Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat
Preceded by	Balwantrai Mehta
Succeeded by	Ghanshyambhai C. Oza
Personal details
Born	(1915-08-09)9 August 1915 Surat, India
Died	12 September 1993(1993-09-12) (aged 78)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Religion	Hindu

Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai (August 9, 1915 - September 12, 1993) was the Chief Minister of Gujarat and a leader of Indian National Congress.

Political career

Desai was born in Surat. As a student, he took leading part in debates, sports and other activities at School and College. In 1941-42, he was arrested during the ‘Quit India’ freedom Movement for offering individual Satyagrah and went to jail for one year. He was Education Minister in the reorganised Bombay state.

Hitendra Desai was the Minister of Law in the ministry headed by Dr. Jivraj Narayan Mehta. He was also Minister for Home and Deputy leader of the House. Later, he was the Chief Minister of the state from September 20, 1965 to May 12, 1971.^[1] His reign saw the 1969 Gujarat riots.

Notes

↑ "Shri Hitendrabhai Kanaiyalal Desai". Gujarat Information Bureau.

External links

http://www.mapsofindia.com/gujarat/government-and-politics/

v t e Chief Ministers of Gujarat

Jivraj Narayan Mehta Balwantrai Mehta Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai Ghanshyambhai C. Oza Chimanbhai Patel Babubhai J. Patel Madhav Singh Solanki Amarsinh Chaudhary Chhabildas Mehta Keshubhai Patel Suresh Mehta Shankersinh Vaghela Dilip Parikh Narendra Modi

Persondata
Name	Desai, Hitendra Kanaiyalal
Alternative names
Short description	Indian politician
Date of birth	August 9, 1915
Place of birth	Surat, India
Date of death	September 12, 1993
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.