Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis
{{Short description|Indian politician (1908–1976)}}
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|native_name = रामचंद्र मार्तंड हजरनवीस
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|birth_place = Junnar, Poona District, Bombay Presidency, British India
|death_place = Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|12|27|1908|2|24}}
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| office1 = Deputy Minister of Law
| primeminister1 = Jawaharlal Nehru
| term_start1 = 5 January 1958
| term_end1 = 3 May 1962
| office2 = Deputy Minister of Mines and Fuel
| primeminister2 = Jawaharlal Nehru
| term_start2 = 4 May 1962
| term_end2 = 22 February 1963
| office3 = Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
| primeminister3 = Jawaharlal Nehru
| term_start3 = 23 February 1963
| term_end3 = 9 March 1964
| office4 = Minister of Supply
| primeminister4 = Gulzarilal Nanda (interim)
Lal Bahadur Shastri
| term_start4 = 10 March 1964
| term_end4 = 27 May 1964
| office5 = Minister of Culture Affairs in the Ministry of Education
| primeminister5 = Lal Bahadur Shastri
| term_start5 = June 1964
| term_end5 = 29 October 1965
| office6 = Minister of Law of Social Security in the Ministry of Law
| primeminister6 = Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gulzarilal Nanda (interim)
| term_start6 = 30 October 1965
| term_end6 = 24 January 1966
|constituency_MP7 = Bhandara
|parliament7 = Indian
|predecessor7 = Ansuyabai Borkar
|successor7 = A R Mehata
|term_start7 = 5 April 1957
|term_end7 = 3 March 1967
|constituency_MP8 = Chimur
|parliament8 = Indian
|predecessor8 = None
|successor8 = Krishnarao Dagoji Thakur
|term_start8 = 4 March 1967
|term_end8 = 27 December 1970
|nationality = Indian
|party = Indian National Congress
|spouse = Usha Hajarnavis (m. 22 March 1941)
|children = Charudatta Ramchandra Hajarnavis (Son)
Prakash Ramchandra Hajarnavis (Son)
|parents = Martand Sakharam Hajarnavis
Kamal Hajarnavis (Karkhanis)
|alma_mater = Nagpur Law College
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Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis (24 February 1908 – 27 December 1976) was an Indian lawyer and politician.
Early life
He studied at Morris College and Law College Nagpur and practiced at Bar. He was President of Bidi Kamgar Sangh during 1941–44.
Political career
Hajarnavis started his political career as a councillor in the Corporation of the City of Nagpur in 1955. In 1957 he turned his attention to the national stage and was elected to the Second Lok Sabha as the member for Bhandara (Lok Sabha constituency). He was re-elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha from Bhandara in 1962. With the split of the Bhandara constituency prior to the 1962 election, he stood for election from Chimur (Lok Sabha constituency) and continued as a member of the 4th Lok Sabha.
He served in various roles in the 4th Nehru Ministry, the Shastri Ministry and in both Nanda Ministries.
He retired from politics prior to the 1971 Lok Sabha election and returned to working as an advocate.
Personal life
He married Usha (Kamal Gupte) in 1941 and had 2 sons.{{cite web|title=4th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1190.htm |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi|accessdate=30 October 2017}} He is the father of mathematician Professor Charudatta Ramchandra Hajarnavis and a cousin of astrophysicist Professor Shashikumar Chitre
Publication
The law of agricultural tenancy and village service lands in the Central provinces (a commentary on the C.P. Tenancy act, Act 1 of 1920), Nagpur, B.G. Gargay [1948]{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81316502 |oclc=81316502 |date=1948 |author1=Central Provinces and Berar (India) |author2=R. M. Hajarnavis |publisher=B.G. Gargay, Nagpur |language=en |access-date=15 August 2023 |title=The law of agricultural tenancy and village service lands in the Central provinces}}
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Category:Politicians from Nagpur
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