Somchandbhai Solanki (31 December 1920 - 22 May 1985) was an Indian politician and was a Member of the

Parliament of India 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 ...

in the

4th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha (4 March 1967 – 27 December 1970), elected February–March 1967. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India.13 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 4th ...

and

5th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, ( 15 March 1971 — 18 January 1977) elected February–March 1971.The term of the House was extended two times by one year at a time. However, the House was dissolved after having been in existence for a ...

. He represented the

Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency) Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in Western India. Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat . It is one of the most prestigious parliamentary constitu ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

and was a member of 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 E ...

Other positions

Solanki was a social worker and Chairman for Krishna Kunj Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. Other titles he has held are as follows: * Ahmedabad and Nilkanth Consumers' Cooperative Society - President * Gujarat Pachchhat Verg Congress * Kadi Pachchhat Verg Kalabani Uttejak Mandal, Kadi * Gandhi Vidyarthi Ashram, Kadi * Kadi Taluka Yuvak Sangh - Vice-President * Morarji Satkar Committee * Pachchhat Varg Kalyan Samaj

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Solanki, Somchandbhai People from Gandhinagar district 1920 births Indian National Congress politicians 1985 deaths India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 Lok Sabha members from Gujarat