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'''Manohar Lal''' (born 3 June 1938) is an Indian politician and a former Minister of Labour, Justice and Transport in the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. He was also elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] (1977–80) from [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]] parliamentary constituency, the Lower House of [[Indian Parliament]].<ref name=loksabha>{{cite web | title = Members Official Bioprofile | publisher = Lok Sabha website | url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2453.htm | accessdate = 2014-05-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010011/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2453.htm | archivedate = 28 May 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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Born to Chunni Lal at Wajidpur village, near [[Jajmau]], [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur district]], he was educated at J.P.R.N. Inter College, Jajmau, Kanpur, later received B. A. degree from [[Christ Church College, Kanpur]] and L.L.B. from Dayanand College of Law, Kanpur, both then affiliated with [[Agra University]].<ref name=loksabha/><br />
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He was a member of [[Kanpur Municipal Corporation]] (Kanpur Nagar Mahapalika), 1959–72; Secretary and Chairman of various educational, social and cultural institutions.<ref name=loksabha/> In 1969 state elections, he was elected member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], 1969—74 from [[Kanpur Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Kanpur Cantonment]] state assembly constituency, as a [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]] candidate. He polled 25376 votes and beat his nearest rival Devi Sahai Bajpai of Congress (INC) by 10379 votes,<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|publisher= [[Election Commission of India]]|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1969/Statistical%20Report%201969%20Uttar%20Pradesh.pdf <br />
| accessdate = 2014-05-27|page=314 }}</ref> and later remained Minister of Labour, Justice and Transport in the [[Uttar Pradesh Government]], 1970–71.<ref name=loksabha/> He was elected to [[6th Lok Sabha]] in the [[1977 Indian general election]] from [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]] Lok Sabha constituency as [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] candidate. He received 269629 votes, and his nearest rival was [[Naresh Chandra]] Chaturvedi of Congress (INC) with 95340 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha (Volume I.) |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |pages=82, 141 |accessdate=2014-05-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archivedate=18 July 2014 }}</ref><br />
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He married Ganga Shri Devi, in 1950 and the couple has two sons and one daughter.<ref name=loksabha/> <br />
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[[Category:Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1969–1974]]<br />
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]<br />
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