Sat Mahajan Explained

Sat Mahajan
Birth Date:1927 7, df=y
Birth Place:Himachal Pradesh, India
Death Place:New Delhi, India
Office:Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Termend:2007
Termstart:2003
Predecessor:Rakesh Pathania
Successor:Rakesh Pathania
Constituency:Nurpur
Termend1:1996
Termstart1:1993
Predecessor1:Kewal Singh
Successor1:Ranjit Singh Bakshashi
Constituency1:Nurpur
Termend2:1990
Termstart2:1977
Predecessor2:Kewal Singh
Successor2:Kewal Singh
Constituency2:Nurpur
Office3:MP, Lok Sabha
Termstart3:1996
Predecessor3:D. D. Khanoria
Termend3:1998
Successor3:Shanta Kumar
Constituency3:Kangra
Party:Indian National Congress
Occupation:Politician
Children:Ajay Mahajan

Sat Mahajan (30 July 1927 – 1 September 2012)[1] was the Rural Development Minister of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. He was a politician and a social worker.

Early life

He was born in Nurpur, Kangra District.

Mahajan was the Secretary of the Current Affairs Society during his college years. He was the President of the Nurpur Municipal Committee for five consecutive terms.

He visited Russia on an Indo-Soviet Friendship Mission. He also represented the country in the United Nations as a member of the parliamentary delegation. He was honoured with the Vaikunth Bhai Mehta Award by the Co-Operative Sector on 31 March 2003 in Delhi.

Political career

He was the founder member of Indian Youth Congress. He has represented the Indian National Congress as one of the member delegations in the International Socialist Conference held in Lisbon. He was the President of the Kangra District Congress Committee and Pradesh Congress Committee for three terms.Mahajan was elected to the State Legislative Assembly first in 1977 and then again in 1982, 1985, 1993 and in 2003. He also remained a Member of Parliament for the Kangra Parliamentary Constituency from 1996 to 1998. He was the Revenue Minister of Himachal Pradesh from May 1980 to January 1985. He was also the Transport Minister of Himachal Pradesh (1985-1986), later IPH Minister of Himachal Pradesh (1986-1990). He was the Chairman of Committee on Estimates from 1994 to 1995 and Rural Development Minister from 6 March 2003 onwards.[2]

Death

On 1 September 2012, he died from cardiac arrest at Escort Hospital. He had been hospitalized to undergo an angioplasty earlier that week, but had been discharged after surgery.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Veteran Cong politician Sat Mahajan dies . The Indian Express. 1927-07-27 . 2012-09-01.
  2. http://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/members.asp Official Profile of Sat Mahajan @ hpvidhansabha.nic.in