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	'''Raghunath Sahai Puri''' was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician and a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the Minister for Housing & Urban Development in [[Government of Punjab, India\|Punjab Government]] during 2002-2007.<ref name=aa>{{cite web\|title=Punjab Government Ministry\|url=http://www.ballepunjab.com/ministry.php\|publisher=Balle Punjab\|accessdate=7 May 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822034311/http://www.ballepunjab.com/ministry.php\|archivedate=22 August 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=BJP minister opposes delimitation of Sujanpur\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-09/chandigarh/27158123_1_delimitation-sujanpur-mc-satya-pal-saini\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123612/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-09/chandigarh/27158123_1_delimitation-sujanpur-mc-satya-pal-saini\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 June 2013\|accessdate=7 May 2013\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|date=9 June 2004}}</ref>		'''Raghunath Sahai Puri''' was an Indian politician and a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the Minister for Housing & Urban Development in [[Government of Punjab, India\|Punjab Government]] during 2002-2007.<ref name=aa>{{cite web\|title=Punjab Government Ministry\|url=http://www.ballepunjab.com/ministry.php\|publisher=Balle Punjab\|accessdate=7 May 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822034311/http://www.ballepunjab.com/ministry.php\|archivedate=22 August 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=BJP minister opposes delimitation of Sujanpur\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-09/chandigarh/27158123_1_delimitation-sujanpur-mc-satya-pal-saini\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123612/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-09/chandigarh/27158123_1_delimitation-sujanpur-mc-satya-pal-saini\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 June 2013\|accessdate=7 May 2013\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|date=9 June 2004}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Raghunath Sahai Puri
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1938
| birth_place = Sujanpur
| death_date = 22 December 2007
| death_place = [[Chandigarh]]
| residence = Sujanpur, [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab, India]]
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| constituency = Sujanpur
| term = 1985 - 1997
| predecessor = [[Chaman Lal (politician)]]
| successor = [[Satpal Saini]]
| constituency2 = Sujanpur
| predecessor2 = Satpal Saini
| successor2 = [[Dinesh Singh (Punjab politician)|Dinesh Singh]]
| term2 = 2002 - 2007
| office3 = Minister for Housing & Urban Development
|1blankname3 = Chief Minister
|1namedata3 = [[Capt. Amarinder Singh]]
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| term3 = 2007 - 2012
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Kamini Devi
| children = Three daughters(Surbhi Bedi, Sangeeta Kapoor and Sarita Chopra), a son Naresh Puri
| website =
}}

'''Raghunath Sahai Puri''' was an [[India]]n politician and a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the Minister for Housing & Urban Development in [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab Government]] during 2002-2007.<ref name=aa>{{cite web|title=Punjab Government Ministry|url=http://www.ballepunjab.com/ministry.php|publisher=Balle Punjab|accessdate=7 May 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822034311/http://www.ballepunjab.com/ministry.php|archivedate=22 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BJP minister opposes delimitation of Sujanpur|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-09/chandigarh/27158123_1_delimitation-sujanpur-mc-satya-pal-saini|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123612/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-09/chandigarh/27158123_1_delimitation-sujanpur-mc-satya-pal-saini|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2013|accessdate=7 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 June 2004}}</ref>

==Early life==

His father's name was Des Raj Puri.<ref>{{cite web|title=RAGHUNATH SAHAI PURI|url=http://myneta.info/pb2007/candidate.php?candidate_id=87|publisher=Association of Democratic Rights|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref>

==Political career==

He was elected to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1985 from Sujanpur.<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReportPunjab1985.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref> He was re-elected from Sujanpur in 1992 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1992 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1992/StatisticalReport%20Punjab%201992.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/punjab/results/2002.aspx Punjab Assembly Election 2002 Results]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020227/punjab-mlas.htm Punjab Assembly Elections-2002 winners]</ref> In 2012 he was made a cabinet minister in Punjab and given portfolios of Housing & Urban Development.<ref name=aa/> He had held portfolios of tourism and transport also.<ref name='b'/>

==Death==
He died on 22 December 2007 in [[Chandigarh]].<ref name='b'>{{cite news|title=Congress leader Puri passes away|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-12-23/chandigarh/27951693_1_congress-leader-transport-minister-raghunath-sahai-puri|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121640/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-12-23/chandigarh/27951693_1_congress-leader-transport-minister-raghunath-sahai-puri|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2013|accessdate=7 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 December 2007}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puri, Raghunath Sahai}}
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Gurdaspur district]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 1985–1990]]
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 1992–1997]]
[[Category:People from Pathankot district]]

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