Hukam Chand Kachwai
Hukamchand Munnalal Kachwai | |
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हुकमचंद मुन्नालाल कछवाए | |
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| Member of Parliament for 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Lok Sabha | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hukamchand Munnalal Kachwai 23 July 1933 Ujjain, Ujjain district, Rewa State, British India |
| Died | 1996 (aged 62–63) Ujjain, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Nationality |  India |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse | Ram Kumari Kachwai (m. 21 November 1961) |
| Domestic partner | Pratap Singh |
| Children |
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| Parent | Munnalal Kachwai (father) |
| Residence(s) | Kachwai Bhavan, Arya Samaj Road, Ujjain, Madhya pradesh |
| Occupation | Agriculturist |
| Profession | Politician |
| Source: [1] | |
Hukam Chand Kachwai (July 23, 1933 – 1996) was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, Social worker, trade unionist and a former member of Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.[2] Kachwai participated in Satyagraha and jailed for two months. To fulfill the demamnds of the workers of Shri Gopal Paper Mills, Kachwai went on 28 days hunger strike and again jailed for 57 days. Kachwai was jailed several times in the connections with politicals movements and remained detained for 19 months during Emergency in India.[3]
Hukam Chand Kachwai is the fist indian Member of Parliament who raised the questions in Indian Parliament to develop the Atom Bomb in India to make the country powerful but he was opposed hard by MPs of Indian National Congress party.[4]
Life
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Hukam Chand Kachwai was born in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. He was elected MP from Morena and Shajapur. Whereas, he was MP from Ujjain for two terms. After the formation of Janata Party and BJP, he left the party and joined the Congress in the 1990s, due to a tussle over policy issues.[5]
Former Indian President Ram Nath Kovind was a close aid to Hukam Chand Kachwai and after the death of Kachwai, Kovind became emotional during his visit to Ujjain.[6] In 1974, Kachwai fixed the marriage of Ram Nath Kovind, with Savita Kovind.[7]
He was a Member of the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Lok Sabha representing Dewas, Ujjain, Morena and Ujjain Parliamentary constituencies.[8] He died in 1996.[9] He belonged to the Koli community of Madhya Pradesh.[10]
Other posts held
[edit]- 1964 - president of Bhartiya railway majdoor Sangh
- 1969, president of Delhi Milk Scheme Employees Union
- 1969, Bhartiya majdur parivahan Sangh
- 1969, Group commander of Seva Dal Ujjain
- 1969, Member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
- 1969, Patron of New Delhi Municipal Employees Union
- 1969 - 1971, president of All India Ticket Checking Staff Association Western Railway
- 1969 - 1971, Western Indian Railway Guards association
- 1973 - 1975, Vice-President of Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Koli Samaj
- Member of Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Social activities
[edit]- 1950 - 1952, Hukam Chand Kachwai Collected food and clothing in Ujjain to help the refugees from East Pakistan
- 1952, Kachwai provided help to the victims of famine in Jhabua region of Madhya Pradesh and took part in Anti-Cow-Slaughter Movement
1957, active Member of the Seva Samiti
- 1957 - till death, worked actively for the eradication of evils of drinking, gambling and child marriage amongst the Koli community.
Tribute
[edit]- In Ujjain, a trust is running in the respect of Hukamchand Munnalal Kachwai names as Hukam Chand Kachwai memorial trust.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "कद्दावर नेता थे हुकमचंद : 90 के दशक में खटपट होने पर छोड़ी पार्टी, कांग्रेस में हुए थे शामिल | Hukamchand had left in BJP in 90s, Congress included in". Patrika News (in Hindi). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ Sen, Mamta Chitnis (23 September 2020). Realpolitik: Exposing India's Political System. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-93-5388-545-8.
- ^ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "हुकमचंद कछवाय: संसद में पहली बार भारत को परमाणु ताकत बनाने की बात करने वाला 'अंजान' शख्स". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "कद्दावर नेता थे हुकमचंद : 90 के दशक में खटपट होने पर छोड़ी पार्टी, कांग्रेस में हुए थे शामिल | Hukamchand had left in BJP in 90s, Congress included in". Patrika News (in Hindi). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ जाट, विक्रम सिंह (29 May 2022). "पुराने दिनों को याद कर भावुक हुए राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद, कहा- उज्जैन की गलियों से गहरा नाता". www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "उज्जैन के पूर्व सांसद ने करवाया था राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविन्द का विवाह 30 मई को है वर्षगांठ". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Xi Lok Sabha Debates, Session I". Parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ Sabha, India Parliament Lok (1977). Who's who. Parliament Secretariat.
- ^ "मां बगलामुखी माता मंदिर में कछवाय ट्रस्ट ने भेंट किया जंबो वाटर कूलर – सच्चा दोस्त न्यूज़". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- People from Ujjain
- 1996 deaths
- India MPs 1977–1979
- India MPs 1962–1967
- India MPs 1967–1970
- India MPs 1971–1977
- Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh
- Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians
- 1933 births
- People from Morena district
- People from Dewas
- People from Dewas district
- Politicians from Ujjain
- Janata Party politicians
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh
- Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India)