Rajyasabha

• Rajyasabha was formed on 3rd April 1952 and held its first session on 13th May 1952.
• The Hindi name of Rajyasabha was adopted by the Council of States on 23rd August 1954
• Rajyasabha is the Upper house of parliament.
• It is called Council of states.
• Rajyasabha is a permanent body and is not subjected to dissolution.
• One-third members of Rajyasabha retire every two years.
• The term of the office of a member of Rajyasabha is 6 years.
• The maximum strength of the Rajyasabha is fixed at 250 (238 elected and 12 nominated).
• The members of Rajyasabha are elected by the members of the State Legislative Assemblies.
• Uttarpradesh has the largest representation in the Rajyasabha.
• Representation of states in the Rajyasabha varies in accordance with the population of the states.
• Fourth schedule deals with the allocation of seats in the Rajyasabha to the states and union territories
• Vice President is the Chairman of Rajyasabha.
• Father of Rajyasabha – Dr S Radhakrishnan
• First Chairman of Rajyasabha - Dr S Radhakrishnan
• First Deputy Chairman of Rajyasabha – S V Krishnamoorthy Rao
• First women Deputy Chairman of Rajyasabha – Violet Alva
• First Malayalee to be nominated to the Rajyasabha – Sardar K M Panicker
• First Malayalee women to become a member of Rajyasabha – Lekshmi N Menon
• First film actress to be nominated to the Rajyasabha – Nargis Dutt
• First opposition leader of Rajyasabha – S N Mishra