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| name = D. P. Karmarkar<br />
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| successor = [[Sarojini Mahishi]]<br />
| term_start = 17 April 1952<br />
| term_end = 31 March 1962<br />
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| birth_place = Mantur, [[Dharwad district|Dharwad District]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br>(now in [[Karnataka]], India)<br />
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'''Dattatraya Parashuram Karmarkar''', known as '''D. P. Karmarkar''' (20 July 1902 – 20 June 1991) was an Indian politician and Union government minister.<ref name="Lok_Sabha">{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=16 July 1991 |title=Lok Sabha Debates (First Session, Tenth Lok Sabha)|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/3317/1/lsd_10_1_16-07-1991.pdf |journal=Lok Sabha Debates |volume=1|issue=1 |pages=2 |doi= |access-date=28 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Karmarkar was educated at [[Karnatak College Dharwar]], [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]] and the [[ILS Law College]], from which he qualified as a lawyer. He served in the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] from 1945 to 1947, and became a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India|Provisional Parliament]] in 1951.<ref name="1957_Lok_Sabha">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1957 |title=Parliament of India, Second Lok Sabha: Who's Who 1957 |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782487/1/publications_whoswho_english_02_1957.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |pages=182–184}}</ref> In 1952, he was elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] from the constituency of [[Dharwad North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharwad North]],<ref name="1957_Lok_Sabha"/> holding this seat until the [[1962 Indian general election|1962 general election]].<ref name="RS_Bio"/><br />
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From August 1950 to May 1952, Karmarkar was a deputy commerce minister in the Union government, with the additional responsibilities of a deputy trade minister from May to August 1952. He was given cabinet rank in August 1952 and served as Commerce Minister until June 1956.<ref name="Council">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |title=Council of Ministers (1947–2015) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat}}</ref> He then served as Minister of State for Trade until April 1957, and was then appointed Minister of State (Health), serving in this role until the dissolution of the [[third Nehru ministry]] in April 1962.<ref name="Council"/> He was appointed to the [[Rajya Sabha]] on 3 April 1962 and served until 2 April 1968, during which time he was chairman of the House Committee from 1964 to 1966.<ref name="RS_Bio">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2019 |title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952–2019|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/Member_Biographical_Book.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]]<br />
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