Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha

PATWA SH. SUNDAR LAL

B.J.P. - CHHINDWARA (MADHYA PRADESH)



Father's Name:   	Late Shri Mannalal Patwa

Date of Birth:   	11 November 1924

Place of Birth:   	Kukereshwar in Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh)

Marital Status:   	Married in 1943

Spouse's Name:   	Smt. Phool Kunwar Patwa

Educational Qualifications :
	Intermediate

Profession :
   	Agriculturist

Permanent Address :
   	B-3 (74 Bunglow), Dayanand Nagar, Bhopal
	(Madhya Pradesh)
	Tels. (0755) 551446, 558292, 558255

Positions Held :
   
1942 onwards	Member, R.S.S.
1947-51	Sangh Parcharak
1957-1967	Chief Whip, Opposition Party, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1975	General Secretary, Jan Sangh, Madhya Pradesh
1977	Member, Working Committee, Janata Party
1977-97	Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
20 Jan. 1980-17 Feb. 1980	Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
& 5 March 1990-15 Dec. 1992
1980-85	Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, 
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1986	President, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh 
	Member, General Purposes Committee,
	Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1997	Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)*

Special Interests :
   	Games, sports, music, cooperatives, industries and agriculture

Countries Visited :
   	Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.; 
        Visited U.K. to study General Elections in 1974 and also U.S.A. in 1980 
        to study Presidential Elections

Other Information :
Associated with Indore Rajya Praja Mandal since 1941; imprisoned for seven months for participating in Sangh movement in 1948; Chairman, District Cooperative Bank; Director, State Cooperative Bank and State Cooperative Marketing Sangh; Treasurer, Jan Sangh, 1967-74; Detained under M.I.S.A. during Emergency from 27 June 1975 to 28 Jan. 1977; Awarded with the 'Vidhan Gaurav' in the All India Conference of Presiding Officers, 1989 
Election Result :
   
Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate	9,96,033
Total votes polled	6,89,602
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Sundar Lal Patwa (B.J.P.)	3,44,302
(2) Shri Kamal Nath (I.N.C.)	3,06,622
(3) Shri I.S. Chauhan (J.P.)	4,151
(4) Shri Vijay Singh Baghel (Ind.)	3,210
 

 
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