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'''Amrit Nahata''' (16 May 1928&nbsp;– 26 April 2001) was an Indian politician, three-time member of [[Lok Sabha]] and film maker. He was elected to Lok Sabha twice from [[Barmer (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barmer]], as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], the second largest parliamentary constituency in India over twice the size of [[Belgium]]. However, he left Congress after the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]], and went on to direct the controversial film ''[[Kissa Kursi Ka]]'' in 1977. He later served a third term in Lok Sabha as a member of the [[Janata Party]], representing [[Pali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pali]] constituency.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Nahata was born in [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]] on 16 May 1928. He earned a B.A. from Jaswant College, Jodhpur.<ref name=lok/><br />
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==Career==<br />
===Literary career===<br />
Nahata started his career as an educator and translator; throughout his career he published twelve books translated from English into Hindi, including works of [[Maxim Gorky]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Liu Shaoqi]].<ref name=lok/><br />
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===Political career===<br />
Later in life, Nahata joined politics and the Indian National Congress, he was elected to the [[4th Lok Sabha]] (1967—70) and the [[5th Lok Sabha]] (1971— 77) from [[Barmer (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barmer]] constituency. He left Congress after the Emergency, made the controversial film ''[[Kissa Kursi Ka]]'' in 1977 and joined Janata Party. In the next election, he was elected again to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] from [[Pali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pali]].<ref name=lok/><br />
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===Film career===<br />
In his film career, he produced and directed three films, ''Sant Gyaneshwar'' a religious biopic in 1965 and a crime thriller ''Raton Ka Raja'' in 1967. In 1977, he directed a controversial film ''[[Kissa Kursi Ka]]''. The film, a satire of [[Indira Gandhi]] and [[Sanjay Gandhi]], was banned during the Emergency period, all the prints and the master-print of the film at the [[Central Board of Film Certification|Censor Board]] office were picked up, later brought to Maruti factory in [[Gurgaon]], where they were burned. The subsequent [[Shah Commission]] established to inquiry into excesses committed in the Indian Emergency found Sanjay Gandhi guilt of burning the negative, along with [[V. C. Shukla]], Information and Broadcasting minister of the time, they both spent a month and two-year jail term. Nahata never made another film.<ref>{{Cite web | title = 1978- Kissa Kursi Ka: Celluloid chutzpah : Cover Story| url =http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/1978-+Kissa+Kursi+Ka:+Celluloid+chutzpah/1/76362.html | work =India Today| date =24 December 2009| accessdate = 14 June 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = 30 greatest stories revisited: Sanjay Gandhi and 'Kissa Kursi Ka' film lampooning him : Cover Story | url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sanjay-gandhi-faces-trial-for-destroying-film-prints/1/182276.html | work =India Today| date = 18 December 2006| accessdate = 14 June 2013 }}</ref><br />
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He died on 26 April 2001 during an operation at Escorts Hospital in Delhi, at age 74. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.<ref name=lok>{{Cite web| title = 6th Lok Sabha:Members Bioprofile| url = http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/biodata_1_12/1709.htm| publisher = Lok Sabha| accessdate = 14 June 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131015175821/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1709.htm| archive-date = 15 October 2013| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = Producer of Kissa Kursi Ka passes away | url = http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/apr/27amrit.htm | publisher =Rediff.com, Movies | date =27 April 2001 | accessdate = 14 June 2013 }}</ref><br />
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