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'''Chaman Lal Gupta''' (13 April 1934<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/bjp-veteran-chaman-lal-dies-at-87-101621368256156.html|title=BJP veteran Chaman Lal dies at 87|date=19 May 2021}}</ref> – 18 May 2021) was an Indian politician from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], belonging to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he held a portfolio of food processing and civil aviation.
He was born in 1934 in [[Jammu]] and did his MSC from G. M. Science College Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) and [[Allahabad University]], Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). He was elected to Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly in 1972 as a member of [[Jana Sangh]]. He was elected to [[Lok Sabha]] in 1996, 1998, and 1999 from [[Udhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. He was a member of J&K Vidhan Sabha again from 2008 to 2014, as an MLA from [[Jammu West (Vidhan Sabha constituency) | Jammu West]].

He had not been keeping well in his mid 80s. He died of [[COVID-19]] on 18 May 2021, in [[Jammu]], during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chaman-lal-gupta-veteran-jammu-bjp-leader-dies-of-covid-19-pm-modi-pays-tribute-2444133|title = Chaman Lal Gupta, Veteran Jammu BJP Leader, Dies. He Had COVID-19}}</ref><ref>[https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/jammu/ex-union-minister-and-jk-bjp-leader-chaman-lal-gupta-passes-away-after-recovering-from-covid-19/ Ex-Union Minister and J&K BJP leader Chaman Lal Gupta passes away after recovering from COVID-19]</ref>

==Positions held==
*1972–77 Member, [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] Legislative Assembly
*1987–90 Member, [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] Legislative Assembly & Member, Public Accounts Committee; Public Undertakings Committee;
*1973–80 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Jammu and Kashmir
*1980–89 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Jammu and Kashmir
*1990–95 President, B.J.P., Jammu and Kashmir (two terms)
*1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha, from Udhampur
*1996–97 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
*1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
*1998–99 Member, Joint Committee on the functioning of Wakf Board
*1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
*1999–2001 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation
*2001–2002 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food
*1 July 2002 – 2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
*2008-2014 Member, [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] Legislative Assembly Jammu West

== Books published ==
*Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir;
*Sansad mein dedh varsh;
*Mere Prayaas
*Article 370 : A Thorn

==References==
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==External links==
*Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament of the 13th Lok Sabha [https://web.archive.org/web/20070423201626/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13JK05.htm]

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