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| name = Arun Nehru<br />
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| birth_name = Arun Kumar Nehru <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1944|4|24}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|7|25|1944|4|24}}<br />
| death_place = [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Politician, columnist<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
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| spouse = Subhadra Nehru<ref name=TOIdeath>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Arun-Nehru-former-Union-minister-dies/articleshow/21346560.cms | title=Arun Nehru, former Union minister, dies | work=The Times of India| date=25 July 2013 | accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref><br />
| children = 2<br />
| relatives = [[Uma Nehru]] (grandmother)<br>[[Shyam Kumari Khan]] (aunt)<br />
| family = See [[Nehru-Gandhi family]]<br />
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'''Arun Kumar Nehru''' (24 April 1944 &ndash; 25 July 2013) was an Indian politician and columnist. He was member of the [[9th Lok Sabha]] from [[Bilhaur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bilhaur]] as a [[Janata Dal]] leader. Earlier, he was member of the [[7th Lok Sabha|7th]] and [[8th Lok Sabha]]s from [[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rae Bareli]] on an [[Indian National Congress]] ticket.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2815.htm|title=Lok Sabha Member's Bioprofile|accessdate=16 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017214646/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2815.htm|archivedate=17 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Arun Nehru was born on 24 April 1944.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=Arun Nehru Bio|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2815.htm|publisher=Parliament of India|accessdate=27 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017214646/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2815.htm|archivedate=17 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His father was Anand Kumar Nehru, a member of the [[Nehru-Gandhi family]].<ref name=bio /> He studied at [[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martinière Boys College]], [[Lucknow]], and [[Lucknow Christian College]].<ref name=HINDUdeath>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arun-nehru-dies-aged-69/article4953480.ece | title=From the corporate world to politics | work=The Hindu| date=26 July 2013 | accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> He was married in 1967 to Subhadra and had two daughters. He has 3 grandsons. Akhil Madan, Yash Madan and Vickram Tikkoo.<ref name=bio /> He died on 25 July 2013 in [[Gurgaon]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former union minister and Congress leader Arun Nehru passes away|agency=PTI|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=25 July 2013 |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130725/news-current-affairs/article/former-union-minister-and-congress-leader-arun-nehru-passes-away|accessdate=25 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He worked as a businessman for 17 years before entering into politics. He was president of the paint firm [[Jenson and Nicholson]] at the time when Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] persuaded him to change career.<ref name=TOIdeath/><ref name=HINDUdeath/> However, he rose to prominence after [[Sanjay Gandhi|Sanjay Gandhi's]] death. The business community regarded him as a decisive person and even termed him as "one-window clearance". When Rajiv Gandhi forayed into politics in 1981, Nehru became his key advisor.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19861130-mystery-surrounds-circumstances-under-which-arun-nehru-was-ousted-from-power-801485-1986-11-30 Mystery surrounds circumstances under which Nehru was ousted from power], India Today.</ref> <br />
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As a representative of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), Nehru was a member of Parliament in the 7th Lok Sabha (1980–84) and 8th Lok Sabha (1984-89) from Rae Bareli. He was [[Cabinet of India|Union Minister of State]] for Energy (December 1984—September 1985,) and for [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Home Affairs]] (September 1985—October 1986) in [[Tenth cabinet of India 1984|10th ministry of India]]. Later, he left the INC for [[Janata Dal]] and was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Bilhaur in 1989, where he was Union Minister for Commerce and Tourism (December–November 1990).<ref name=Bio/><br />
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He was also a member of member of various committees - Railway Convention Committee (1980-84), Consultative Committee, External Affairs and Science and Technology, 7th Lok Sabha; Member, Consultative Committee, External Affairs (1987-89)<ref name=Bio/><br />
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==Controversy==<br />
During his tenure as minister in the Home department in 1985–86, he was allegedly involved in the Czech pistol case, where a deal with the Czechoslovakian firm Merkuria Foreign Trade Corp. had resulted in a loss of around {{INRConvert|2.5|m}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/1988-pistol-deal-court-to-hear-arguments-on-charge-sheet_832994.html |agency=PTI |title=1988 pistol deal: Court to hear arguments on charge sheet |publisher=Zee News |date=4 March 2013 | accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> A 20-year investigation by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) led to submission of a report in 2007. This found no incriminating evidence.<ref name=Stay>{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-23/india/37959855_1_trial-proceedings-clean-chit-pistols | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124019/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-23/india/37959855_1_trial-proceedings-clean-chit-pistols | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 February 2014 | title=SC stays trial in Rajiv-era Czech pistol purchase scam | date=23 March 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> The trial court, however, rejected the CBI report and found Nehru's involvement enough to continue the proceedings.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/czech-pistol-case-court-summons-former-union-minister-arun-nehru-262080 |title=Czech pistol case: Court summons former Union Minister Arun Nehru |publisher=NDTV |date=2 September 2012 |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> In March 2013, the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] [[Stay of proceedings|stay]]ed those proceedings, based on the report. He was also responsible for issuing lists of the sikh properties and addresses to the mob which killed thousands of sikhs. Despite being a main culpit of the riots he was never charges.<ref name=Stay/><br />
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