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'''Sat Mahajan''' (30 July 1927 – 1 September 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/veteran-cong-politician-sat-mahajan-dies/996304/ |title=Veteran Cong politician Sat Mahajan dies |work=The Indian Express|date=1927-07-27 |accessdate=2012-09-01}}</ref> was the Rural Development Minister of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. He was a political and a [[social worker]].<br />
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He was born in [[Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh|Nurpur]], [[Kangra District]].<br />
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Mahajan was the Secretary of the Current Affairs Society during his college years. He was the President of the Nurpur Municipal Committee for five consecutive terms. He was the founder member of Indian Youth Congress. He has represented the Indian National Congress as one of the member delegation in the International Socialist Conference held in [[Lisbon]]. He was the President of the [[Kangra district|Kangra]] District Congress Committee and Pradesh Congress Committee for three terms.<br />
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He visited [[Russia]] on an Indo-Soviet Friendship Mission. He also represented the country in the [[United Nations]] as a member of the parliamentary delegation. He was honoured with the Vaikunth Bhai Mehta Award by the Co-Operative Sector on 31 March 2003 in [[Delhi]].<br />
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Mahajan was elected to the State [[Legislative Assembly]] first in 1977 and then again in 1982, 1985, 1993 and in 2003. He also remained a [[Member of Parliament]] for the Kangra [[Parliamentary Constituency]] from 1996 to 1998. He was the [[Revenue]] Minister of Himachal Pradesh from May 1980 to January 1985. He was also the Transport Minister of Himachal Pradesh (1985-1986), later IPH Minister of Himachal Pradesh (1986-1990). He was the Chairman of Committee on Estimates from 1994 to 1995 and Rural Development Minister from 6 March 2003 onwards.<ref>[http://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/members.asp Official Profile of Sat Mahajan @ hpvidhansabha.nic.in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060709214612/http://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/members.asp |date=9 July 2006 }}</ref><br />
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He died from cardiac arrest at Escort Hospital. He had been hospitalized to undergo an angioplasty earlier that week, but had been discharged after surgery.<br />
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