Lakkhiram Agarwal | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1 November 2000 – 9 April 2002 | |
Succeeded by | Ramadhar Kashyap |
Constituency | Chhattisgarh |
In office 10 April 1990 – 31 October 2000 | |
Constituency | Madhya Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Kharsia, Central Provinces and Berar, British India | 13 February 1932
Died | 24 January 2009 Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India | (aged 76)
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Marwan Devi |
Children | Amar Agrawal,Sajan Agrawal,Manoj Agrawal, Bajrang Agrawal |
Parent(s) | Mansha Ram Agarwal (father) Rukmani Devi (mother) |
Education | Middle school |
Occupation | Philanthropist, Social worker, Humanitarian, Businessman |
Lakkhiram Agarwal (13 February 1932 – 24 January 2009) was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1990 to 2002 representing Madhya Pradesh and later Chhattisgarh. [1] He was the state president of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh from 1990 to 2000, and became the state president of Chhattisgarh BJP after the bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh. [2]
Lakhiram Agrawal was born on 13 February 1932 to Mansha Ram Agrawal and Rukmani Devi in Kharsia, Raigarh district. [1] He married Marwan Devi in 1950 and had five sons and one daughter. His son Amar Agrawal is a cabinet minister in the Government of Chhattisgarh, holding the portfolios of Taxation, Commerce and the Public health Department. [2] [3] He was educated until middle school in Naharpalli, Kharsia. [1]
Agrawal became active in politics in 1960. [2] He had served as the chairman of Kharsia municipal council from 1964 to 1969, the president of the District Cooperative Bank, Raigarh from 1977 to 1980, and the vice-president of the Madhya Pradesh State Marketing Association from 1977 to 1980. [1] He was detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act in 1975 during the emergency. [2] He became the State General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh BJP in 1983. [4] He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 10 April 1990 to 31 October 2000 representing Madhya Pradesh, and from 1 November 2000 to 9 April 2002 representing Chhattisgarh. [1] Agrawal was a supporter of the formation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state. [5] Nand Kumar Sai, in a 2010 interview, said that Agrawal was one of the contenders for the chief minister post after the 2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, along with Raman Singh and Dilip Singh Judeo. [6]
Agrawal died on 24 January 2009 after being admitted to Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur. [7] He was cremated with state honors in Kharsia. Raman Singh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Kailash Chandra Joshi, Sumitra Mahajan, and Vikram Verma attended the funeral and paid their tributes to Agrawal. [2] Chauhan termed Agrawal as "an organiser and a devotee of nationalist values". [7]
A medical college in Raigarh was named after Agrawal in 2013. [8] During the inauguration of a statue of Agrawal by Nitin Gadkari in Kharsia, Raman Singh said that Agrawal was a contributor to the "identity of Chhattisgarh as a developed state". [9]
Lakkhiram Agarwal | |
---|---|
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1 November 2000 – 9 April 2002 | |
Succeeded by | Ramadhar Kashyap |
Constituency | Chhattisgarh |
In office 10 April 1990 – 31 October 2000 | |
Constituency | Madhya Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Kharsia, Central Provinces and Berar, British India | 13 February 1932
Died | 24 January 2009 Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India | (aged 76)
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Marwan Devi |
Children | Amar Agrawal,Sajan Agrawal,Manoj Agrawal, Bajrang Agrawal |
Parent(s) | Mansha Ram Agarwal (father) Rukmani Devi (mother) |
Education | Middle school |
Occupation | Philanthropist, Social worker, Humanitarian, Businessman |
Lakkhiram Agarwal (13 February 1932 – 24 January 2009) was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1990 to 2002 representing Madhya Pradesh and later Chhattisgarh. [1] He was the state president of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh from 1990 to 2000, and became the state president of Chhattisgarh BJP after the bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh. [2]
Lakhiram Agrawal was born on 13 February 1932 to Mansha Ram Agrawal and Rukmani Devi in Kharsia, Raigarh district. [1] He married Marwan Devi in 1950 and had five sons and one daughter. His son Amar Agrawal is a cabinet minister in the Government of Chhattisgarh, holding the portfolios of Taxation, Commerce and the Public health Department. [2] [3] He was educated until middle school in Naharpalli, Kharsia. [1]
Agrawal became active in politics in 1960. [2] He had served as the chairman of Kharsia municipal council from 1964 to 1969, the president of the District Cooperative Bank, Raigarh from 1977 to 1980, and the vice-president of the Madhya Pradesh State Marketing Association from 1977 to 1980. [1] He was detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act in 1975 during the emergency. [2] He became the State General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh BJP in 1983. [4] He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 10 April 1990 to 31 October 2000 representing Madhya Pradesh, and from 1 November 2000 to 9 April 2002 representing Chhattisgarh. [1] Agrawal was a supporter of the formation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state. [5] Nand Kumar Sai, in a 2010 interview, said that Agrawal was one of the contenders for the chief minister post after the 2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, along with Raman Singh and Dilip Singh Judeo. [6]
Agrawal died on 24 January 2009 after being admitted to Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur. [7] He was cremated with state honors in Kharsia. Raman Singh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Kailash Chandra Joshi, Sumitra Mahajan, and Vikram Verma attended the funeral and paid their tributes to Agrawal. [2] Chauhan termed Agrawal as "an organiser and a devotee of nationalist values". [7]
A medical college in Raigarh was named after Agrawal in 2013. [8] During the inauguration of a statue of Agrawal by Nitin Gadkari in Kharsia, Raman Singh said that Agrawal was a contributor to the "identity of Chhattisgarh as a developed state". [9]