Gurudas Kamat

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gurudas Kamat
| image = Gurudas Kamat New Delhi on November 15, 2010.jpg
| caption = Gurudas Kamat in November 2010
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|10|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ankola]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|8|22|1954|10|5|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| office1 = Member of the [[India Parliament]] for [[Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai North West]]
| term_start1 = 16 May 2009
| term_end1 = 16 May 2014
| office2 = Member of the [[India Parliament]] for [[Mumbai North East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai North East]]
| term_start2 = 16 May 2004
| term_end2 = 16 May 2009
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| religion =
| spouse = Maharookh Gurudas Kamat
| children = Dr. Sunil Kamat
| website = {{URL|http://gurudaskamat.com/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Gurudas Kamat''' (5 October 1954 – 22 August 2018) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician from the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC).

An advocate by profession, Kamat was a commerce graduate from [[Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar College of Commerce and Economics|R.A. Podar College]], [[Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bms.co.in/10-interesting-facts-you-never-knew-about-r-a-podar-college-of-commerce-and-economics-matunga/ | title=10 Interesting Facts You Never Knew About R.A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Matunga| work=bms.co.in | accessdate=6 June 2017}}</ref> and has a law degree from the [[Government Law College, Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/maharashtra-civic-election-2017-will-gurudas-kamat-help-bjp-achieve-a-congress-mukt-mumbai-3219914.html | title=Maharashtra Civic Election 2017: Will Gurudas Kamat help BJP achieve a Congress-mukt Mumbai?|work=firstpost.com | date=25 January 2017| accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref>

He was a Member of the Parliament for the [[Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai North West]] constituency of [[Maharashtra]] in 2009 and [[Mumbai North East (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Mumbai North East]] constituency of Maharashtra in 1984, 1991, 1998 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.canindia.com/gurudas-kamat-quits-all-congress-posts-2/| title=Gurudas Kamat quits all Congress posts | work=IANS | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> He served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs with additional charge of [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]], Government of India during 2009 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/senior-congress-leader-gurudas-kamat-quits-all-posts-1384363.html| title=Senior Congress Leader Gurudas Kamat Quits All Posts | work=IANS | date=26 April 2017 | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> In July 2011, he resigned as minister.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sibal-rejigs-portfolios-of-gurudas-kamat-sachin-pilot/article1506536.ece | title=Sibal rejigs portfolios of Gurudas Kamat| work=thehindu.com | date=3 March 2011| accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gurudas-kamat-quits-srikant-jena-unhappy-with-cabinet-reshuffle-461242| title=Gurudas Kamat quits | work=ndtv.com | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/union-council-of-ministers-july-12-2011/article2220841.ece|title=Union Council of Ministers| work=thehindu.com |date=12 July 2011| accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=63613|title=Union Minister Gurudas Kamat inaugurates MIDC's First Musical Fountain| work=daijiworld.com | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/gurudas-kamat-resigns_564925.html | title=Gurudas Kamat resigns| work=moneycontrol.com | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> In July 2013, Kamat was appointed General Secretary [[All India Congress Committee]] and given charge of [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]], [[Daman and Diu]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/gurudas-kamat-thanks-congress-for-being-appointed-as-general-secretary-616466.html| title=Gurudas Kamat thanks Congress for being appointed as general secretary | work=news18.com | date=16 June 2013 | accessdate=6 June 2017}}</ref> and was also appointed a member of the [[Congress Working Committee]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tehelka.com/2013/06/reshuffling-the-old-guard/| title=Reshuffling the old guard| work=tehelka.com | accessdate=6 June 2017}}</ref> the highest decision making body of the Indian National Congress. In 2014, he lost the [[Lok Sabha]] Election.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/key-contestant-gurudas-kamat-558575| title=Key Contestant: Gurudas Kamat | work=ndtv.com | accessdate=16 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/rude-jolt-for-congress-stalwarts-in-mumbai/article6019079.ece | title=Rude jolt for Congress stalwarts in Mumbai|work=thehindu.com | date=17 May 2014| accessdate=11 May 2017| last1=Deshpande| first1=Vinaya}}</ref> In 2017, Kamat resigned from all positions that he held at the Indian National Congress.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-news-congress-leader-gurudas-kamat-interview-bmc-election-resignation/18205187| title=Congress leader Gurudas Kamat: I quit, why can't others | work=mid-day.com | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/senior-congress-leader-gurudas-kamat-quits-all-posts-1384363.html| title=Senior Congress Leader Gurudas Kamat Quits All Posts | work=IANS | date=26 April 2017 | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> Despite his insistence on resignation the Party continued to acknowledge him as the General Secretary of AICC.

== Early life, education and political career ==
Kamat started his political career as a student leader in 1972. In 1976, he was appointed the President of [[National Students' Union of India]], Mumbai Unit. In 1980 he was appointed General Secretary of Maharshtra Pradesh Youth Congress; in 1984, he was appointed the President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress; and in 1987, he was appointed the President of the [[Indian Youth Congress]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/senior-congress-leader-gurudas-kamat-quits-all-posts-1384363.html| title=Senior Congress Leader Gurudas Kamat Quits All Posts | work=IANS | date=26 April 2017 | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> Kamat was appointed the President of Mumbai Congress in 2003. He held the position till 2008.

In 1982, Kamat represented the [[Indian Youth Congress]] at International Convention in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]. In 1986, Kamat represented International Youth Festival in Moscow and [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republic|USSR]]. In 2003, he was a member of the four member delegation representing India at the United Nations in [[New York City]] along with [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], [[Inder Kumar Gujral]] and [[Farooq Abdullah]]. Kamat represented the Prime Minister of India, [[Manmohan Singh]], at the UN Convention at Addis Ababa, [[Ethiopia]].

In 1976, Kamat was awarded the Principal Wellingkar Trophy for the Most Outstanding Student Award at the [[Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar College of Commerce & Economics|R.A. Podar College]] and in 1979 was named a Fellow of Government Law College in Mumbai.

In 1981, Kamat married Maharookh Kamat with whom he has one son, Sunil, who is a doctor, an intensivist and a Fellow at [[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|Sloan Kettering Memorial]], [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-news-congress-leader-gurudas-kamat-interview-bmc-election-resignation/18205187| title=Congress leader Gurudas Kamat: I quit, why can't others | work=mid-day.com | accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref>

== Death ==
Gurudas Kamat died at a private hospital in [[New Delhi]] on 22 August 2018 following a [[heart attack]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gurudas Kamat, Senior Congress Leader, Dies At 63 |url=https://headlinestoday.org/national/1816/gurudas-kamat-senior-congress-leader-dies-at-63/ |accessdate=22 August 2018 |agency=Headlines Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822114951/https://headlinestoday.org/national/1816/gurudas-kamat-senior-congress-leader-dies-at-63/ |archive-date=22 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/congress-leader-gurudas-kamat-dies/amp_articleshow/65497528.cms|title=Gurudas Kamat: Congress leader Gurudas Kamat dies | Mumbai News - Times of India}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://gurudaskamat.com/}}

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