Manubhai Kotadia

{{Short description|Indian politician (1936–2003)}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Manubhai Kotadia

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| residence =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|7|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kubada, Amreli District, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|07|23|1936|7|31|df=y}}

| death_place = New Delhi, Delhi, India

| office = Minister of Water Resource & Minister of Surface Transport

| term_start = 21 November 1990

| term_end = 25 April 1991

| primeminister = Chandra Shekhar

| office2 = Minister of State for Water Resources

| term2 = 5 December 1989 – 5 November 1990

| primeminister2 = V P Singh

| office3 = Minister of Agriculture and Power in Government of Gujarat

| term3 = 18 June 1975 – 12 March 1977

| office4 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| constituency4 = Amreli, Gujarat

| term_start4 = 1989

| term_end4 = 1991

| successor4 = Dileep Sanghani

| party = Janata Dal

| religion =

| spouse = Hansaben Kotadia

| children = 2 sons and 1 daughter

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Manubhai Kotadia (31 July 1936 – 23 July 2003) was an Indian politician.{{Cite web|title=Kotadia, Shri Manubhai. 9th Lok Sabha Biodata|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3317.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115131513/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3317.htm|archive-date=15 January 2022|website=Lok Sabha}}{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Jul 23, 2003|title=Former Union minister Kotadia dead {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/former-union-minister-kotadia-dead/articleshow/92099.cms|access-date=2022-01-15|website=The Times of India|language=en}} He was elected to 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 on Janata Dal ticket from Amreli constituency.{{cite book|title=Parliament of India, the Ninth Lok Sabha, 1989-1991: A Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bw7Ik01GvHIC&pg=PA88|accessdate=25 September 2017|year=1992|publisher=Northern Book Centre|isbn=978-81-7211-019-2|pages=88–}} He was Minister of Agriculture and Power in Gujarat. He also served as Minister of State, Water Resources from December 1989 to November 1990 in VP Singh government.

In November 1990, he was one of the 64 MPs who left Janata Dal and formed Chandra Shekhar government.{{Cite web|date=11 January 1991|title=Decision of the Speaker under Tenth Schedule of the Constitution Disqualification of Members on Ground of Defection|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/handle/123456789/810959?view_type=browse|website=Lok Sabha Digital Library}} He was Minister of Water Resources with additional charge of Ministry of Surface Transport in Chandra Shekhar government from November 1990 to April 1991.{{Cite web|date=21 November 1990|title=Chandrashekhar Cabinet|url=https://cabsec.nic.in/writereaddata/changeinportfolio/english/1_Upload_1574.pdf|website=Cabinet Secretariat}}