Mohan Lal Sukhadia

Mohan Lal Sukhadia (Hindi: मोहन लाल सुखाड़िया, Mohan Lāl Sukhāṛiyā; born July 31, 1916 in Jhalawar, † 2 February 1982 in Bikaner, Rajasthan ) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress ( INC), Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Governor the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Biography

Study and struggle for India's independence

The son of a famous cricketer began after the primary education in Nathdwara and Udaipur is a study of electrical engineering at the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute ( VJTI ) in Mumbai. During his studies he was general secretary of the student council. As such, he vehemently opposed the idea of the British Director of the Institute for the invitation of the Governor of Bombay and insisted instead on the Chief Minister Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher invite, but this was ultimately prohibited by the Institute administration. Then it was Sukhadia, who led a revolt against the British occupation. During his studies, he also appeared in contact with prominent leaders of the Indian National Congress as Subhash Chandra Bose, Vallabhbhai Patel, Yusuf Meherally and Ashok Mehta. After the acquisition of the diploma in electrical engineering, he founded a small electrical installation company in Nathdwara, where he also met with friends to discuss about the British occupation policy and socio -economic reforms in the region. This resulted in several educational and social programs that Sukhadia was planning with his colleagues and implemented.

Due to the excessive taxes and the autocratic rule of the princes and nobles Military ( Jagirdars ) occurred in Rajputana to the establishment of Praja Mandal, an association for the dissemination of human rights and administrative reforms. 1938 saw the establishment of Mewar Praja Mandal in Udaipur, chaired by the well-known social activist and freedom fighter Manikya Lal Verma, a later Chief Minister of Rajasthan, which moved in 1939 to join the Sukhadia Mewar Praja Mandal. In the following aspirations for freedom Sukhadia sought contact with local farmers and tribal people, in order to counteract the resistance to British rule, but also native princes and nobles. Fearing reprisals, however, few locals offered to the freedom fighters protection and support.

In 1942 it came to the call of Mahatma Gandhi establishing the Quit India movement, which also associations from Rajputana Manikya Lal Verma as among politicians, Hiralal Shastri, Gokulbhai Bhatt, Jai Narayan Vyas and Sukhadia. Therefore, it came as late as 1942 to his arrest and a prison sentence of 18 months.

After his release, he organized in 1943 after the destruction of Bhilwara by heavy rainfall to supply the population with food, medicines and clothing.

In 1946 came the merger of several local Mandal Praja organizations to Rajputana Prantiya Sabha, was elected to its executive committee Sukhadia. In the following years it was every two to three months to party meetings where the representatives of the various regions discussed the problems Rajputanas. He soon reached because of his speeches significant influence within the organization.

India's independence and emergence as a Chief Minister of Rajasthan

On August 15, 1947 were 22 major and minor princely states of Rajasthan in the Indian Union. However, the complete unification took place within a period of two years. In the first phase formed on 17 March, the princely states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli Matsayas the Union, which joined other princely states in the following weeks and months, so that on 28 March 1948 formal introduction by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the Union of Rajasthan was founded by Chief Minister Lal Gokul Asawa, which later became the state of Rajasthan emerged. As almost a month later Manikya Lal Verma Chief Minister was Sukhadia Minister of Irrigation and working in his cabinet until 6 April 1949. In April 1948, the Rajputana Prantiya Sabha part of the Indian National Congress was.

Between April 26, 1951 and 2 March 1952, he was first minister Jai Narayan Vyas of the Cabinet. As Vyas after the first elections to the Parliament of the State on 1 November 1952 was Chief Minister, he appointed Sukhadia the Minister for Taxation, irrigation and agriculture. Sukhadia itself acted as deputy electoral district Udaipur 1951-1972 in the National Assembly ( Legislative Assembly ). After the elections, 22 members of the party Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad, the Indian National Congress joined due to the persuasion of Vyas. However, this led to disputes within the INC, as most of these politicians of the Ram Rajya Parisha were former nobles who could hinder the land reform in the newly established state. Due to the resulting growing criticism of the leadership of the INC Vyas on the Status of confidence asked him. Then said Sukhadia that he will run against Vyas.

In the subsequent vote, he was elected on 13 November 1954, a majority of eight votes to Chief Minister of Rajasthan and held that post until July 8, 1971. This record tenure of 17 years as Chief Minister of the Indian state was not until 1994 broken by Jyoti Basu, the Chief Minister of West Bengal. At the same time he was by then 38 years with the youngest chief minister of any state. With him the first six troubled years of the new state came to an end, in which there were only six chief ministers from the ranks of the INC.

When he became Chief Minister in 1954, in particular the necessary land reform lay before him. In 1959, the adoption of Rajasthan zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act, which led to the ban of the zamindari system ( the supremacy of the nobles ), and the ownership of land by tenants and thus ended the centuries- old system. In addition, he put himself in his tenure for a modernization of the education and health care. In addition, he tried despite a precarious budget situation to the implementation of social projects. This meant that at the end of the 1970s, spending on health and education in Rajasthan was much higher than that of the northern Indian state and the Indian average.

Governor of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

After the end of his tenure as Chief Minister he was first appointed on 1 February 1976 for the Governor of Karnataka. Subsequently, he was on 10 January 1976 a short time governor of the state of Andhra Pradesh. On 16 June 1976 he took over, appointed by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the Office of the Governor of Tamil Nadu and practiced this out until 8 April 1977.

He was named the Mohan Lal Sukhadia University in Udaipur honor.

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