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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Guman Mal Lodha<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term = 1989 - 1991<br />
| predecessor = Shankar Lal<br />
| successor = Himself<br />
| constituency = [[Pali Lok Sabha constituency|Pali]]<br />
| 1blankname = [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]]<br />
| 1namedata = [[Rabi Ray]]<br />
| term1 = 1991 - 1996<br />
| predecessor1 = Himself<br />
| successor1 = Himself<br />
| constituency1 = [[Pali Lok Sabha constituency|Pali]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]]<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Shivraj Patil]]<br />
| term2 = 1996 - 1998<br />
| predecessor2 = Himself<br />
| successor2 = Mitha Lal Jain<br />
| constituency2 = [[Pali Lok Sabha constituency|Pali]]<br />
| 1blankname2 = [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]]<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[P. A. Sangma]]<br />
| office3 = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Gauhati High Court|19th Chief Justice]] of [[Gauhati High Court]]<br />
| term3 = 1 March 1988 - 15 March 1988<br />
| predecessor3 = K. N. Saika<br />
| successor3 = [[Anisetti Raghuvir]]<br />
| nominator3 = [[R. S. Pathak]]<br />
| appointer3 = [[R. Venkataraman]]<br />
| office4 = [[Judge]] of [[Rajasthan High Court]]<br />
| term4 = 1 May 1978 - 28 February 1988<br />
| nominator4 = [[Y. V. Chandrachud]]<br />
| appointer4 = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br />
| office5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the]] [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term5 = 1972 - 1977<br />
| predecessor5 = [[Barkatullah Khan]]<br />
| successor5 = Birad Mal Singhvi<br />
| constituency5 = [[Jodhpur Assembly constituency|Jodhpur]]<br />
| 1blankname5 = [[List of speakers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]<br />
| 1namedata5 = [[Ram Kishore Vyas]]<br />
| office6 = President of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Jana Sangh]], Rajasthan<br />
| term6 = 1969 - 1971<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|3|16}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|3|22|1926|3|16}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Didwana]], [[Nagaur]] [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| relations = {{ubl|[[Chand Mal Lodha]] (Brother)|[[Rajendra Mal Lodha]] (Nephew)}}<br />
| party = [[Bhartiya Janta Party]]<br />
| otherparty = [[Bhartiya Jana Sangh|Jan Sangh]]<br />
| occupation = [[Politician]], [[Lawyer]] and [[Judge]]<br />
| alma_mater = Jawant College, [[Jodhpur]]<br />
| education = [[B. Com]], [[LL. B.]]<br />
| children = [[Mangal Lodha]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Guman Mal Lodha''' (16 March 1926 – 22 March 2009) was a retired Indian judge, a former chief justice of [[Gauhati High Court]] and former member of [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loksabha members : Lodha , Shri Gumanmal - Data is Info: Data is more useful if it is made available in a better format. |url=https://datais.info/loksabha/members/Lodha+,+Shri+Gumanmal/51bfc83a419c7990c171f579e13cae4f/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Data is Info |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-24 |title=Decode Politics: In judiciary battle, BJP and Congress take aim at old ghosts. Who are Baharul Islam and Gumanmal Lodha? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/decode-politics-judiciary-battle-bjp-congress-baharul-islam-gumanmal-lodha-9962596/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
He was Born in a [[Marwari Jain]] family <ref name="lokatantra">{{Cite web |title=Lokatantra – vidhansabhacandidates |url=https://www.lokatantra.in/vidhansabhacandidates/getcandidatesdetails/187/type= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506163039/https://www.lokatantra.in/vidhansabhacandidates/getcandidatesdetails/187/type= |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=2021-05-06 |website=www.lokatantra.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Saurabh |date=2015-11-15 |title=BJP reaches out to Muslims |url=https://www.asianage.com/mumbai/bjp-reaches-out-muslims-688 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=www.asianage.com |language=en}}</ref> in 1926 in [[Didwana]], [[Nagaur District]] in [[Rajasthan]], India, Lodha graduated with BCom and LLB degrees at Jaswant College, [[Jodhpur]].<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=lsrj01 |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11rj20.htm |accessdate=2012-02-29 |publisher=Parliamentofindia.nic.in}}</ref> He participated in the freedom movement and was imprisoned in 1942. He joined politics and was the President of [[Rajasthan]] state unit of [[Jan Sangh]] from 1969 to 1971.<br />
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His son [[Mangal Lodha]] is also politician and currently minister in [[Government of Maharashtra]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=BJP's Mangal Lodha wins Malabar seat in Maharashtra 2024 polls |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjps-mangal-lodha-leads-from-malabar-hills-seat-in-maharashtra-poll-results-101732281639827.html}}</ref> and founder of [[Macrotech Developers]]. His grandsons are engaged in legal battle over Lodha trademark and the matter is pending before Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-31 |title=Lodha trademark row: Retired SC judge appointed mediator in feud between Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha's sons |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/lodha-trademark-row-retired-sc-judge-appointed-mediator-9809575/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
* [[List of members of the 9th Lok Sabha]]<br />
* [[List of members of the 10th Lok Sabha]]<br />
* [[List of members of the 11th Lok Sabha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090323/1205607.html Guman Mal Lodha's obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307132423/http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090323/1205607.html |date=7 March 2012 }}<br />
* https://ghconline.gov.in/index.php/former-honourable-chief-justices-of-gauhati-high-court/<br />
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