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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.
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| name = Madhavsinh Singh Solanki
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| 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 =
| 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
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'''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>
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>
 
== 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==
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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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Revision as of 16:30, 22 February 2021

Madhavsinh Singh Solanki (30 July 1927 – 9 January 2021) was an Indian politician. He was leader of Indian National Congress party. He was External Affairs minister of India from 1991 to 1992. He also was the Chief Minister of Gujarat three times from 1976 to 1977, 1980 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1990.

Solanki died on 9 January 2021, aged 93.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Former Gujarat CM Madhavsinh Solanki dies at 94
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