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Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (25 April 1919 – 17 March 1989) was an Indian National Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; he later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Singh.
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna | |
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 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna on a 2018 stamp of India | |
| 13th Union Minister of Finance | |
| In office 28 July 1979 – 25 October 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Charan Singh |
| Preceded by | Charan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Charan Singh |
| 8th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 8 November 1973 – 29 November 1975 | |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office (1980 - 1982), (1982 – 1984) | |
| Preceded by | Pandit Jagannath Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Mohan Singh Negi |
| Constituency | Garhwal |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office (1977–1980) | |
| Preceded by | Sheila Kaul |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Kaul |
| Constituency | Lucknow |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office (1971–1975) | |
| Preceded by | Hari Krishna Shastri |
| Succeeded by | Janeshwar Mishra |
| Constituency | Allahabad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 April 1919 Pauri Garhwal, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttarakhand, India) |
| Died | 17 March 1989 (aged 69) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Bharatiya Lok Dal |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress, Janata Party, Congress for Democracy |
| Spouse | Kamala Bahuguna |
| Children | Vijay Bahuguna (son) Rita Bahuguna Joshi (daughter) |
| Relatives | Saurabh Bahuguna (grandson) |
| Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Personal life
editHe was born on 25 April 1919 in Bughani, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand in a Garhwali Brahmin family.[1] The family later moved to Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.[2]
Little is known about his first marriage. His first wife always lived in his native village Bughani as a simple village woman. His second wife, Kamala Bahuguna, lived with him in Allahabad and was mother of their three children:
- Their eldest son Vijay Bahuguna served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was a former judge of Allahabad and Bombay High Court. He is member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Vijay's son Saurabh is a Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from BJP .[3] He is serving as the Minister of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Skill development & Employment, Protocol and Sugarcane Development in the Pushkar Singh Dhami's cabinet of 2022.[4]
- Second son Shekhar Bahuguna.
- The couple's daughter, Rita Bahuguna Joshi was chief of UP Pradesh Congress committee. She also served as the Mayor of Allahabad. She is member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Politics
editPre independence
editStudents Parliament
editHe studied in D.A.V. School and Messmore Inter College of Pauri Town. He passed 10th from Pauri and went to the Government Intermediate College in Allahabad in 1937 in the Bachelor of Science programme. He received an Arts degree in 1946.[2]
In jail
editHe was jailed as a part of Quit India movement from 1942 to 1946.[citation needed]
Post independence
editUnion Cabinet
editIn 1971, he was made State Minister for Communication in the Union Cabinet.
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
editIn 1973, he was appointed the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India. However, his tenure was short and he was forced to resign by Prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1975.
Parting of ways with the Congress
editIn early 1977, when Indira Gandhi lifted the state emergency and called for new elections to the Lok Sabha, Bahuguna left the ruling Congress party of Indira and formed a new group called Congress for Democracy (CFD) with Jagjivan Ram and Nandini Satpathy. The CFD joined the Janata alliance to contest the elections. After the victory of the Janata alliance, Bahuguna joined the cabinet of Janata Prime Minister Morarji Desai as the minister of chemicals and fertilizers. In 1979, he became the Finance Minister under the short lived (August - December 1979) Charan Singh administration. During his term, Indian economy went into the last recession of the 20th century. Real GDP growth fell by massive 5.2% in 1979 due to the global energy crisis. Bahuguna withdrew from the government and joined hands with Indira Gandhi in October 1979.
In the January 1980 Parliamentary elections he won from Garhwal as Indira Gandhi's Congress(I) party candidate. But, he soon left the party and resigned his seat subsequently. He won the by-election for the seat in 1982.
1984 Lok Sabha Elections
editHe contested against the Congress candidate, Amitabh Bachchan, in 1984 Parliamentary elections from Allahabad constituency. Bachchan won the election by approximately 1,87,000 votes. Later his wife Kamla Bahuguna also stood for by-elections from Allahabad.
Electoral history
edit- 1971 : Elected to Lok Sabha from Allahabad as member of Congress
- 1977 : Elected to Lok Sabha from Lucknow as member of 'Congress For Democracy', supported by Janata Party
- 1980 : Elected to Lok Sabha from Garhwal as member of Congress, but soon quit both Congress and Lok Sabha
- 1982 bypoll : Elected to Lok Sabha from Garhwal, defeating his Congress rival
- 1984 : Lost to Amitabh Bachchan in Prayagraj (Allahabad)
Death
editBahuguna fell ill in 1988 and flew to the United States for coronary bypass surgery. The surgery was unsuccessful and he died 17 March 1989 in a Cleveland hospital.
Legacy
edit- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand's largest university in Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal
- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand
References
edit- ^ Mishra, Anand (16 August 2020). "Big fight for Brahmin votes in Uttar Pradesh". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Hemanti Nandan Bahuguna". Pauri Garhwal Group. Archived from the original on 1 June 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Kumar, Yogesh (24 January 2017). "Vijay Bahuguna's younger son Saurabh to take forward his legacy". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "Uttarakhand CM Dhami allots portfolios, keeps over two dozen departments with himself". The Indian Express. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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