Pramod Mahajan
Appearance
Pramod Mahajan | |
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Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
In office 2 September 2001 – 28 January 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
Succeeded by | Arun Shourie |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
In office 13 October 1999 – 29 January 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam |
Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
Succeeded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Succeeded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha | |
In office 1996–1998 | |
Preceded by | Gurudas Kamat |
Succeeded by | Gurudas Kamat |
Constituency | Mumbai North East |
Personal details | |
Born | Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan 30 October 1949 Mahabubnagar, Hyderabad State, Dominion of India (Present day: Mahabubnagar, Telangana, Republic of India) |
Died | 3 May 2006 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 56)
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse(s) | Rekha |
Children | Two (Rahul and Poonam) |
Residence | Thane Mumbai, Maharashtra |
As of 5 May 2006 Source: [1] |
Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician. At the time of his death, he was in a power struggle for the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1] He was a member of the Rajya Sabha and a General Secretary of his party. As Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's telecommunications minister between 2001 and 2003, he played a major role in India's cellular revolution.[2]
Death
[change | change source]On 22 April 2006, Mahajan was shot by his estranged younger brother, Pravin in Mumbai. He died eleven days later at the age of 56.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Biswas, Soutik (30 December 2005). "What next for the BJP?". BBC News. Retrieved 2 September 2005.
- ↑ "Mahajan, Shri Pramod. Biographical sketch". Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 30 April 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
- ↑ "Pramod Mahajan passes away". Rediff.com. 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2006.