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'''Murli Manohar Joshi''' (born 5 January 1934) is an  Indian politician. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the former [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]] parliamentary constituency. He was formerly a professor of Physics in Allahabad University. He was one of the key leader of the BJP. Joshi later became the Union [[Human Resources Development]] [[Political minister|minister]] in the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] government.<ref>{{cite news |author=Debashish Mukerji |title=Our students don know India's problems (Interview with Murli Manohar Joshi) |newspaper=The Week |date=15 November 1998 |url=http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/1198/0006.html |access-date=8 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054847/http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/1198/0006.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Joshi was awarded [[Padma Vibhushan]], the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=List of Padma awardees 2017 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/List-of-Padma-awardees-2017/article17092476.ece |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=25 January 2017 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
'''Murli Manohar Joshi''' (born 5 January 1934) is an  Indian politician. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the former [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]] parliamentary constituency. He was formerly a professor of Physics in Allahabad University. He was one of the key leaders of the BJP. Joshi later became the Union [[Human Resources Development]] [[Political minister|minister]] in the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] government.<ref>{{cite news |author=Debashish Mukerji |title=Our students don know India's problems (Interview with Murli Manohar Joshi) |newspaper=The Week |date=15 November 1998 |url=http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/1198/0006.html |access-date=8 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054847/http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/1198/0006.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Joshi was awarded [[Padma Vibhushan]], the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=List of Padma awardees 2017 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/List-of-Padma-awardees-2017/article17092476.ece |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=25 January 2017 |language=en-IN}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Joshi was born on 5 January 1934, [[Kumaoni people|Kumaoni]] hailing from [[Almora]], [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]], North India. Joshi had his early education in [[Chandpur, Bijnor|Chandpur]], District Bijnore and Almora . He completed his B.Sc. from [[Meerut College]] and M.Sc. from [[Allahabad University]]. Here one of his teachers was [[Professor Rajendra Singh]], who later became the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS Sanghchalak]]. He did his doctorate from [[Allahabad University]]. The subject of his doctoral thesis was [[spectroscopy]]. He published a research paper in Physics in [[Hindi]], which was a first of its kind.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drmurlimanoharjoshi.in/evolutions.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626053453/http://www.drmurlimanoharjoshi.in/evolutions.html |archive-date=26 June 2011  }}</ref>
Joshi was born on 5 January 1934, hailing from [[Almora]] in [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] region, which is now part of the [[Uttarakhand]] state. Joshi had his early education in [[Chandpur, Bijnor|Chandpur]], District Bijnore and Almora . He completed his B.Sc. from [[Meerut College]] and M.Sc. from [[Allahabad University]]. Here one of his teachers was [[Professor Rajendra Singh]], who later became the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS Sanghchalak]]. He did his doctorate from [[Allahabad University]]. The subject of his doctoral thesis was [[spectroscopy]]. He published a research paper in Physics in [[Hindi]], which was a first of its kind.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drmurlimanoharjoshi.in/evolutions.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626053453/http://www.drmurlimanoharjoshi.in/evolutions.html |archive-date=26 June 2011  }}</ref>
After completing his PhD, Joshi started teaching Physics at [[Allahabad University]].
After completing his PhD, Joshi started teaching Physics at [[Allahabad University]].


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Joshi is known to have been influenced by the life and work of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]], [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule]] and [[Deendayal Upadhyaya]]. Joshi was a three-term M.P. from [[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]] before he was defeated in the Lok Sabha elections of May 2004. He won election to the 15th Lok Sabha from [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]] as a BJP candidate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dikshit |first1=Rajeev |title=Joshi beats Mukhtar with big margin {{!}} Varanasi News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/joshi-beats-mukhtar-with-big-margin/articleshow/4540142.cms |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=16 May 2009 |language=en}}</ref>
Joshi is known to have been influenced by the life and work of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]], [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule]] and [[Deendayal Upadhyaya]]. Joshi was a three-term M.P. from [[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]] before he was defeated in the Lok Sabha elections of May 2004. He won election to the 15th Lok Sabha from [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]] as a BJP candidate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dikshit |first1=Rajeev |title=Joshi beats Mukhtar with big margin {{!}} Varanasi News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/joshi-beats-mukhtar-with-big-margin/articleshow/4540142.cms |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=16 May 2009 |language=en}}</ref>
He also served as the home minister for 13 days government in 1996.
He also served as the home minister for 13 days government in 1996.
Joshi was appointed as Chairman of the Manifesto Preparation Board of the BJP in 2009. He was honoured as "Proud Past Alumni" of Allahabad University by Allahabad University Alumni Association. He was a sitting MP from Varanasi and he vacated that seat for Narendra Modi in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. He later contested from Kanpur and won from the constituency by a margin of 2.23 lac votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2443.htm?ac=43 |title=Constituency wise-All Candidates |publisher=Eciresults.nic.in |date=17 May 2014 |access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auaa.in/proudpast.html|title=Allahbad University Alumni Association : Our Proud Past|work=archive.is|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.is/20080115090226/http://www.auaa.in/proudpast.html|archive-date=15 January 2008|date=10 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://auaa.in/?page_id=31|title=Our Proud Past|work=archive.is|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.is/20120707073335/http://auaa.in/?page_id=31|archive-date=7 July 2012|date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
Joshi was appointed as Chairman of the Manifesto Preparation Board of the BJP in 2009. He was honoured as "Proud Past Alumni" of Allahabad University by Allahabad University Alumni Association. He was a sitting MP from Varanasi and he vacated that seat for Narendra Modi in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. He later contested from Kanpur and won from the constituency by a margin of 2.23 lac votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2443.htm?ac=43 |title=Constituency wise-All Candidates |publisher=Eciresults.nic.in |date=17 May 2014 |access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auaa.in/proudpast.html|title=Allahbad University Alumni Association : Our Proud Past|work=archive.is|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080115090226/http://www.auaa.in/proudpast.html|archive-date=15 January 2008|date=10 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://auaa.in/?page_id=31|title=Our Proud Past|work=archive.is|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707073335/http://auaa.in/?page_id=31|archive-date=7 July 2012|date=10 November 2018}}</ref>


== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==

Revision as of 12:19, 29 December 2021


Not to be confused with Manohar Joshi.

Murli Manohar Joshi
Minister of Human Resource Development
In office
19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byS. R. Bommai
Succeeded byArjun Singh
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byShankarrao Chavan
Succeeded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
19 March 1998 – 21 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded byKapil Sibal
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded bySriprakash Jaiswal
Succeeded bySatyadev Pachauri
ConstituencyKanpur
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byRajesh Kumar Mishra
Succeeded byNarendra Modi
ConstituencyVaranasi
In office
1996-2004
Preceded bySaroj Dubey
Succeeded byRewati Raman Singh
ConstituencyAllahabad
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byNarendra Singh Bisht
Succeeded byHarish Rawat
ConstituencyAlmora
Member of the Rajya Sabha
In office
5 July 1992 – 11 May 1996
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1934-01-05) 5 January 1934 (age 92)
Almora, United Provinces, British India
(present-day Uttarakhand, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Tarla Joshi
Alma materUniversity of Allahabad (MSc, PhD)
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (2017)
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Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the former Member of Parliament for Kanpur parliamentary constituency. He was formerly a professor of Physics in Allahabad University. He was one of the key leaders of the BJP. Joshi later became the Union Human Resources Development minister in the National Democratic Alliance government.[1] Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.[2]

Early life and education

Joshi was born on 5 January 1934, hailing from Almora in Kumaon region, which is now part of the Uttarakhand state. Joshi had his early education in Chandpur, District Bijnore and Almora . He completed his B.Sc. from Meerut College and M.Sc. from Allahabad University. Here one of his teachers was Professor Rajendra Singh, who later became the RSS Sanghchalak. He did his doctorate from Allahabad University. The subject of his doctoral thesis was spectroscopy. He published a research paper in Physics in Hindi, which was a first of its kind.[3] After completing his PhD, Joshi started teaching Physics at Allahabad University.

Politics and activism

Joshi came in contact with the RSS in Delhi at a young age and took part in the Cow Protection Movement in 1953–54, in the Kumbh Kisan Andolan of UP in 1955,[4] demanding halving of land revenue assessment. During the Emergency period (1975–1977) in India, Joshi was in jail from 26 June 1975 until the Lok Sabha elections in 1977. He was elected Member of Parliament from Almora. When the Janata Party (which then included his party) came to power forming the first non-Congress government in Indian history, Joshi was elected General Secretary of the Janata Parliamentary Party. After the fall of the government, his party came out of Janata Party in 1980, and formed the Bharatiya Janata Party or the BJP. Joshi first looked after the Central Office as a General Secretary and later became Party Treasurer. As General Secretary of BJP, he was directly in charge of Bihar, Bengal and North-Eastern States. Later, when BJP formed a government in India under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Joshi served as the Human Resource Development Minister in the cabinet.

Joshi is known to have been influenced by the life and work of Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Deendayal Upadhyaya. Joshi was a three-term M.P. from Allahabad before he was defeated in the Lok Sabha elections of May 2004. He won election to the 15th Lok Sabha from Varanasi as a BJP candidate.[5] He also served as the home minister for 13 days government in 1996. Joshi was appointed as Chairman of the Manifesto Preparation Board of the BJP in 2009. He was honoured as "Proud Past Alumni" of Allahabad University by Allahabad University Alumni Association. He was a sitting MP from Varanasi and he vacated that seat for Narendra Modi in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. He later contested from Kanpur and won from the constituency by a margin of 2.23 lac votes.[6][7][8]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ Debashish Mukerji (15 November 1998). "Our students don know India's problems (Interview with Murli Manohar Joshi)". The Week. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "List of Padma awardees 2017". The Hindu. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Patrick, French; French, Patrick (27 January 2011). India: A Portrait. Penguin Books Limited. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-14-194700-6.
  5. ↑ Dikshit, Rajeev (16 May 2009). "Joshi beats Mukhtar with big margin | Varanasi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Constituency wise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Allahbad University Alumni Association : Our Proud Past". archive.is. 10 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ↑ "Our Proud Past". archive.is. 10 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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