Ratanlal Kishorilal Malviya (1907–1984) was an Indian labor leader, politician and a contributor to the

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. His father Kishorilal Malaiya of

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belonged to the Malaiya family of Sagar, which had been a supporter and follower of Kshullak

Ganeshprasad Varni Kshullak Ganeshprasad Varni (Hindi:पूज्य 105 श्री गणेश प्रसाद वर्णी, Gujarati language, Gujarati: શ્રી ૧૦૫ ક્ષુલ્લક ગણેશપ્રસાદ વર્ણી Kann ...

, who founded several education institutions in the

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region. He obtained his school education at Sagar, and was admitted in the law program at BHU and

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in 1925 and 1926. He served on the editorial department of the Chand magazine and also published articles in Sarasvati magazine. He later started practicing law at Sagar and became the secretary of the

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founded by

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. He became a member of the

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in 1948 which drafted the

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and one of the signers of the constitution in 1950. He was a Member of Parliament representing

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

in the

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the

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as member of the

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. He served in the cabinet of

Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...

and

Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; born Lal Bahadur Srivastava; 2 October 190411 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He previously served as Minister ...

during 1962–1966. He served on the Labour Commission of India and the

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. He served on the Niyogi Committee On Christian Missionary Activities appointed by the Congress Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1956. In Chirmiri, where he served as a labour leader, a locality is named Malviya nagar after him. मालवीय नगर का नाम बदलना गलत परम्परा चिरमिरी डेवलपमेंट सोसायटी ने महापौर से सामान्य सभा की विशेष बैठक बुलाकर मालवीय नगर के नामकरण में की पुनर्विचार की मांग , Munaadi News Vinay Pandey, September 16, 2018
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{{Reflist Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians 1907 births 1984 deaths