H. R. Gokhale (5 October 1915 – 15 February 1978) was an Indian politician who was a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

from

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

and of the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

from Mumbai North West. He served as cabinet minister of Law and Justice in the

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...

government during The Emergency (1975–1977). He died at the age of 62 after suffering a heart attack in New Delhi in February 1978.The New York Times: H. R. Gokhale, Ex‐Minister in India
/ref> He was the father in law of the writer Namita Gokhale.

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1915 births 1978 deaths India MPs 1971–1977 Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Marathi politicians People of the Emergency (India) Politicians from Mumbai Law ministers of India Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministers of India Members of the Cabinet of India Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub