Charanjit Chanana
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Charanjit Chanana was an Indian politician affiliated with the
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
. He served as the Minister of State for Industry, Steel and Mines in the
Third Indira Gandhi Ministry Indira Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for the third time on 14 January 1980. Indira Gandhi's cabinet included 6 Agriculturists, 9 Lawyers, 2 Journalists and 1 former Princely state rulers. Three of Gandhi's cabinet minis ...
. He served as a member of the
Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...
, the upper house of the
Indian parliament The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the ...
, from April 3, 1976, to April 2, 1982. He was also known to have been a close friend of Sanjay Gandhi. He had also served as the as President of the
National Productivity Council The National Productivity Council (NPC) was established in 1958 as an autonomous organization under Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India), Government of India. There are 13 regional office ...
.


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Commerce and industry ministers of India Rajya Sabha members from Delhi Members of the Cabinet of India Indian National Congress politicians {{INC-politician-stub