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'''Chandulal Chandrakar''' (1 January 1920&nbsp;– 2 February 1995) was an Indian journalist and politician who was a member of the [[10th Lok Sabha]] representing [[Durg (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of Madhya Pradesh State.<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder|date=1995|publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press|location=Asia|pages=24611}}</ref> He was also elected as member of the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament.<ref name="ls">{{cite web|title=1oth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1741.htm |publisher= Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi |access-date= 21 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Earlier life ==<br />
Chandrakar was born on 1 January 1920 in Nipani village in [[Durg district]]. Chandrakar became a journalist 1945 for the [[Hindustan Times]], with stories also published in other Indian and foreign newspapers.. He reported on nine [[Olympic Games]] and three [[Asian Games]]. Chandrakar served as an editor at Daily India.<br />
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In 1970, Chandrakar was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] for the first of five times. He served as the minister of tourism, [[Civil aviation in India|civil aviation]], [[agriculture]], rural development. Chandrakar became a general secretary of All India Committee and a spokesman of the [[Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kidwai|first=Rasheed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSceZRmqBUcC&q=Chandulal+Chandrakar&pg=PT55|title=Sonia: A Biography|date=2011-05-06|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-81-8475-249-6|language=en}}</ref> Chhattisgarh remained the President of State All-Party Forum<br />
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Chandrakar died on February 2, 1995.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}<br />
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The [[Government of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh government]] established the Chandulal Chandrakar Fellowship in his memory <ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rekha|first1=Ratnani|last2=Poonam|first2=Ghormode|last3=Anju|first3=Pungle|date=2017|title=A Basic Screening Approach for Detection of Premalignant Lesions of Cervix in Rural India: A Prospective Observational Study|journal=Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology|volume=5|issue=3|pages=335–341|doi=10.21088/ijog.2321.1636.5317.2|issn=2321-1636}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Chandrakar, Chandulal, 1920-|title=Pakistan war postures|date=1984|publisher=AICC(I)|oclc=42260369}}</ref><br />
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