Harisinh Pratapsinh Chavda (30 October 1930 – 29 June 2013) was a member of the 14th

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of India. He represented the

Banaskantha Banaskantha district is one of the thirty-four districts of the Gujarat state of India. The administrative headquarters and largest city is Palanpur. The district is in northeastern Gujarat where the West Banas River runs through the valley betw ...

constituency of

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and is a member of the

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A brief introduction

*He was born in the village called Ambod, Dist. Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India on 30 October 1930. *His high school education was at Killol – Patan, Gujarat, India. *He was a Member, Gujarat Legislative Assembly for two terms between 1975 and 1985. *He was a cabinet minister, Government of Gujarat from 1975 to 1980. *He was a member of Indian Parliament from 1991 to 1995. *He is also a sitting member in 14th parliament since 2004. *He is a Member of Indian National Committee on Human Resource Development. *He is widely travelled and has visited Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.K, and U.S.A.

Founder

Lokniketan
and from this platform, started three colleges ten High Schools, five ashram shalas, eight hostels, kindergartens, Founded "Nootan Bharati" Institute at Taluka Palanpur then handed over its management to the local people. Started Thakkarbapa and Sarvajanik Chhatralaya at Palanpur.

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

He is a founder of Lokniketan, a renowned non-profit organization in Gujarat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chavda, Harisinh Pratapsinh 1930 births 2013 deaths People from Gandhinagar Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat Lok Sabha members from Gujarat India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 1991–1996