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'''Mohan Dharia''' (14 February 1925 - 14 October 2013<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohan Dharia passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mohan-dharia-passes-away/article5233546.ece|access-date=4 December 2014|publisher=The Hindu|date=15 October 2013}}</ref>) was a Union minister, a lawyer and social worker. During his last days he stayed in [[Pune]]. Dharia was an environmentalist and ran a non-government organisation Vanrai. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] twice from [[Pune (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pune]] Lok Sabha constituency, first in 1971 as an [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) member and became a Minister of State, and later in 1977 as a [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] member, and joined the [[Morarji Desai Ministry]] as Union [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of Commerce]]. Prior to it, he remained member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] twice from INC, first 1964-1970 and then 1970- 1971<ref>[http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/StatewiseList.asp Statewise Members list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419165814/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/StatewiseList.asp |date=19 April 2009 }}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian honour in 2005, by [[Government of India]] for his contribution in social work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2007)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|date=2007-05-30|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwards1954-2007.pdf}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born in at village Nate, then [[Kolaba district]], present [[Mahad]] [[Taluka]], [[Raigad district]], to Manikchand Dharia, he did his schooling from Konkan Education Society, [[Mahad]]. Later he joined [[Fergusson College]] Pune to become a surgeon, but abandoned his studies to join the independence movement in 1942. Thereafter he studied law at [[ILS Law College]], [[Pune University]].<ref name=van>[http://vanarai-trust.org/founderPresident.html Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206170405/http://vanarai-trust.org/founderPresident.html |date=6 December 2013 }} vanaraitrust]</ref>

==Career==
He started his career as an advocate at the [[Bombay High Court]] and in time started his political career.<ref name=van/>

He was previously associated with the Praja Socialist Party and also participated in National Struggle. He was General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee 1962—67 and Member of [[All India Congress Committee]] 1962—75. A highlight of Dharia's political career was his staunch opposition to the [[Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India]], introduced in 1975 by Prime Minister, [[Indira Gandhi]]. He called it 'a surrender of parliamentary democracy to the coming dictatorship'.<ref name="Austin">{{Cite book | last = Austin | first = Granville | title = Working a Democratic Constitution - A History of the Indian Experience | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1999 | location = New Delhi | pages = 320 | isbn = 019565610-5 }}</ref>
His opposition to the imposition of a state of [[The Emergency (India)|emergency]] in June 1975 led to his detention by the government with other dissenting leaders such as [[Morarji Desai]], [[Chandra Shekhar]] and others.<ref>Narasimha Rao, the Best Prime Minister? by Janak Raj Jai - 1996 - Page 101</ref> He quit Congress after the emergency after 1975.

He held various positions in Public life:

* Member, [[Pune Municipal Corporation]], 1957—60,
* Chairman of its Transport Undertaking, 1957–58;
* Elected to [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1964 and 1970;
* Member, Fifth Lok Sabha, 1971—77 from [[Pune]]
* Minister of State for Planning, May 1971 to October, 1974,
* Minister of State for Works & Housing, October 1974 to March 1975;
* Member, Sixth Lok Sabha, 1977-1980 from Pune.
* Minister of Commerce, Civil Supplies and Co-operation since March, 1977;
* [[Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission]], Dec 90 - June 91<ref>http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/history/past_dch.pdf</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Padma Vibhushan]] : Highest Padma Award,
* D.Lit,
* [[Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Awards]],
* Yashwantrao Chavan Award for Excellence,
* Rajiv Gandhi Paryavaran Ratna Award,
* Pune’s Pride Award,
* Jeevan Gaurav Award,
* Development Jewel Award,
*26th [[Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Mohan Dharia gets Indira Gandhi National Integration award |url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/mohan-dharia-gets-indira-gandhi-national-integration-award_608216.html |publisher=Money Control |date=31 October 2011 }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131206170405/http://vanarai-trust.org/founderPresident.html Founder President, Vanrai Trust website]

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