Uchharangray Navalshankar Dhebar

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UN Dhebar (fourth from right) in the late 1940s as Chief Minister of Saurashtra

Uchharangray Navalshankar Dhebar (born September 21, 1905 in Gangajala , Nawanagar , † March 11, 1977 in Rajkot , Gujarat ) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress (INC), of which he was President from 1955 to 1959, and Chief Minister of Saurashtra .

biography

Dhebar, who came from a poor background, was able to study law despite his origins and became a respected lawyer after completing his studies . Due to the influence of Mohanda Karamchand Gandhi , however, he gave up his legal practice in 1936 and devoted himself to national politics. In 1941 he was appointed by Gandhi to present his political strategy to Satyagraha in Viramgam . However, he was arrested shortly afterwards and sentenced to six months in prison . He then got involved in the "Quit India" movement and was arrested again in 1942.

After India gained sovereignty on August 15, 1947, he played a leading role in Kathiawar's entry into the Indian Union and thereafter in the formation of the State of Saurashtra in 1948. Between 1948 and December 1954, he was the first Chief Minister of Saurashtra and sat as such through numerous reforms to promote village communities.

In 1955 he was at the party of the INC in Avadi elected president of the Congress party and remained after his re-election at the party congress in 1956 in Amritsar , 1957 in Indore , 1958 in Guwahati and 1959 in Nagpur to 1959 in this office and was thereafter from Indira Gandhi replaced .

His nomination as party chairman was due to a decision by the previous party president and prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru , who wanted to resign from the office of party president for health reasons. Dhebar's nomination was particularly surprising because, on the one hand, he was relatively unknown, and on the other hand, he was not even a member of the 19-member working committee of the Congress Party.

Immediately after his first election, he held a one-week retreat with the party's leading politicians to decide the most effective political path for the party.

Dhebar, whose name is also associated with several social and educational institutions, was elected a member of the House of Commons ( Lok Sabha ) in 1962 and was a member of this until his death.

In 1973 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan , the second highest civilian order of merit in India, for his services .

Talk

On his election speech at the party congress in Indore in 1957, he stated in a speech:

"Friends, great work lies ahead of us. First, there is the biggest question mark in human history. What will become of the world we live in? There are some of us who view world peace from a subjective point of view. They argue that India is interested in world peace because without it her dreams of development will remain mere dreams. Not that this view is unreasonable or wrong. But the Congress Party does not only think of international peace from this limited perspective. Humanity today is at a crossroads After a period of peace and goodwill is granted, nothing can stand in the way of universal progress and prosperity. On the other hand, after the pull of war there is nothing but the complete destruction of human civilization Humanity faced a situation so full of opportunities for unprecedented prosperity d is final annihilation. Rule of the world is under test and every country, large or small, must contribute to the world community of tolerance, understanding, wisdom and statesmanship. How could India evade this responsibility? "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lok Sabha Debates, Volume 1, Issues 1-8 , Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1977, p. 13
  2. ↑ Vanyajāti, Volume 25 , Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh., 1977, p 74
  3. ↑ Congress party congresses ( Memento of the original from September 18, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.congress.org.in
  4. ↑ TIME MAGAZINE: INDIA: Nehru's Choice (November 22, 1954)
personal data
SURNAME Dhebar, Uchharangray Navalshankar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dhebar, UN
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Gangajala , Nawanagar
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1977
Place of death Rajkot , Gujarat