Manohar Lal Sondhi (1933–2003) was an Indian politician and a member of

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. He represented

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constituency in

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from 1967 to 1971, elected as a candidate of

Bharatiya Jan Sangh The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...

. He had his education from

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(MA LLB),

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Oxford, and

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Prague (Czechoslovakia). He and Balraj Madhok had had many differences over the years with Jana Sangh and BJP leadership, but Vajpayee's NDA government had appointed M L Sondhi as chairman of the Indian Council for Social Science Research.

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India MPs 1967–1970 Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians 1933 births Lok Sabha members from Delhi Indian civil servants 2003 deaths Charles University alumni {{Delhi-politician-stub