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'''Madhavsinh Singh Solanki''' (30 July 1927 – 9 January 2021) was an Indian politician. He was leader of [[Indian National Congress]] party. He was [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs minister]] of [[India]] from 1991 to 1992. He also was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat|Chief Minister of Gujarat]] three times from 1976 to 1977, 1980 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1990.
{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Madhavsinh Singh Solanki
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mahesana district|Piludara]], [[Baroda State]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|1|9|1927|7|30|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Gandhinagar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| office = [[Minister of External Affairs]]
| prime_minister = [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]]
| term_start = 21 June 1991
| term_end = 31 March 1992
| order1 = 7th
| office1 = Chief Minister of Gujarat
| predecessor1 = [[President's rule]]
| successor1 = [[Babubhai J. Patel]]
| term_start1 = 24 December 1976
| term_end1 = 10 April 1977
| predecessor2 = President's rule
| successor2 = [[Amarsinh Chaudhary]]
| term_start2 = 7 June 1980
| term_end2 = 6 July 1985
| predecessor3 = Amarsinh Chaudhary
| successor3 = [[Chimanbhai Patel]]
| term_start3 = 10 December 1989
| term_end3 = 4 March 1990
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse =
| children = 3
| footnotes =
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| year =
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}}


Solanki died on 9 January 2021, aged 93.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/former-gujarat-cm-madhavsinh-solanki-dies-94-age-1757348-2021-01-09 Former Gujarat CM Madhavsinh Solanki dies at 94]</ref>
'''Madhavsinh Singh Solanki''' (30 July 1927 – 9 January 2021) was a leader of [[Indian National Congress]] party who served as [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs minister]] of [[India]]. He served also as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat|Chief Minister of Gujarat]] three times. He was known for [[KHAM theory]] by which he came to power in Gujarat in 1980s.<ref>http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/looking-past-2012/1/227819.html</ref>
 
== Early life ==
Madhav was born on 30 July 1927 in a [[Koli people|Koli]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shah|first=Ghanshyam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdzsAAAAMAAJ&q=Madhavsinh+Koli&dq=Madhavsinh+Koli|title=Capitalist Development: Critical Essays|date=1990|publisher=Popular Prakashan|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=कुमार|first=रजनीश|date=2017-12-13|title=गुजरात: बनिये का दिमाग़ और मियांभाई की बहादुरी|language=hi|work=BBC News हिंदी|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42334430|access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lobo|first=Lancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region (See Pages 173 and 174)|date=1995|publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2|language=en}}</ref> family of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Madhav Singh Solanki, Seventh Chief Minister of Gujarat {{!}} Mukhyamantri {{!}} VTV Gujarati - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02uxgeauNfI|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> His eldest son, [[Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki]], is also a politician.
 
==Career==
In 1981, the [[Government of Gujarat]] headed by the chief minister Solanki, introduced the reservation for socially and economically backward classes based on recommendations of Bakshi Commission. It resulted in anti-reservation agitation across the state which spilled over in riots resulting in more than hundred deaths. Solanki resigned in 1985 but later returned to power winning 149 out of 182 [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|assembly]] seats. He was supported by [[Kshatriya]], [[Harijan]], [[Adivasi]] and [[Muslim]]s; called collectively as KHAM formula. It resulted in other communities losing the political influence.<ref name="Langa 2015">{{cite web | last=Langa | first=Mahesh | title=Quota agitation in Gujarat heading for caste conflicts? | website=The Hindu | date=23 August 2015 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/quota-agitation-in-gujarat-heading-for-caste-conflicts/article7570338.ece | access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>
 
==Bofors==
According to the CBI, Solanki visited [[Davos]] in [[Switzerland]] in 1992 to attend the [[World Economic Conference]] where he allegedly met the Swiss foreign minister [[Rene Felber]] and told him that "inquiries conducted into the scam in India had failed to produce any result and that the request for mutual assistance was based on political considerations".<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030419/nation.htm Solanki tried to scuttle Bofors probe: CBI]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311021042/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/99may03/national.htm Govt to press for early Presidential sanction]
* [http://www.lalkar.org/issues/contents/jul2002/gujerat.html Communalist outrages in Gujarat  ]
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