Raj Bahadur
Appearance
Raj Bahadur | |
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India Ambassador to Nepal | |
In office January 1968 – January 1971 | |
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
In office 9 November 1973 – 22 December 1976 | |
Preceded by | Karan Singh |
Succeeded by | Kotha Raghuramaiah |
Ministry of Communications | |
In office 7 December 1956 – 17 April 1957 | |
Preceded by | Jagjivan Ram |
Succeeded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Personal details | |
Born | Basan Gate, Bharatpur (present-day Rajasthan, India) | 21 August 1912
Died | 22 September 1990 New Delhi, India | (aged 78)
Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) He was the leader of the Indian National Congress, who was elected a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from the state of Rajasthan. After independence, he became the first tourism minister of India.[1]
Career
He was three times elected to Lok Sabha from Bharatpur (Lok Sabha constituency). He also served as Minister of Telecommunications for year 1956 – 57.[2] He was elected to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Bharatpur in 1980. Raj Bahadur also served as India's ambassador to Nepal.
He died on 22 September 1990 in New Delhi.
References
- ^ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in.
- ^ Former Ministers – Department of Telecommunications – Government of India Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Ambassadors of India to Nepal
- People from Bharatpur district
- Members of the Constituent Assembly of India
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- India MPs 1962–1967
- India MPs 1971–1977
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- Civil aviation ministers of India
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