Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai
{{Short description|Indian politician (1915–1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai
| image = Hitendra Desai Lok Sabha photo.jpg
| constituency =
| office = Minister of Commerce
| primeminister = Charan Singh
| term_start = 30 July 1979
| term_end = 14 January 1980
| predecessor = Mohan Dharia
| successor = Pranab Mukherjee
| term_start1 = 20 September 1965
| term_end1 = 12 May 1971
| order1 = 3rd
| office1 = Chief Minister of Gujarat
| predecessor1 = Balwantrai Mehta
| successor1 = President's rule
| office2 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency2 = Godhra
| term_start2 = 1977
| term_end2 = 1980
| predecessor2 = Piloo Mody|
|successor2 = Jaideep Singh
| party = Indian National Congress Indian National Congress (O)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|8|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Surat, Bombay Presidency, British India
| residence =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|9|12|1915|8|09|df=y}}
| death_place = Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
| spouse =
| children =
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| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2356.htm
}}
Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai (9 August 1915 – 12 September 1993) was an Indian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Gujarat from 1965 to 1971 and a leader of Indian National Congress and later Indian National Congress(O).
Political career
Desai was born in Surat In a Gujarati Nagar Brahmin family.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybO3bTNVOgMC&pg=PA181|title=Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India|page=181|author=Atul Kohli|date=20 February 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521513876 }}{{cite book|title=Hitendra Desai A Political Sketch|author=Hariprasāda Vyāsa|year=1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5Q5AQAAIAAJ|page=87|quote=The family belongs to the famous Nagar Brahmin community of Gujarat, which is well known for its gift of statesmanship.}} As a student, he took leading part in debates, sports and other activities at School and College. In 1941-42, he was arrested during the ‘Quit India’ freedom Movement for offering individual Satyagrah and went to jail for one year. He was Education Minister in the reorganised Bombay state.
Hitendra Desai was the Minister of Law in the ministry headed by Dr. Jivraj Narayan Mehta. He was also Minister for Home and Deputy leader of the House. Later, he was the Chief Minister of the state from 20 September 1965 to 12 May 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratinformation.net/gallery/Chief_Minister/Hitendrabhai.htm|title=Shri Hitendrabhai Kanaiyalal Desai|publisher=Gujarat Information Bureau|access-date=15 December 2008|archive-date=24 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124110456/http://www.gujaratinformation.net/gallery/Chief_Minister/Hitendrabhai.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|author1=Verinder Grover|author2=Ranjana Arora|title=Encyclopaedia of India and her states: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t_ZtAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 November 2017|year=1996|publisher=Deep & Deep|isbn=978-81-7100-725-7|page=12}}{{cite web | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/19/world/narendra-modi-fast-facts/index.html | title=Narendra Modi Fast Facts | publisher=CNN | date=29 September 2017 | accessdate=27 November 2017}}{{cite book|author=Times of India (Firm)|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkQjAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 November 2017|year=1970|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|page=866}} He decided to side with the syndicate after the expulsion of Indira Gandhi from the Congress. The 1969 Gujarat riots occurred during his administration.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Chronology-of-communal-violence-in-India/Article1-8038.aspx|title=Chronology of communal violence in India|date=9 November 2011|newspaper=Hindustan Times|access-date=6 February 2013|archive-date=2013-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210152649/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Chronology-of-communal-violence-in-India/Article1-8038.aspx|url-status=dead}}
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External links
- [https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2356.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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