Raj Mangal Pande (10 May 1920 – 22 November 1993) was an Indian politician. He was elected to 9th

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

from Deoria constituency of

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as a member of the

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

. He served as

Minister of Human Resource Development The Minister of Education, formerly the Minister of Human Resources Development (1985-2020), is the head of the Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. ...

Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar ( 17 April 1927 – 9 August 2015) was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with ...

government from 1990 to 1991.

Early life

Raj Mangal Pande was born on 10 May 1920 at Sohang in

Deoria district Deoria district, one of the districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India has its headquarters located at Deoria and is a part of Gorakhpur division. It came into existence on 16 March 1946 from Gorakhpur district. History Ancient The area now ...

of United Provinces, British India (now

). He was awarded Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law degree at

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. He participated in freedom struggle movements. In 1933, he married Saraswati Devi. The couple had 3 sons and 4 daughters.

Political career

He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly four times consecutively. In 1969 and 1974, he won on

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ticket. In 1977, he joined

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

and fought Uttar Pradesh assembly election on Janata Party ticket. In 1984, he was elected to 8th Lok Sabha from Deoria constituency on

ticket. Later in 1989, he joined

and was re-elected from Deoria constituency to 9th Lok Sabha. In November 1990, he was one of the 64 MPs who left

and formed

government. He was made

government.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1920 births Janata Party politicians Janata Dal politicians Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 1984–1989 Indian National Congress politicians Indian Congress (Socialist) politicians Congress for Democracy politicians Indian National Congress (U) politicians Education Ministers of India Members of the Cabinet of India {{JD-politician-stub India MPs 1989–1991 Chandra Shekhar administration Samajwadi Janata Party politicians 1993 deaths Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1969–1974 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1974–1977 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985