Husen Dalwai (1922 – 16 May 2022), not to be confused with another Congress politician with the same name from 2010s, was an Indian politician from the

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party in

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. He was elected from

Ratnagiri Ratnagiri (IAST:Ratnāgirī ; �ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in southwestern Maharashtra, India. The district is part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for the Hapus or ...

to the 8th

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in the 1984

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s. Dalwai was born at Mirjoli Village in Chiplun Taluk of

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on 17 August 1922 and worked as an

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. He was Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1962 to 78, from Ratnagiri Khed and Khed Bundar constituencies. He was elected as Member of Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra for the term 3 April 1984 to 2 April 1990 but resigned on 28 December 1984 when he became a Lok Sabha member.

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