Sunder Lal Patwa
{{Short description|11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Indian name|Sunderlal|Patwa}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sunder Lal Patwa
| image =
| office = Minister of Mines
| primeminister = Atal Bihari Vajpayee
| term_start = 7 November 2000
| term_end = 1 September 2001
| predecessor = Naveen Patnaik
| successor = Ram Vilas Paswan
| office1 = Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
| primeminister1 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee
| term_start1 = 30 September 2000
| term_end1 = 7 November 2000
| predecessor1 = Suresh Prabhu
| successor1 = Satyabrata Mookherjee
| office2 = Minister of Agriculture
| primeminister2 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee
| term_start2 = 6 March 2000
| term_end2 = 26 May 2000
| predecessor2 = Nitish Kumar
| successor2 = Nitish Kumar
| office3 = Minister of Rural Development
| primeminister3 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee
| term_start3 = 13 October 1999
| term_end3 = 30 September 2000
| predecessor3 = Babagouda Patil
| successor3 = Venkaiah Naidu
| office4 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start4 = 1999
| term_end4 = 2004
| predecessor4 = Sartaj Singh
| successor4 = Sartaj Singh
| constituency4 = Narmadapuram
| term_start5 = 1997
| term_end5 = 1998
| predecessor5 = Alka Nath
| successor5 = Kamal Nath
| constituency5 = Chhindwara
| office6 = 11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
| term_start6 = 5 March 1990
| term_end6 = 15 December 1992
| predecessor6 = Shyama Charan Shukla
| successor6 = President's rule
| term_start7 = 20 January 1980
| term_end7 = 17 February 1980
| predecessor7 = Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha
| successor7 = President's rule
| office8 = Leader of the Opposition
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| term_start8 = 4 July 1980
| term_end8 = 10 March 1985
| 1blankname8 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata8 = Arjun Singh
| predecessor8 = Arjun Singh
| successor8 = Kailash Chandra Joshi
| office9 = Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| term_start9 = 1985
| term_end9 = 1997
| predecessor9 = Shaligram
| successor9 = Naresh Singh Patel
| constituency9 = Bhojpur
| term_start10 = 1980
| term_end10 = 1985
| predecessor10 = Sabita Bajpai
| successor10 = Shankar Lal
| constituency10 = Sehore
| term_start11 = 1977
| term_end11 = 1980
| predecessor11 = Shyam Sunder Patidar
| successor11 = Shyam Sunder Patidar
| constituency11 = Mandsaur
| term_start12 = 1957
| term_end12 = 1967
| predecessor12 = Nadram Das
| successor12 = constituency established
| constituency12 = Manasa
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1924|11|11}}
| birth_place = Kukreshwar, Gwalior State, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|12|28|1924|11|11}}
| death_place = Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
}}
Sunder Lal Patwa (11 November 1924 – 28 December 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.
He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the only politician who defeated Congress strong man Kamal Nath in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017 by the Government of India.{{cite news|title=List of Padma awardees 2017|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/List-of-Padma-awardees-2017/article17092476.ece|work=The Hindu|date=25 January 2017}}{{cite news|title=Sunderlal Patwa, 'Doctor Dadi' among Padma awardees from Madhya Pradesh|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/patwa-doctor-dadi-among-padma-awardees-from-mp/articleshow/56787136.cms|publisher=Times of India|date=27 January 2017}}
Early life
Sunder Lal Patwa was born in a Svetambara Jain family{{Cite web |date=29 December 2016 |title=BJP veteran Sunderlal Patwa dies, MP CM Chouhan calls him ‘father figure’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-veteran-sunderlal-patwa-dies-mp-cm-chouhan-calls-him-father-figure-4449540/ |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |quote=Born on November 11, 1924 in a Shwetambar Jain family, Patwa was an active RSS worker from 1942 to 1951.}}{{Cite web |date=20 October 2016 |title=SC questions religion in politics |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/sc-questions-religion-in-politics/cid/1143199 |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=The Telegraph |quote=Let us take the case of Mr Sunderlal Patwa. He belongs to the Jain community.}}{{Cite web |date=November 1998 |title=Run-up to the Madhya Pradesh assembly election |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/1998/nov/23patwa.htm |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=Rediff |quote=For the Jain from Mandsaur, on the Rajasthan border, this election campaign ....}} in the village of Kukreshwar located between Manasa and Rampura in the Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh.
Political career
Sunder Lal Patwa was an active RSS worker from 1942 to 1951. He spent six months in jail in 1948 when RSS was banned in the wake of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. In 1951, he was among the founding members of the Jana Sangh, where he was general secretary of the state unit.
He began his political career with Jana Sangh which merged with Janata Party in 1977. Later members owing allegiance to Jana Sangh's Hindutva ideology broke away from Janata Party in 1980 to form Bharatiya Janata Party.
He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 as member of Janata Party and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992 as leader of Bharatiya Janta Party.
He was first elected to Lok Sabha via by-poll in Chhindwara in 1997 by defeating Congress strongman Kamal Nath in his home turf. He lost from Chhindwara in 1998 General Election.
In 1999, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Narmadapuram constituency, and was minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government from 1999 to 2001. As a legislator, he was known as strict disciplinarian.
He was associated with Indore Rajya Praja Mandal since 1941, R.S.S. since 1942 and R.S.S. Vistarak, 1947–51. He was imprisoned for seven months for participating in R.S.S. movement in 1948 and was an active worker of Jana Sangh since 1951, Chairman of District Cooperative Bank, Director, State
Cooperative Bank and State Cooperative Marketing Sangh and Treasurer, Jana Sangh from 1967 to 1974. He was detained under M.I.S.A. during Emergency from June 1975 to January 1977. He was awarded the "Vidhan Gaurav" in the All India Conference of Presiding Officers, 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MP29.htm |title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 13th Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliamentofindia.nic.in |access-date=5 March 2012}}
He died on 28 December 2016 in Bhopal due to a heart attack at the age of 92.
Positions held
Patwa contested from a variety of seats and he held a variety of official posts:
- 1957-67 - MLA from Manasa
- Lost Vidhan Sabha elections from Manasa in 1967 and 1972.
- 1977-1980 - MLA from Mandsaur
- 1980-1985 - MLA from Sehore
- 1985–90 - MLA from Bhojpur. But lost from Manasa.
- 1990–92, 1993-97 - MLA from Bhojpur
- 1997-1998 : Lok Sabha Member from Chhindwara (Lok Sabha constituency) by defeating Kamal Nath
- 1998-99 - MLA from Bhojpur
- 1999-2004 : Lok Sabha Member from Narmadapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)
- 1957-67 - Chief Whip, Opposition Party, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- 1975 - General Secretary, Jana Sangh, Madhya Pradesh
- 1977 - Member, Working Committee, Janata Party
- 20 Jan 1980 - 17 February 1980 - Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- 1980-85 - Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly; chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- 1986 - President, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh; Member, General Purposes Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- 5 March 1990 - 15 December 1992 - Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- 13 Oct 1999 – 30 September 2000 - Minister of Rural Development, in Vajpayee Govt.
- 30 Sep 2000 – 7 November 2000 - Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, in Vajpayee Govt.
- 7 Nov 2000 – 1 September 2001 - Minister of Mines, in Vajpayee Govt.
Personal life
Two of his nephews entered politics on his heels.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/BJP-leader-from-MP-dies-in-a-road-accident-in-Chittorgarh/articleshow/47752896.cms | title=BJP leader from MP dies in a road accident in Chittorgarh | Jaipur News - Times of India | website=The Times of India }} Surendra Patwa was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Bhojpur in 2008. He has been a minister in Madhya Pradesh state government.
His nephew Mangal Patwa (1965–2015) contested elections from Manasa seat in 1998 but lost. He became President of BJP's Neemuch District unit. Mangal Patwa died in a road accident in 2015.
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