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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lakkhiram Agarwal
| image =Lakhiram-agrawal.jpg
| alt =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency= [[Chhattisgarh]]
| term_start = 1 November 2000
| term_end = 9 April 2002
| successor = [[Ramadhar Kashyap]]
| constituency2 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 10 April 1990
| term_end2 = 31 October 2000
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|02|13}}
| birth_place = [[Kharsia]], [[Raigarh district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|01|24|1932|02|13}}
| death_place = [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Marwan Devi
| children = Brijmohan Agrawal,Amar Agrawal,Sajan Agrawal,Manoj Agrawal, Bajrang Agrawal
| parents = Mansha Ram Agarwal (father)<br />Rukmani Devi (mother)
| education = Middle school
| occupation = Philanthropist, Social worker, Humanitarian, Businessman
}}

'''Lakkhiram Agarwal''' (13 February 1932 – 24 January 2009) was an Indian politician from the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] (BJP). He was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1990 to 2002 representing [[Madhya Pradesh]] and later [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref name=rs>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|publisher=Rajya Sabha|accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> He was the state president of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh from 1990 to 2000, and became the state president of Chhattisgarh BJP after the [[Chhattisgarh#Separation of Chhattisgarh|bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=webindia1>{{cite news|title=Lakhiram Agrawal cremated with state honours|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20090125/1161382.html|accessdate=2 January 2016|agency=[[United News of India]]|publisher=webindia123.com|date=25 January 2009|location=Kharsia}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Lakhiram Agrawal was born on 13 February 1932 to Mansha Ram Agrawal and Rukmani Devi in [[Kharsia]], [[Raigarh district]].<ref name=rs/> He married Marwan Devi in 1950 and had five sons and one daughter. His son [[Amar Agrawal]] is a cabinet minister in the [[Government of Chhattisgarh]], holding the portfolios of Taxation, Commerce and the Public health Department.<ref name=webindia1/><ref>{{cite web|title=छत्तीसगढ़ मंत्रिमंडल|url=http://cmo.cg.gov.in/hindi/user/Council_of_Ministers.aspx|publisher=Chief Minister Office, Chhattisgarh|accessdate=2 January 2016|language=Hindi}}</ref> He was educated until [[middle school]] in Naharpalli, Kharsia.<ref name=rs/>

==Political career==
Agrawal became active in politics in 1960.<ref name=webindia1/> He had served as the chairman of Kharsia municipal council from 1964 to 1969, the president of the District Cooperative Bank, Raigarh from 1977 to 1980, and the vice-president of the Madhya Pradesh State Marketing Association from 1977 to 1980.<ref name=rs/> He was detained under the [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act]] in 1975 during [[The Emergency (India)|the emergency]].<ref name=webindia1/> He became the State General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh BJP in 1983.<ref name=wd>{{cite news|title=लखीराम अग्रवाल पंचतत्व में विलीन|url=http://xn--j2beko0a2dfo5c.com/madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8-109012500001_1.htm|publisher=Webdunia|location=Kharsia|language=Hindi}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 10 April 1990 to 31 October 2000 representing [[Madhya Pradesh]], and from 1 November 2000 to 9 April 2002 representing [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref name=rs>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|publisher=Rajya Sabha|accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> Agrawal was a supporter of the formation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state.<ref name="Tillin2013">{{cite book|author=Louise Tillin|title=Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abENAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA139|date=1 October 2013|publisher=Hurst Publishers|isbn=978-1-84904-229-1|page=139}}</ref> [[Nand Kumar Sai]], in a 2010 interview, said that Agrawal was one of the contenders for the chief minister post after the [[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]], along with [[Raman Singh]] and [[Dilip Singh Judeo]].<ref name="Thachil2014">{{cite book|author=Tariq Thachil|title=Elite Parties, Poor Voters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K1neBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|date=17 November 2014|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-07008-0|page=147}}</ref>

==Death==
Agrawal died on 24 January 2009 after being admitted to [[Apollo Hospitals|Apollo Hospital]], [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]].<ref name=webindia2>{{cite news|title=Senior BJP leader Lakhiram Agarwal passes away|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090125/1161116.html|accessdate=2 January 2016|work=news.webindia123.com|publisher=webindia123.com|date=25 January 2015|location=Bilaspur|agency=United News of India}}</ref> He was cremated with state honors in Kharsia. Raman Singh, [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]], [[Kailash Chandra Joshi]], [[Sumitra Mahajan]], and [[Vikram Verma]] attended the funeral and paid their tributes to Agrawal.<ref name=webindia1/> Chauhan termed Agrawal as "an organiser and a devotee of nationalist values".<ref name=webindia2/>

==Legacy==
A medical college in Raigarh was named after Agrawal in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=CM to open fifth medical college at Raigarh today|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/raipur/cm-to-open-fifth-medical-college-at-raigarh-today.html|accessdate=2 January 2016|publisher=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]]|date=18 September 2013|location=Raigarh}}</ref> During the inauguration of a statue of Agrawal by [[Nitin Gadkari]] in Kharsia, Raman Singh said that Agrawal was a contributor to the "identity of Chhattisgarh as a developed state".<ref name=dpr>{{cite web|title=रायगढ़ मेडिकल कॉलेज का नामकरण स्वर्गीय श्री लखीराम अग्रवाल के नाम पर होगा|url=http://dpr.choice.gov.in:8080/DPR/news/cm/1993-280711|publisher=Department of Public Relation, Government of Chhattisgarh|accessdate=2 January 2016|location=Raipur|date=28 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607072736/http://dpr.choice.gov.in:8080/DPR/news/cm/1993-280711|archive-date=7 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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[[Category:1932 births]]
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[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party]]

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