1967-69 |
President, Municipality, Latur 1971 and 1972 |
1972-79 |
Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (two terms) |
1974-75 |
Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee |
1975-76 |
Deputy Minister, Law and Judiciary, Irrigation and Protocol, Maharashtra |
1977-78 |
Deputy Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
1978-79 |
Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
1980 |
Elected to 7th Lok Sabha |
May-Sept. 1980 |
Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament |
Sept.-Oct. 1980 |
Chairman, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament |
1980-82 |
Union Minister of State, Defence |
1982-83 |
Union Minister of State, Commerce (Independent Charge) |
1983-84 |
Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Space and Ocean Development |
1984 |
Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
1984-86 |
Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Space, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Ocean Development and Bio Technology |
1985 |
Union Minister of State, Personnel and Training, Public Grievances and Pensions and Administrative Reforms |
1986-88 |
Union Minister of State, Defence Production |
1988-89 |
Union Minister of State,Civil Aviation and Tourism (Independent Charge) |
1989 |
Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
1990-91 |
Deputy
Speaker, Lok Sabha Chairman, Library Committee Chairman, Committee on
Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions Member, General Purposes
Committee Member, Business Advisory Committee |
1991 |
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
1991-96 |
Speaker,
Lok Sabha Chairman, (i) Business Advisory Committee; (ii) Rules
Committee; and (iii) General Purposes Committee; and Standing Committee
of the Conference of Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in
India; President, (i) Indian Parliamentary Group; (ii) National Group of
Inter-Parliamentary Union; and (iii) India Branch of the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association. |
1996 |
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
1996-98 |
Member, Committee on Defence |
1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term) |
1998-99 |
Member, Committee on External Affairs Member, Rules Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs |
1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term) |
1999-2000 |
Chairman, Committee on Finance Member, Committee of Privileges Member, General Purposes Committee |
2000-2004 |
Member, Consultative Committee, inistry of Home Affairs |
2001-2004 |
Deputy Leader, Congress Parliamentary Party (Lok Sabha), Member, Committee on Security in Parliament Complex |
May, 2004 to Nov, 2008 |
Union Minister of Home Affairs |
July, 2004 |
Elected to Rajya Sabha |
22.01.2010 to Cont. |
Hon’ble Governor of Punjab |
28.04.2010 to Cont. |
Hon’ble Governor of Rajasthan (Addl. Charges) |