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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = Inder Jit Malhotra<br />
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| birth_date = 17 March 1929<br />
| birth_place = Changran village, near [[Kathua]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = [[Kathua]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = 24 March 1993<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| constituency = [[Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jammu]]<br />
| office = Former [[Member of Parliament|MP]]<br />
| term = 1959 - 1977<br />
| predecessor = Thakur Das Malhotra (INC)<br />
| successor = Thakur Baldev Singh (Independent)<br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress|INC]] <br />
| spouse = Shashi Malhotra, née Kapur<br />
| children = Tarun Malhotra, Anshu Sharma, née Malhotra<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 9 May|<br />
| year = 2014 | <br />
| source = http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/biodata_1_12/1241.htm <br />
}}<br />
'''Inder Jit Malhotra''' (17 March 1929 – 24 March 1993) was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]], representing the constituency of [[Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jammu]].<ref name="auto">http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/biodata_1_12/1241.htm</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combalpha.htm#13lsm |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627204233/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combalpha.htm#13lsm |archive-date=27 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A member of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, he served in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th formations of the Lok Sabha from 1959 until he retired from office in 1977 from [[Kathua (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kathua]] and Jammu.<ref>http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses6/01310393.htm</ref> Prior to 1967, he was elected by the [[Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir]] to represent Jammu as a [[Member of Parliament]]. Direct elections for parliamentary seats by [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] constituents began in 1967, when the 4th Lok Sabha was formed.<br />
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The son of [[Thakur Das Malhotra]], Inder Jit Malhotra was first elected to Parliament by the Legislative Assembly following the tragic and unexpected death of his father, who held the seat previously and suffered a fatal heart attack while delivering a political speech. He completed his undergraduate education in India, and then pursued graduate study in the United States, earning a Master in Journalism from the [[University of Oregon]] and a Master of Science in agriculture from [[Kansas State University]].<ref name="auto"/><br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kathua district]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:2nd Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:5th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:1993 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1929 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
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