Kailash Chandra Joshi (14 July 1929 – 24 November 2019)Ex-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kailash Joshi passes away
indiatoday.in was an Indian politician who was the 9th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 1970s. Later he was a member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh (2000-2004), and a member of Lok Sabha (2004-2014) from

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It ...

belonging to the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

(BJP). He started his political career with the

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...

, which later morphed into BJP.

Personal life

He was born in 1929 to Shri Umashankar Joshi & Smt. Rambha Bai Joshi in Hatpipaliya,

Dewas Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pu ...

. He was married in 1951 to Smt. Tara Joshi having 3 sons & 3 daughters. His son,

Deepak Joshi Deepak Joshi is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bagli for one term (2003–2008). He then represented the Hatpipliya Assembly constituency for two terms as its MLA from 2008 to 2018. During ...

was the MLA for Bagli from 2003-2008 and later, the MLA for

Hatpipliya Hatpipalya is a town and a Nagar parishad in the Hatpipliya tehsil within Dewas district of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It lies west of the state capital of Bhopal. Hatpipalya had a census-estimated 2011 population of , which makes i ...

from 2008-2018. Kailash Joshi died at the age of 90 on 24 November 2019.

Career

He served six months as the 9th

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chi ...

, from June 1977 to January 1978 as a member of

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nat ...

. He was MLA for eight consecutive terms from 1962 to 1998 from Bagli constituency of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a member of Jana Sangh, briefly Janata Party, and finally BJP. He was BJP's losing candidate from

Rajgarh (Lok Sabha constituency) Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This constituency covers the entire Rajgarh district and parts of Guna and Agar Malwa districts. Assembly segments Rajgarh Lok Sa ...

in February 1998. Later that year, he lost the assembly election from his stronghold of Bagli. He served as member of the Rajya Sabha from 2000 to 2004. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2014, representing the

constituency in

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

, as a member of BJP.

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External links

Information on MPs

Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website
1929 births 2019 deaths State cabinet ministers of Madhya Pradesh Janata Party politicians Politicians from Bhopal People from Dewas district India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians Leaders of the Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Chief ministers from Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub