Vidya Charan Shukla
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| Vidya Charan Shukla | |
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| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Vidya Charan Shukla was born on 2 August 1929 at Raipur (CP & Berar). His father Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla was an illustrious lawyer, freedom fighter, veteran Congressman, Premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of reorganised Madhya Pradesh. Vidya Charan Shukla graduated from Morris College Nagpur in 1951. He started Allwyn Cooper Private Ltd., which was organising big game safari & photo expeditions of wild life in Central Indian forests in addition to Manganese and Dolomite mining. The Allwyn Cooper grew into a global big-game safari company and attracted clients from all over the world especially from Europe and USA.
For the general elections in 1957 the Congress Party chose him as their Lok Sabha candidate from Mahasamund constituency. He won with a thumping majority and entered the Parliament of India as one of the youngest Parliamentarian. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was happy to meet this young, promising Congressman from Madhya Pradesh. He returned elected to Lok Sabha 9 times in subsequent elections. When Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister in 1966 she chose him as a Minister in her Cabinet.In a long span of political carrier he has held virtually all portfolios including Communications, Home, Defence, Finance, Planning, Information & Broadcasting, Civil Supplies, External Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources. He is a known defender of Congress and Sonia Gandhi gives much weightage to this veteran Congressman who has had the longest innings in the Indian Parliament.
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| Preceded by Inder Kumar Gujral |
Minister for External Affairs of India 1990–1991 |
Succeeded by Madhavsinh Solanki |
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