec 1942, was selected for cinema through the United Producers Talent Contest and made his debut in Chetan Anand's Aakhri Khat?

 Which Indian PM dropped his surname 'Shrivastava' because it indicated his caste?