Fatehsinhji Ratansinhji Dabhi Thakor (Rajput
)
(stylized as F. R. D. Thakor) was an Indian politician and
Member of Parliament elected during the
2nd General elections of India held in 1957. He represented in modern-day
Kheda parliamentary constituency from 1957 to 1962.
Life and background
Dabhi was born on 5 September 1909 and raised in
Ghodasar area of
Bombay state
Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...
and in modern-day
Mumbai. He received his education from Scott College, Sadra and diploma in
Electronic engineering from ''Technical and Commercial Radio College'',
London.
Career
Dabhi was the 2nd class magistrate of former Ghodasar state from 1930 to 1943 when India was under the
British rule. He was then elected member of
constituent assembly on behalf of all non-
Salute state
A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships, later also ...
s of India, and resigned the assembly office before the term ended. After
Independence of India
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947.
The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged ...
, he contested
2nd Lok Sabha
The Second Lok Sabha (5 April 1957 – 31 March 1962) was elected after the 1957 Indian general election. The 2nd Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years till 1962.
15 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 2nd Lok Sabha after ...
elections in 1957 and served as the member of parliament till 1962.
Personal life
Dabhi was deeply attached to
radio and
automobile engineering, and a fan of
Big-game hunting. He was primarily interested in
Astrology and medicines. On 24 April 1931, Dabhi married to Rani Saheb Jayendrakunverba with whom he had six daughters and three sons.
References
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1909 births
Date of death missing
India MPs 1957–1962
Year of death missing
20th-century Indian politicians
Members of the Constituent Assembly of India