Harideo Joshi

Harideo (Haridev) Joshi ( Hindi : हरिदेव जोशी , Haridev Jośī ; born December 17, 1921 in Banswara , Rajasthan ; † March 28, 1995 in Mumbai , Maharashtra ) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress , three-time Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Governor of the States of Assam , Meghalaya and West Bengal .

Life

Joshi began his political career in 1957 when he was first elected member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly as a candidate for the Ghatol constituency, before being re-elected seven times to the state parliament as a candidate for the Banswara constituency until his death in 1995 and 1985 achieved a record result of 82.65 percent of the vote.

After the resignation of long-time Chief Minister Mohan Lal Sukhadia in 1971, in whose government Joshi was minister for mining and industry, among other things, and the two-year transitional period of Barkatullah Khan , he rose to become leader of the Indian National Congress in Rajasthan and was also appointed on October 23 1973 Chief Minister of Rajasthan for the first time . He held this office until April 29, 1977, when he was defeated in the parliamentary elections to the candidate of the Janata Party , Bhairon Singh Shekhawat . During this term of office in 1975 the national emergency fell due to the political unrest in Sikkim .

On March 10, 1985 he became Chief Minister for the second time and kept this until his resignation in January 1988 to March 19, 1988. Shiv Charan Mathur was his successor .

From May 10 to July 21, 1989, he was appointed governor of Assam and Meghalaya . Then he was from July 21 to August 14, 1989 also governor of the state of West Bengal . Finally, from December 4, 1989 to March 4, 1990, he was again Chief Minister of Rajasthan for a short term.

As chief minister, he gained a reputation as a pragmatist who claimed as a secret of his success, the 2-W design: " W as needs to be done" and " W he can do."

Web links

• rulers.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Election Results of Ghatol, Rajasthan
2. ^ Election Results of Banswara (ST), Rajasthan
3. ↑ Rajasthan 131 - Banswara Assembly Constituency ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Mohan Lal Sukhadia University-Dept. of Geology ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Yes, Prime Minister . ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Indian Express , June 25, 2000  
6. ^ Paul R. Brass, Gordon Johnson: The politics of India since independence . 1994, ISBN 0-521-45970-2 , p. 125
7. ↑ Assam Governors since 1937
8. ↑ Assam Legislative Assembly ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Governors and Chief Ministers of Meghalaya ( Memento of the original of April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Chronology of West Bengal 1977-2007
11. ^ Arvind Panagariya: Bringing Competition to the Top Civil Service . (PDF; 121 kB) 2005