Raghunath Sahai Puri | |
Birth Date: | 1938 |
Birth Place: | Sujanpur |
Death Date: | 22 December 2007 |
Death Place: | Chandigarh |
Residence: | Sujanpur, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India |
Office: | MLA, Punjab |
Constituency: | Sujanpur |
Term: | 1985 - 1997 |
Predecessor: | Chaman Lal (politician) |
Successor: | Satpal Saini |
Constituency2: | Sujanpur |
Predecessor2: | Satpal Saini |
Successor2: | Dinesh Singh |
Term2: | 2002 - 2007 |
Office3: | Minister for Housing & Urban Development |
1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata3: | Capt. Amarinder Singh |
Successor3: | Parkash Singh Badal |
Term3: | 2007 - 2012 |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Spouse: | Kamini Devi |
Children: | Three daughters(Surbhi Bedi, Sangeeta Kapoor and Sarita Chopra), a son Naresh Puri |
Raghunath Sahai Puri was an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He was the Minister for Housing & Urban Development in Punjab Government during 2002-2007.[1] [2]
He was born in 1938 in Sujanpur, Punjab, India. His father's name was Des Raj Puri.[3]
He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1985 from Sujanpur.[4] He was re-elected from Sujanpur in 1992 and 2002.[5] [6] [7] In 2002 he was made a cabinet minister in Punjab and given portfolios of Housing & Urban Development.[1] He had held portfolios of tourism and transport also.
He died on 22 December 2007 in Chandigarh.[8]