Purushottam Kaushik

Purushottam Kaushik
Purushottam Kaushik
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
	In office; 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Preceded by	L. K. Advani
Succeeded by	Vasant Sathe
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
	In office; 26 March 1977 – 15 July 1979
Preceded by	Kotha Raghuramaiah
Succeeded by	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1989-1991
Preceded by	Chandulal Chandrakar
Succeeded by	Chandulal Chandrakar
Constituency	Durg, Madhya Pradesh
	In office; 1977-1980
Preceded by	Vidya Charan Shukla
Succeeded by	Keyur Bhushan
Constituency	Raipur, Madhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born	24 September 1930; Mahasamund, Central Provinces, British India
Died	5 October 2017 (aged 87); Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Janata Dal
Other political; affiliations	Samyukta Socialist Party, Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Amrit Kaushik
Children	3
Occupation	Agriculturist; Lawyer; Politician;

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Purushottam Lal Kaushik (24 September 1930 – 5 October 2017)^[2] was an Indian Politician.

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He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of the Indian Parliament from Raipur in 1977 and Durg in 1989 from Madhya Pradesh as a member of the Janata Dal.^[3] He was the Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation in the Morarji Desai ministry and later Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Charan Singh ministry^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

↑ "Ex Union Tourism Minister's wife passes away". United News of India. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
↑ "Former Union Minister Purushottam Lal Kaushik Passes Away". news18.com. Press Trust of India. 6 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
↑ "9th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
↑ Linda K. Richter (1989). The Politics of Tourism in Asia. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-0-8248-1140-2.
↑ Ananth V. Krishna (1 September 2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense Of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-81-317-3465-0.

External links[edit]

Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website

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[1] "Ex Union Tourism Minister's wife passes away". United News of India. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[2] "Former Union Minister Purushottam Lal Kaushik Passes Away". news18.com. Press Trust of India. 6 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[3] "9th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

[Richter1989-4] Linda K. Richter (1989). The Politics of Tourism in Asia. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-0-8248-1140-2.

[Krishna2011-5] Ananth V. Krishna (1 September 2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense Of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-81-317-3465-0.

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