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Sunder Lal Patwa
Sunder Lal Patwa (11 November 1924 – 28 December 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.
He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the only politician who defeated Congress strong man Kamal Nath in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017 by the Government of India.
Sunder Lal Patwa was born in a Svetambara Jain family in the village of Kukreshwar located between Manasa and Rampura in the Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh.
Sunder Lal Patwa was an active RSS worker from 1942 to 1951. He spent six months in jail in 1948 when RSS was banned in the wake of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. In 1951, he was among the founding members of the Jana Sangh, where he was general secretary of the state unit.
He began his political career with Jana Sangh which merged with Janata Party in 1977. Later members owing allegiance to Jana Sangh's Hindutva ideology broke away from Janata Party in 1980 to form Bharatiya Janata Party.
He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 as member of Janata Party and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992 as leader of Bharatiya Janta Party.
He was first elected to Lok Sabha via by-poll in Chhindwara in 1997 by defeating Congress strongman Kamal Nath in his home turf. He lost from Chhindwara in 1998 General Election.
In 1999, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Narmadapuram constituency, and was minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government from 1999 to 2001. As a legislator, he was known as strict disciplinarian.
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Sunder Lal Patwa
Sunder Lal Patwa (11 November 1924 – 28 December 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.
He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the only politician who defeated Congress strong man Kamal Nath in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017 by the Government of India.
Sunder Lal Patwa was born in a Svetambara Jain family in the village of Kukreshwar located between Manasa and Rampura in the Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh.
Sunder Lal Patwa was an active RSS worker from 1942 to 1951. He spent six months in jail in 1948 when RSS was banned in the wake of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. In 1951, he was among the founding members of the Jana Sangh, where he was general secretary of the state unit.
He began his political career with Jana Sangh which merged with Janata Party in 1977. Later members owing allegiance to Jana Sangh's Hindutva ideology broke away from Janata Party in 1980 to form Bharatiya Janata Party.
He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 as member of Janata Party and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992 as leader of Bharatiya Janta Party.
He was first elected to Lok Sabha via by-poll in Chhindwara in 1997 by defeating Congress strongman Kamal Nath in his home turf. He lost from Chhindwara in 1998 General Election.
In 1999, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Narmadapuram constituency, and was minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government from 1999 to 2001. As a legislator, he was known as strict disciplinarian.