Tek Lal Mahto (15 February 1945 – 27 September 2011) was a member of the

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. He was one of the founders and key members of the

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (; ) is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand, founded by Binod Bihari Mahato, Shibu Soren, and A. K. Roy. Hemant Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state ...

(JMM) political party, and served five terms in the

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state legislature. He was a delegate to the Bihar assembly in 1985, represented the

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constituency in the Lok Sabha between 2004 and 2009, and JMM from Mandu Assembly constituency at the time of his death. He died of a

cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest (also known as sudden cardiac arrest CA is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When the heart stops beating, blood cannot properly Circulatory system, circulate around the body and the blood flow to the ...

at the hospital of

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where he was admitted the day before. He was survived by wife, two sons Ram Prakash Bhai Patel and

Jai Prakash Bhai Patel Jai Prakash Bhai Patel is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Mandu Assembly constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party. Patel is a son of late Tek Lal Mahto. He left Bharati ...

with three daughters.

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1945 births 2011 deaths Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand India MPs 2004–2009 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha politicians People from Hazaribagh Jharkhand MLAs 2009–2014 {{Jharkhand-politician-stub