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<div>{{short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Prakash Chandra Sethi <br />
| image = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|10|19}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jhalrapatan]], [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|02|21|1919|10|19|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = <br />
| office = [[Minister of Home Affairs]]<br />
| term_start = 2 September 1982<br />
| term_end = 19 July 1984<br />
| predecessor = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman]]<br />
| successor = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]<br />
| office2 = 8th [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| term_start2 = 29 January 1972<br />
| term_end2 = 22 December 1975<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Shyama Charan Shukla]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Shyama Charan Shukla]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse = [[Smt. Kamla Devi]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
}}<br />
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'''Prakash Chandra Sethi''' (19 October 1919 – 21 February 1996) was an [[Indian National Congress]] politician who served as [[Minister of Home Affairs]] (1982–84) and as the 8th [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]] (1972–75).<br />
<ref>Shri Prakash Chand Sethi 'Amritotsav Smarika' released date: 19th October 1995</ref><br />
He was twice the chief minister of the state from 29 January 1972 to 22 March 1972 and 23 March 1972 to 22 December 1975. Ideologically he always appreciated people like [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]], [[Ravi Shankar Shukla]], [[Guru Radha Kishan]] and Gandhian [[Mahesh Dutta Mishra (Gird politician)|Mahesh Dutt Mishra]]. He was such an influential person but he never encouraged anyone to take any advantage of it. Though much is not talked about him as a politician but he was from the selfless school of thoughts and accessible to the public. PC Sethi as he was popularly known, was widely respected by the people of Indore and nation for his work.<br />
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During his tenure in the central government, Sethi was elected from the [[Indore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Indore]] constituency. He also held a number of positions in the Central Government of India - Home Minister, Defence Minister, Minister of External Affairs, Finance Minister, Railways, and Housing and Development. He is also known for his efforts for surrender of dacoits from [[Chambal division|Chambal]] region of Madhya Pradesh in 1976 while holding the post of Union Petroleum and Chemicals Minister.<ref>{{cite news |last1=April 8 |first1=V. K. Dethe |title=Chambal dacoits surrender in a chaotic but spectacular ceremony |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19760615-chambal-dacoits-surrender-in-a-chaotic-but-spectacular-ceremony-819191-2015-04-08 |access-date=25 February 2021 |work=India Today |publisher=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070915171151/http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/english/whoiswho/cmlist.asp Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh]<br />
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