Hukam Chand Kachwai (born July 23, 1933 in

Ujjain Ujjain (, Hindustani language, Hindustani pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, �d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Prad ...

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) was a leader of

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, Social worker, trade unionist and a former member of

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from

. Kachwai participated in

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and jailed for two months. To fulfill the demamnds of the workers of Shri Gopal Paper Mills, Kachwai went on 28 days hunger strike and again jailed for 57 days. Kachwai was jailed several times in the connections with politicals movements and remained detained for 19 months during Emergency in

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. Hukam Chand Kachwai is the fist indian

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who raised the questions in Indianparliament to develop the

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in India to make the country powerful but he was opposed hard by MPs of

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party.

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Hukumchan was elected MP from

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and Shajapur. Whereas, he was MP from

for two terms. After the formation of Janata Party and BJP, he left the party and joined the

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in the 1990s, due to a tussle over policy issues. Former

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was a close aid to Hukam Chand Kachwai and after the death of Kachwai, Kovind became emotional during his visit to Ujjain. In 1974, Kachwai fixed the marriage of

, with

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. He was a Member of the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Lok Sabha representing

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, Ujjain,

and

Parliamentary constituencies. He died in 1996. He belonged to the

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community of

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* 1950 - 1952, Hukam Chand Kachwai Collected food and clothing in Ujjain to help the refugees from

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* 1952, Kachwai provided help to the victims of famine in Jhabua region of Madhya Pradesh and took part in Anti-Cow-Slaughter Movement 1957, active Member of the Seva Samiti * 1957 - till death, worked actively for the eradication of evils of drinking, gambling and child marriage amongst the

community.

Tribute

* In Ujjain, a trust is running in the respect of Hukamchand Munnalal Kachwai names as Hukam Chand Kachwai memorial trust.

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