Manharan Lal Pandey (27 October 1938 - 21 January 2013) was an Indian Politician and Member of Parliament representing Janjgir constituency of

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(now in

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) in

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. He was a member of the

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Career

Pandey was first elected to

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in 1967 from Takhatpur on

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ticket and became

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for Electricity. In 1972 Election, he lost the seat to Congress Party but won 1977 election on

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ticket and became

Kailash Chandra Joshi Kailash Chandra Joshi (14 July 1929 – 24 November 2019)Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha (4 March 1930 – 31 May 1999) was an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh from 18 January 1978 to 19 January 1980. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He hailed from Neemuc ...

ministry. Again, he lost 1980 election but won 1985, 1990 and 1993 election consecutively. He was elected to 11th

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in 1996 but lost 1998 General election to

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of Congress by margin of 44,586 votes.

References

India MPs 1996–1997 1938 births 2013 deaths Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh People from Janjgir-Champa district People from Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1967–1972 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1985–1990 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1990–1992 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998 Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University alumni {{Chhattisgarh-BJP-politician-stub