Background
He was born in 1921 in Bijnor district of the present-day Uttar Pradesh state and was associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1942.
He was born in 1921 in Bijnor district of the present-day Uttar Pradesh state and was associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1942.
He died in New Delhi on 20 October 2007.
He became a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1952. A two-time member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament from 3 April 1978 to 2 April 1984 and from 3 April 1990 to 2 April 1996, Mathur was also the deputy leader of the BJP parliamentary party in the Rajya Sabha in 1993 and chief whip in 1990.