Shri Santosh Bagrodia a politician from

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was a Member of the

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. He represented

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in the

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, the upper house of the

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till 2010. On 6 April 2008, he became the Coal Minister of India.

Career

He worked for 20 years as a social worker and then in 1975 he started his politics career with

References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website
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