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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Deora was born in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]], and received his BA from Bombay University. His family came from [[Laxmangarh]] in Rajasthan.{{citation needed\|date=February 2017}}		Deora was born [[Mumbai\|Bombay]] in [[Marwari people\|Marwari]] Family, and received his BA from Bombay University. His family came from [[Laxmangarh]] in Rajasthan.{{citation needed\|date=February 2017}}

	==Landmark case==		==Landmark case==
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	From 29 January 2006 to 18 January 2011 he was appointed as Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. From 18 January 2011 to 12 July 2011, he was appointed as Minister of Corporate Affairs		From 29 January 2006 to 18 January 2011 he was appointed as Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. From 18 January 2011 to 12 July 2011, he was appointed as Minister of Corporate Affairs

	He was president of the [[Mumbai]] Regional Congress Committee for 22 years from 1981 to 2003.<ref name="MRCC">[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/03/16/stories/2003031605000102.htm Deora quits post] The Hindu</ref>		He was president of the [[Mumbai]] Regional Congress Committee for 22 years from 1981 to 2003.<ref name="MRCC">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030910034502/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/03/16/stories/2003031605000102.htm Deora quits post] The Hindu</ref>

	In the Congress re-election in 2009, Deora retained the portfolio of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the second government under [[Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]].{{citation needed\|date=March 2020}}		In the Congress re-election in 2009, Deora retained the portfolio of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the second government under [[Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]].{{citation needed\|date=March 2020}}
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	Deora believed everyone had the right to see properly, and organised over 78 eye camps in Mumbai, where more than 5000 to 7000 people have had their eyes tested and receive free spectacles, as well as free eye surgery and in every camp 300 to 400 Free Cataract operation with Pathological check-up for operation has been done.{{citation needed\|date=February 2017}}		Deora believed everyone had the right to see properly, and organised over 78 eye camps in Mumbai, where more than 5000 to 7000 people have had their eyes tested and receive free spectacles, as well as free eye surgery and in every camp 300 to 400 Free Cataract operation with Pathological check-up for operation has been done.{{citation needed\|date=February 2017}}

	==Tributes==		== Tributes ==
	After Deora's death, both houses of Parliament were adjourned on the first day of the winter session as a mark of respect for him, as well as other members who had died.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/11/24/reactions-murli-deora-veteran-indian-politician-dies/\|title=Reactions: Murli Deora, Veteran Indian Politician, Dies\|last=Agarwal\|first=Vibhuti\|newspaper=WSJ\|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>		After Deora's death, both houses of Parliament were adjourned on the first day of the winter session as a mark of respect for him, as well as other members who had died.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/11/24/reactions-murli-deora-veteran-indian-politician-dies/\|title=Reactions: Murli Deora, Veteran Indian Politician, Dies\|last=Agarwal\|first=Vibhuti\|newspaper=WSJ\|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

	Tributes came in regardless of party lines, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his sadness and describing Deora as "a dedicated leader," whose "warm nature made him popular across party lines."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/11/24/reactions-murli-deora-veteran-indian-politician-dies/\|title=Reactions: Murli Deora, Veteran Indian Politician, Dies\|last=Agarwal\|first=Vibhuti\|newspaper=WSJ\|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>		Tributes came in regardless of party lines, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his sadness and describing Deora as "a dedicated leader," whose "warm nature made him popular across party lines."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/11/24/reactions-murli-deora-veteran-indian-politician-dies/\|title=Reactions: Murli Deora, Veteran Indian Politician, Dies\|last=Agarwal\|first=Vibhuti\|newspaper=WSJ\|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

	Finance Minister Arun Jaitley penned a front-page tribute to Deora in ''[[The Times of India]]'', calling him "extremely helpful" and someone whose "strength lay in the fact that he never criticized even those he did not like".<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mr-Murli-Deora-senator-from-Manhattan/articleshow/45265482.cms</ref>		Finance Minister Arun Jaitley penned a front-page tribute to Deora in ''[[The Times of India]]'', calling him "extremely helpful" and someone whose "strength lay in the fact that he never criticized even those he did not like".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mr-Murli-Deora-senator-from-Manhattan/articleshow/45265482.cms\|title = 'Mr Murli Deora, senator from Manhattan' \| India News - Times of India}}</ref>

	HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh said, "he was a very warm and kind-hearted person, and never turned away any person who came seeking his help and always kept his word."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HIJxun28ofiIqU4Zk1jAPJ/Congress-leader-Murli-Deora-passes-away.html\|title=Policy\|last=Gadgil\|first=Makarand\|date=24 November 2014\|newspaper=http://www.livemint.com/\|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HIJxun28ofiIqU4Zk1jAPJ/Congress-leader-Murli-Deora-passes-away.html <nowiki>[7]</nowiki>]		HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh said, "he was a very warm and kind-hearted person, and never turned away any person who came seeking his help and always kept his word."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HIJxun28ofiIqU4Zk1jAPJ/Congress-leader-Murli-Deora-passes-away.html\|title=Policy\|last=Gadgil\|first=Makarand\|date=24 November 2014\|newspaper=http://www.livemint.com/\|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HIJxun28ofiIqU4Zk1jAPJ/Congress-leader-Murli-Deora-passes-away.html <nowiki>[7]</nowiki>]

	Pranay Gupta, for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', noted that, "at a personal level, he was incorruptible", and that, "perhaps more than any Indian politician of his generation, Murli was genuinely liked in public and private. That's because he had a good word for all, and extended a helpful hand to many. To be a politician means to serve — and serve Murli did, in a land where ministers and bureaucrats often ignore the masses except during election time, where high officials expect their constituents to genuflect and undertake a thousand salaams before even being allowed to enter the corridors of power. But Murli's door was always open."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pranay-gupte/murli-deora-the-last-of-i_b_6211606.html\|title=Murli Deora: The Last of India's Tammany Hall Chieftains\|~~last~~=author\|~~first~~=Pranay Gupte Bestselling\|last2=historian\|date=26 November 2014\|website=The Huffington Post\|access-date=2017-01-07\|last3=biographer\|last4=Correspondent\|first4=Foreign}}</ref>		Pranay Gupta, for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', noted that, "at a personal level, he was incorruptible", and that, "perhaps more than any Indian politician of his generation, Murli was genuinely liked in public and private. That's because he had a good word for all, and extended a helpful hand to many. To be a politician means to serve — and serve Murli did, in a land where ministers and bureaucrats often ignore the masses except during election time, where high officials expect their constituents to genuflect and undertake a thousand salaams before even being allowed to enter the corridors of power. But Murli's door was always open."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pranay-gupte/murli-deora-the-last-of-i_b_6211606.html\|title=Murli Deora: The Last of India's Tammany Hall Chieftains\|last1=author\|first1=Pranay Gupte Bestselling\|last2=historian\|date=26 November 2014\|website=The Huffington Post\|access-date=2017-01-07\|last3=biographer\|last4=Correspondent\|first4=Foreign}}</ref>

	Shankar Aiyar spoke about Deora's humble beginnings, about "the Murli who wore the same set of clothes — washed at night and ironed "with a lotta with coal in it"; the Murli who hung outside the neighbour's window to listen to songs and studied under the street lamp at Babulnath", and how, as a powerful politician, he used his contacts to help the poor and needy. How "every new billion-dollar acquaintance was converted into a philanthropist — convinced to donate a heart lung machine to a municipal hospital, pay for an eye camp, fund the computer literacy for jobs programme at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and more."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Murli-Deora-led-life-like-game-of-bridge/articleshow/45265645.cms\|title=Murli Deora led life like game of bridge - TOI Mobile {{!}} The Times of India Mobile Site\|website=m.timesofindia.com\|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>		Shankar Aiyar spoke about Deora's humble beginnings, about "the Murli who wore the same set of clothes — washed at night and ironed "with a lotta with coal in it"; the Murli who hung outside the neighbour's window to listen to songs and studied under the street lamp at Babulnath", and how, as a powerful politician, he used his contacts to help the poor and needy. How "every new billion-dollar acquaintance was converted into a philanthropist — convinced to donate a heart lung machine to a municipal hospital, pay for an eye camp, fund the computer literacy for jobs programme at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and more."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Murli-Deora-led-life-like-game-of-bridge/articleshow/45265645.cms\|title=Murli Deora led life like game of bridge - TOI Mobile {{!}} The Times of India Mobile Site\|website=m.timesofindia.com\|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	His son [[Milind Murli Deora]] was a Lok Sabha member from Mumbai.<ref>http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/congress-leader-murli-deora-passes-away_1503825.html</ref>		His son [[Milind Murli Deora]] was a Lok Sabha member from Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/congress-leader-murli-deora-passes-away_1503825.html\|title = Veteran Congressman Murli Deora dead, leaders mourn demise\|date = 24 November 2014}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Murli Deora
| image =Murli Deora addressing at the Annual Economic Editors’ Conference-2008, oraganised by the Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India, in New Delhi on November 26, 2008 (1).jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = 10 January 1937
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] Present [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
| death_date = 24 November 2014 (aged 77)
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Mumbai]]
| constituency =
| term_start = 18 January 2011
| term_end = 12 July 2011
| predecessor = [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]]
| successor = [[Jaipal Reddy]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alma_mater = [[Bombay University]]
| religion =
| spouse =
| office2 = [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency2 = Maharashtra
| term_start2 = 2002
| term_end2 = 2014
| order = [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas]]
| children = [[Milind Deora]]
}}
'''Murli Deora''' (10 January 1937 – 24 November 2014) was an Indian politician, businessman, and social worker. He was the [[Mayor of Mumbai]], a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] in both the [[Rajya Sabha|Upper]] and [[Lok Sabha|Lower Houses]], and a Minister of Cabinet rank. He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].

==Early life==
Deora was born in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], and received his BA from Bombay University. His family came from [[Laxmangarh]] in Rajasthan.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

==Landmark case==
In 2001, Deora won a landmark Supreme Court case that ended smoking in public places. In the absence of statutory provisions at that time, the Court prohibited smoking in public places such as auditoriums, hospital buildings, health institutions, educational institutions, libraries, court buildings, public offices, and public conveyances, including the railways.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cehat.org/humanrights/caselaws.pdf|title=Environment and Health by Adv. Vijay Hiremath on Page 116|accessdate=1 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201524/http://www.cehat.org/humanrights/caselaws.pdf|archivedate=23 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{{quote|"Tobacco is universally regarded as one of the major public health hazards and is responsible directly or indirectly for an estimated eight lakh deaths annually in the country. It has also been found that treatment of tobacco related diseases and the loss of productivity caused therein cost the country almost Rs. 13,500 crores annually, which more than offsets all the benefits accruing in the form of revenue and employment generated by tobacco industry".|Supreme Court of India|Murli S. Deora vs Union Of India And Ors on 2 November 2001}}

==Political career==
The industrialist and social worker-turned-politician began his work with the Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1968 when he was elected as a corporator. Later, in 1977, Deora was elected mayor of Bombay with the support of [[Shiv Sena]]. He first contested the Lok Sabha polls from Bombay South constituency in 1980 but lost to the Janata Party's Ratansingh Rajda though, in the subsequent election, Deora defeated BJP's Jayawantiben Mehta by a huge margin. He was re-elected in 1989, 1991 but lost to Mehta in 1996 and 1999 before his son, Milind, defeated Mehta to go to the Lok Sabha from the same constituency in 2004. Deora is a trusted aide of the Gandhi family in Mumbai. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2004 and was inducted in the Union cabinet as petroleum minister in January 2006.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

From 29 January 2006 to 18 January 2011 he was appointed as Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. From 18 January 2011 to 12 July 2011, he was appointed as Minister of Corporate Affairs

He was president of the [[Mumbai]] Regional Congress Committee for 22 years from 1981 to 2003.<ref name="MRCC">[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/03/16/stories/2003031605000102.htm Deora quits post] The Hindu</ref>

In the Congress re-election in 2009, Deora retained the portfolio of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the second government under [[Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

==Philanthropy==

===Free computer education===
As Vice-Chairman of Bhavan'sGandhi Institute of Computer Technology, Deora made it his mission to spread computer literacy for better job opportunities by kickstarting the Free Computer Education Program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2000/09/JobOriented-Computer-Training-Programme|title=Gandhi Institute Receives US$5 Million Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

In 2000, he brought Bill Gates to the centre, which received a US$5million grant from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] for its good work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhavansgi.in/|title=Home|website=www.bhavansgi.in|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

Today, the program has over 56 centres all over India, and over 3,56,519 people have benefited from it.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

===Eye camps===
Deora believed everyone had the right to see properly, and organised over 78 eye camps in Mumbai, where more than 5000 to 7000 people have had their eyes tested and receive free spectacles, as well as free eye surgery and in every camp 300 to 400 Free Cataract operation with Pathological check-up for operation has been done.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

==Tributes==
After Deora's death, both houses of Parliament were adjourned on the first day of the winter session as a mark of respect for him, as well as other members who had died.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/11/24/reactions-murli-deora-veteran-indian-politician-dies/|title=Reactions: Murli Deora, Veteran Indian Politician, Dies|last=Agarwal|first=Vibhuti|newspaper=WSJ|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

Tributes came in regardless of party lines, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his sadness and describing Deora as "a dedicated leader," whose "warm nature made him popular across party lines."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/11/24/reactions-murli-deora-veteran-indian-politician-dies/|title=Reactions: Murli Deora, Veteran Indian Politician, Dies|last=Agarwal|first=Vibhuti|newspaper=WSJ|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley penned a front-page tribute to Deora in ''[[The Times of India]]'', calling him "extremely helpful" and someone whose "strength lay in the fact that he never criticized even those he did not like".<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mr-Murli-Deora-senator-from-Manhattan/articleshow/45265482.cms</ref>

HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh said, "he was a very warm and kind-hearted person, and never turned away any person who came seeking his help and always kept his word."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HIJxun28ofiIqU4Zk1jAPJ/Congress-leader-Murli-Deora-passes-away.html|title=Policy|last=Gadgil|first=Makarand|date=24 November 2014|newspaper=http://www.livemint.com/|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HIJxun28ofiIqU4Zk1jAPJ/Congress-leader-Murli-Deora-passes-away.html <nowiki>[7]</nowiki>]

Pranay Gupta, for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', noted that, "at a personal level, he was incorruptible", and that, "perhaps more than any Indian politician of his generation, Murli was genuinely liked in public and private. That's because he had a good word for all, and extended a helpful hand to many. To be a politician means to serve — and serve Murli did, in a land where ministers and bureaucrats often ignore the masses except during election time, where high officials expect their constituents to genuflect and undertake a thousand salaams before even being allowed to enter the corridors of power. But Murli's door was always open."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pranay-gupte/murli-deora-the-last-of-i_b_6211606.html|title=Murli Deora: The Last of India's Tammany Hall Chieftains|last=author|first=Pranay Gupte Bestselling|last2=historian|date=26 November 2014|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2017-01-07|last3=biographer|last4=Correspondent|first4=Foreign}}</ref>

Shankar Aiyar spoke about Deora's humble beginnings, about "the Murli who wore the same set of clothes — washed at night and ironed "with a lotta with coal in it"; the Murli who hung outside the neighbour's window to listen to songs and studied under the street lamp at Babulnath", and how, as a powerful politician, he used his contacts to help the poor and needy. How "every new billion-dollar acquaintance was converted into a philanthropist — convinced to donate a heart lung machine to a municipal hospital, pay for an eye camp, fund the computer literacy for jobs programme at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and more."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Murli-Deora-led-life-like-game-of-bridge/articleshow/45265645.cms|title=Murli Deora led life like game of bridge - TOI Mobile {{!}} The Times of India Mobile Site|website=m.timesofindia.com|access-date=2017-01-07}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His son [[Milind Murli Deora]] was a Lok Sabha member from Mumbai.<ref>http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/congress-leader-murli-deora-passes-away_1503825.html</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.murlideora.com/ Murli Deora's website]

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