Purushottam Kaushik | |
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Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
In office 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980 | |
Preceded by | L. K. Advani |
Succeeded by | Vasant Sathe |
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
In office 26 March 1977 – 15 July 1979 | |
Preceded by | Kotha Raghuramaiah |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1989-1991 | |
Preceded by | Chandulal Chandrakar |
Succeeded by | Chandulal Chandrakar |
Constituency | Durg, Madhya Pradesh |
In office 1977-1980 | |
Preceded by | Vidya Charan Shukla |
Succeeded by | Keyur Bhushan |
Constituency | Raipur, Madhya Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Mahasamund, Central Provinces, British India | 24 September 1930
Died | 5 October 2017 Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh, India | (aged 87)
Political party | Janata Dal |
Other political affiliations | Samyukta Socialist Party, Janata Party |
Spouse | Amrit Kaushik[1] |
Children | 3 |
Occupation |
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Source: [1] |
Purushottam Lal Kaushik (24 September 1930 – 5 October 2017)[2] was an Indian Politician.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of the Indian Parliament from Raipur in 1977 and Durg in 1989 from Madhya Pradesh as a member of the Janata Dal.[3] He was the Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation in the Morarji Desai ministry and later Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Charan Singh ministry[4][5]