Pramod Mahajan
Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician. At the time of his death, he was in a power struggle for the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1] He was a member of the Rajya Sabha and a General Secretary of his party. As Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's telecommunications minister between 2001 and 2003, he played a major role in India's cellular revolution.[2]
Pramod Mahajan | |
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| Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
| In office 2 September 2001 – 28 January 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Succeeded by | Arun Shourie |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 29 January 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Succeeded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Succeeded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Gurudas Kamat |
| Succeeded by | Gurudas Kamat |
| Constituency | Mumbai North East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan 30 October 1949 Mahabubnagar, Hyderabad State, Dominion of India (Present day: Mahabubnagar, Telangana, Republic of India) |
| Died | 3 May 2006 (aged 56) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Rekha |
| Children | Two (Rahul and Poonam) |
| Residence | Thane Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| As of 5 May 2006 Source: [1] | |
On 22 April 2006, he was shot at and fatally injured by his brother Pravin Mahajan in Mumbai. He died thirteen days later on 3 May at the age of 56.[3]
References
- ↑ Biswas, Soutik (30 December 2005). What next for the BJP?. BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4569054.stm. Retrieved 2 September 2005.
- ↑ "Mahajan, Shri Pramod. Biographical sketch". Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 30 April 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2006.
- ↑ "Pramod Mahajan passes away". Rediff.com. 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2006.