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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ghanshyam Oza
|image =
|constituency =
|order = 4th
|office = [[List of chief ministers of Gujarat|Chief Minister of Gujarat]]
|governor = [[Shriman Narayan]]<br>[[P. N. Bhagwati]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[K. K. Viswanathan]]
|term_start = 17 March 1972
|term_end = 17 July 1973
|predecessor = [[President's rule]]
|successor = [[Chimanbhai Patel]]
| constituency1 = [[Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajkot]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 1971
| term_end1 = 1972
| predecessor1 = [[Minoo Masani]]
| successor1 = [[Arvind Mohanlal Patel]]
| constituency2 = [[Surendranagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surendranagar]]
| term_start2 = 1957
| term_end2 = 1967
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Meghrajji III]]
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency4 = [[Gujarat]]
| term4= 1978-1984
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1911|10|25}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/Member_Biographical_Book.pdf | title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952-2019 | publisher=Rajya Sabha | accessdate=5 September 2021}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|residence =
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|07|12|1911|10|25}}<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8p4_HoTjiEC&q=Ghanshyam+Oza+passed+away+2002 | title=Parliamentary Debates: Official Report, Volume 196, Issue 2 | publisher=Rajya Sabha | year=2002 | pages=1}}</ref>
|death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|otherparty =[[Janata Party]]
|spouse = Ramalaxmi
|children = Hansa, Rohit, Sharad, Pragna.
|relatives = Divyang Dave, Dr . Devang Dave (Grandchildren), Bharat Damodardas Trivedi (Nephew)
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'''Ghanshyam Chhotalal Oza''' (25 October 1911 – 12 July 2002<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-13/ahmedabad/27313222_1_ministership-gandhians-chief-minister|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024170328/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-13/ahmedabad/27313222_1_ministership-gandhians-chief-minister|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2012|title=Ex CM Ghanshyam Oza passes away|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=13 July 2002|accessdate=2009-09-07}}</ref>) was the [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/gujarat/chief-ministers.html | title=List of Chief Ministers (CM) of Gujarat | publisher=Maps of India | accessdate=5 September 2021}}</ref> from 17 March 1972<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NfraAAAAQBAJ&dq=Ghanshyam+Oza+was+born+in&pg=PA17 | title=Gujarat Beyond Gandhi: Identity, Society and Conflict | publisher=Routledge | author=Nalin Mehta, Mona G. Mehta | year=2011|pages=17| isbn=9781317988359 }}</ref> to 17 July 1973.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5vwCQAAQBAJ&dq=Ghanshyam+Oza+was+born+in&pg=PA99 | title=Urbanisation, Citizenship and Conflict in India: Ahmedabad 1900-2000 | publisher=Royal Asiatic Society Books | author=Tommaso Bobbio | year=2018| pages=99| isbn=9781317514008 }}</ref>
He had a B.A. and L.L.B. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of [[Saurashtra State]] from 1948 to 1956. He later became a member of the Legislative Assembly of [[Bombay state]] in 1956. He was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from 1957 to 1967 and again from 1971 to 1972. Later, he was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 10 April 1978 to 9 April 1984. He was a member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] from 1972-74.
He was a minister (1952–56) in [[U. N. Dhebar]] ministry when '[[United State of Kathiawar]]' was formed. He became M.P. in 1957 when he won [[Lok Sabha]] seat from [[Surendranagar district|Surendra Nagar]].
In a very closely contested Loksabha election of [[Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajkot]] constituency in 1971, Ghanshyam Oza defeated [[Minoo Masani]] of the ([[Swatantra Party|Swatantra party]]) and became a minister in the cabinet of PM [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eg5QAQAAMAAJ&q=Ghanshyam+Oza | title=Lok Sabha Debates | publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. | year=1971 | pages=81}}</ref>

Oza opposed [[The Emergency (India)|the emergency]] imposed by Indira Gandhi, and in the Lok Sabha election of 1977, he worked for the then [[Janata Party|Janta party]] under [[Morarji Desai]]. He was elected from Gujarat to [[Rajya Sabha]] (Janta Party) from 10-04-1978 to 09-04-1984.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1288.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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