Raj Bahadur | |
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 Raj Bahadur on a 2013 stamp of India | |
| India Ambassador to Nepal | |
| In office January 1968 – January 1971 | |
| Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
| In office 9 November 1973 – 22 December 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Karan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Kotha Raghuramaiah |
| Ministry of Communications | |
| In office 7 December 1956 – 17 April 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Jagjivan Ram |
| Succeeded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1912 Basan Gate, Bharatpur (present-day Rajasthan, India) |
| Died | 22 September 1990 (aged 78) New Delhi, India |
Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) He was the leader of the Indian National Congress, who was elected a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from the state of Rajasthan. After independence, he became the first tourism minister of India.
Career
He was three times elected to Lok Sabha from Bharatpur (Lok Sabha constituency). He also served as Minister of Telecommunications for year 1956 – 57.[1] He was elected to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Bharatpur in 1980. Raj Bahadur also served as India's ambassador to Nepal.
He died on 22 September 1990 in New Delhi.
References
- ↑ Former Ministers – Department of Telecommunications – Government of India Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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