23 Facts About Suresh Kalmadi

Suresh Kalmadi was born on 1 May 1944 and is an Indian politician and senior sports administrator.

Suresh Kalmadi is a former member of the Indian National Congress.

Suresh Kalmadi was a member of parliament from Pune until May 2014.

Suresh Kalmadi is alleged to have been involved in corrupt practices in relation to the 2010 Commonwealth Games during his tenure as president of Indian Olympic Association and chairman of Commonwealth Games 2010.

Suresh Kalmadi was charged with conspiracy, forgery, misconduct and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and later arrested for the same in April 2014, but has not yet faced trial.

Suresh Kalmadi speaks Konkani, Kannada, Marathi, English, Hindi and Tulu language.

Suresh Kalmadi was educated at St Vincent's High School and Fergusson College, Pune.

Suresh Kalmadi then became an instructor with the Air Force Training Team of the NDA from 1972 to 1974 before retiring from the IAF as a squadron leader.

In 1977, Suresh Kalmadi became the president of the Indian Youth Congress, Pune, and the next year took over President-ship of the Youth Congress, Maharashtra, a post he held from 1978 to 1980.

In 1980, as the president of the Maharashtra Athletics Association, Suresh Kalmadi undertook the selection trials for the Marathon team to represent the country at the Moscow Olympics.

Suresh Kalmadi was a member of the Rajya Sabha for three terms from 1982 to 1996, and again in 1998.

Suresh Kalmadi took over as the Chairman of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation and in 1989 started the Pune Festival.

Suresh Kalmadi was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996, and to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004.

Narasimha Rao as the Prime Minister of India, Suresh Kalmadi served as the Minister of State for Railways from 1995 to 1996.

Suresh Kalmadi served as the president of the Indian Olympic Association from 1996 to 2012.

Suresh Kalmadi served as the president of Asian Athletics Association from 2000 to 2013 and was named its Life President in 2015.

Suresh Kalmadi's son Sumeer was a director in Sulba Realty at the time, which would have implied a conflict of interest.

Suresh Kalmadi was arrested under Sections 120 B and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

Suresh Kalmadi had the supreme over-riding powers in the Organising Committee of the CWG, 2010.

Suresh Kalmadi was in jail for 10 months and the court asked him to pay a surety amount of 500,000.

Suresh Kalmadi was allowed by a Delhi court on 13 July 2012 to go to London for 2012 Olympics.

Suresh Kalmadi was restrained on 25 July 2012 by the Delhi High court from participating in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, saying his participation can cause "embarrassment" to the nation.

Suresh Kalmadi claimed to be suffering from dementia during course of investigation while in Tihar jail.