Dinesh Prasad Goala (1947–2014) was an Indian Politician and former MLA of

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, representing INC for 7 consecutive terms (1983–2014) until his death. He also served as '' Minister in-charge of Power & Public Health Engineering Dept.,

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'' (1991-2006). Dinesh died on 11 April 2014. He also lived in Binnakandi Ghat.

Education

Goala earned his MA in Political Science from

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in 1971.

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