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| Office | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
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|---|---|
| Term start | 1 November 2000 |
| Term end | 9 April 2002
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| Successor | Ramadhar Kashyap
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| Constituency | Chhattisgarh
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| Born | 1932-02-13 |
| Born | Kharsia, Raigarh district, Madhya Pradesh |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Marwan Devi |
| Children | Brijmohan Agrawal,Amar Agrawal,Sajan Agrawal,Manoj Agrawal, Bajrang Agrawal
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| Occupation | Philanthropist, Social worker, Humanitarian, Businessman
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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.[1] 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 bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh.[2]
Personal life
Lakhiram Agrawal was born on 13 February 1932 to Mansha Ram Agrawal and Rukmani Devi in Kharsia, Raigarh district.[1] 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.[2][3] He was educated until middle school in Naharpalli, Kharsia.[1]
Political career
Agrawal became active in politics in 1960.[2] 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.[1] He was detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act in 1975 during the emergency.[2] He became the State General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh BJP in 1983.[4] 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.[1] Agrawal was a supporter of the formation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state.[5] 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.[6]
Death
Agrawal died on 24 January 2009 after being admitted to Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur.[7] 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.[2] Chauhan termed Agrawal as "an organiser and a devotee of nationalist values".[7]
Legacy
A medical college in Raigarh was named after Agrawal in 2013.[8] 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".[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952. Rajya Sabha.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lakhiram Agrawal cremated with state honours(25 January 2009).
- ↑ छत्तीसगढ़ मंत्रिमंडल. Chief Minister Office, Chhattisgarh.
- ↑ लखीराम अग्रवाल पंचतत्व में विलीन.
- ↑ Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Hurst Publishers(1 October 2013). ISBN 978-1-84904-229-1
- ↑ Elite Parties, Poor Voters{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(17 November 2014). ISBN 978-1-107-07008-0
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Senior BJP leader Lakhiram Agarwal passes away. news.webindia123.com(25 January 2015).
- ↑ CM to open fifth medical college at Raigarh today(18 September 2013).
- ↑ रायगढ़ मेडिकल कॉलेज का नामकरण स्वर्गीय श्री लखीराम अग्रवाल के नाम पर होगा. Department of Public Relation, Government of Chhattisgarh(28 July 2011).