STATALES
THE
FIRST RAJYA SABHA IN 1952 WAS A YOUNG ONE. ITS 19.23 PER CENT MEMBERS WERE IN
30-40 AGE GROUP.
THE
AVERAGE AGE OF THE FIRST RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS IN 1952 WAS 50.83 YEARS.
MEMBERS
IN 60-70 AGE GROUP WERE 15.86 PER CENT OF THE LOT WHILE 3.36 PER CENT MEMBERS WERE
OVER 70+.
THE
FIRST RAJYA SABHA HAD ONLY ONE MEMBER OVER 80.
MORE
THAN HALF OF THE FIRST RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS WERE GRADUATES.
POST
GRADUATES RANGED BETWEEN 20 TO 25 PER CENT. AROUND 10 PER CENT MEMBERS HAD
DOCTORAL DEGREES AND OTHER HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS.
OVERALL
IT WAS AN EDUCATED HOUSE WITH JUST 6 UNDER MATRICULATE AND 17 HIGHER SECONDARY
MEMBERS.
109
RAJYA SABHA MPS IN 1952 WERE GRADUATES, 45 WERE POST GRADUATES AND 19 WERE
DOCTORATE OR HIGHER QUALIFICATION HOLDER.
24.41
PER CENT RAJYA SABHA MPS IN 1952 WERE LAWYERS, THE LARGEST BLOC.
POLITICAL
AND SOCIAL WORKERS WERE NEXT WITH 14.55 PER CENT REPRESENTATION.
AGRICULTURISTS
CONSTITUTED THE THIRD LARGEST BLOC FOLLOWED BY BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS.
TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONISTS WERE THE FIFTH LARGEST GROUP.
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