https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Makhan_Lal_Fotedar Makhan Lal Fotedar - Revision history 2026-07-31T18:18:36Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Makhan_Lal_Fotedar&diff=46506&oldid=prev >Editrite! at 09:48, 4 January 2021 2021-01-04T09:48:07Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Makhan Lal Fotedar&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 5 March 1932 in Mattan village, [[Anantnag]] – died 28 September 2017 in [[Gurgaon, Haryana]] ) was a senior leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] party. He was a close aide of the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]], especially [[Indira Gandhi]]. <br /> <br /> He was also a leader of the [[Kashmiri Pandits]]. He had been a cabinet minister in the [[Government of India]] and had held important cabinet posts.<br /> <br /> From 1967 to 1977, he was member of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Pahalgam (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pahalgam constituency]] and was also cabinet minister in the government of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] under [[Syed Mir Qasim]]. He had been an MP from [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1985 to 1996. He was known as the [[Chanakya]] of Indian politics in the eyes of Congress party.<br /> <br /> He resigned from the [[Indian National Congress]] after the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid and also resigned from P V Narasimha Rao&#039;s cabinet. Then along with [[N. D. Tiwari]] and [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]], he split from [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]] but returned to [[Indian National Congress]] after Sonia Gandhi took over as congress President.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/gandhis-chanakya/474661.html Gandhis’ ‘Chanakya’]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/cong-veteran-ml-fotedar-dies-at-85/474768.html Cong veteran ML Fotedar dies at 85]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> He died on 28 September 2017, at a hospital in [[Gurgaon]] on the outskirts of Delhi. He was living in [[Gurgaon, Haryana]] with his family, and was survived by three sons and two daughters.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/makhan-lal-fotedar-a-back-room-czar-left-with-no-room/story-Q6Bcz9FTV50LyY95URKpyN.html Makhan Lal Fotedar passes away: A back room czar left with no room]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> *[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls10/ses4/0128079202.htm parliament debate]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Fotedar, Makhan Lal}}<br /> [[Category:1932 births]]<br /> [[Category:2017 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br /> [[Category:All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) politicians]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{JammuKashmir-INC-politician-stub}}</div> >Editrite!