Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Hoshangabad
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri Mannalal Patwa
Mother's Name : Smt. Bhuribai Patwa
Date of birth : 11 Nov 1924
Profession : Agriculturist Musician, Religious Missionary, Sportsperson
Positions held :
1957-67 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1957-67 Chief Whip, Opposition Party, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1975 General Secretary, Jana Sangh, Madhya Pradesh1977-97 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1977 Member, Working Committee, Janata PartyJan - Feb. 1980 Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh1980-85 Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative AssemblyChairman, Public Accounts Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1986 President, B.J.P., Madhya PradeshMember, General Purposes Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative AssemblyMarch 1990- Dec. 1992 Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh (2nd term)1997 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1998 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)13 Oct. 1999 - 30 Sept. 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Rural Development30 Sept 2000- 7 Nov. 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers7 Nov. 2000- 1 Sept. 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Mines
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Special Interests
Indian classical music, naturopathy, yoga and sports
Countries Visited
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.; visited U.K. to study General Elections in 1974 and U.S.A. in 1980 to study Presidential Elections
Other Information
Associated with Indore Rajya Praja Mandal since 1941, R.S.S. since 1942 and R.S.S. Vistarak, 1947-51; imprisoned for seven months for participating in R.S.S. movement in 1948; active worker of Jana Sangh since 1951; Chairman, District Cooperative Bank; Director, State Cooperative Bank and State Cooperative Marketing Sangh; Treasurer, Jana Sangh, 1967-74; Detained under M.I.S.A. during Emergency from June 1975 to January 1977; awarded the “Vidhan Gaurav” in the All India Conference of Presiding Officers, 1989
