Hari Dev Joshi

Politician

1921 – 1995

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Who was Hari Dev Joshi?

Hari Deo Joshi was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter.

He was born in Khandu, a small village near Banswara, and became the leader of the Indian National Congress party in Rajasthan state in India.

He was chief minister of Rajasthan at three times, first from 11 October 1973 to 29 April 1977, second time from 10 March 1985 to 20 January 1988 and finally for a short time from 4 December 1989 to 4 March 1990.

He has served as a governor of Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal. He died on 28 March 1995 in Mumbai. After Indian independence, he started his political career in 1952. Since then he fought 10 state assembly elections until his death in 1995 and stood undefeated consecutively in all the elections. In 1952 he got elected from dungarpur, in 1957 from ghatol and for the rest 8 times he got elected from banswara until his death.

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Born
Dec 17, 1921
India
Nationality
  • India
Died
1995
Mumbai

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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