Ishwardas Rohani (30 June 1946 – 5 November 2013) was an

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politician of

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. He was born on 30 June 1946 in Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Sindh, Pakistan).He was elected to the assembly from

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. He has been the Assembly Speaker of the

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, since 2003 until 2013. He was the Deputy Speaker from 1998 to 2003.

Personal life

Mr. Rohani was born in Karachi in 1946. He migrated with his family to Jabalpur during the Partition, a year later. His son Ashok Rohani is an active and famous politician in

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Political career

Mr. Rohani joined the Bharatiya Jan Sangh in 1965 and was elected to the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation in 1973. He was detained under the

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during The Emergency.
He was elected Deputy Speaker in 1998 and served as speaker from 2003 until his death.

Death

Ishwardas Rohani died of

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on 5 November 2013. He was 67.

References

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