Manubhai Shah
Manubhai Mansukhlal Shah ( Malayalam : മനുഭായ് ഷാ ; born November 1, 1915 in Wadhwan , Surendranagar Dudhrej , Kathiawar , British India ; † 2000 in New Delhi ) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress (INC).
Life
Manubhai Shah, son of Mansukhlal Shah and his wife B. Surendranagar, completed a degree in chemistry at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Bombay after attending Baroda College , from which he graduated with a Bachelor in Science (BS Chemistry, BS Technology). After India's independence, he became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saurashtra State in 1948 , to which he was a member until 1956. At the same time he was from 1948 to 1956 in the cabinets of the Chief Minister Uchharangray Navalshankar Dhebar (1948 to 1954) and Rasiklal Umedchand Parikh (1954 to 1956) Minister of Industry, Finance and Planning in the State Government of Saurashtra.
On April 3, 1956, Shah became a member of the Rajya Sabha , the upper house of the Indian Parliament (Bhāratīya saṃsa) , for the first time for the Indian National Congress INC , and was a member of this until March 12, 1957. From 1956 to 1957 he was Minister of State for Heavy Industry in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In the election between February 24, 1957 and March 15, 1957 , he was elected for the first time as a member of the Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Indian parliament, and represented in this after his re-election in the election from February 19 to 25, 1962 to for the election from February 15 to 21, 1967, the constituency of Jamnagar in what is now the state of Gujarat .
Manubhai Shah served in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru from April 17, 1957 to April 2, 1962 as Minister of State for Industrial Development and Heavy Industry in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In the fourth Nehru cabinet that followed, he held the post of Minister for Industrial Development and International Trade between April 2, 1962 and June 9, 1964. In the first cabinet of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi he took over the office of Minister of Commerce on January 24, 1966 and held this office until March 12, 1967, after which Dinesh Singh succeeded him. On April 3, 1970 he was again a member of the Rajya Sabha, in which he now represented the interests of the state of Gujarat for the INC until April 2, 1976. After retiring from politics, he taught as a professor of technical chemistry at Sardar Patel University, named after Vallabhbhai Patel .
His marriage to Vidyaben Shah on October 10, 1945 resulted in three sons and a daughter.
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Rajya Sabha
- Entry on the Lok Sabha homepage
- Entry in rulers.org
- Entry in prabook.com
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shah, Manubhai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shah, Manubhai Mansukhlal (full name); മനുഭായ് ഷാ (Malayalam) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wadhwan , Surendranagar Dudhrej , Kathiawar , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2000 |
| Place of death | New Delhi |