Madhu Dandavate

Madhu Dandavate ( born January 21, 1924 in Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra, † November 12, 2005 in Mumbai, Maharashtra ) was an Indian socialist politician and physicist.

Madhu Dandavate studied at the Royal Institution of Science in Bombay from 1946 to 1971 and taught physics at the University of Bombay. He was involved as a student politically for the independence and led in 1955 an independence movement in the Portuguese Goa. He was from 1971 to 1990 five times Member of the Lok Sabha. Under Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, he was a leader of the opposition in parliament and during this time (just like his wife, but separated from it ) 1975 18 months in prison. Under the government of Vishwanath Pratap Singh, he was Finance Minister Morarji Desai and railway minister. The Indian population it is from this period because of the introduction of more comfortable seats in the railways in memory. 1990 and 1996 to 1998 he was Chairman ( Deputy Chairman ) of the Indian Planning Commission.

He played a leading role in the Konkan railway project.

Dandavate, who hails from a Brahmin Deshastha - was married to the well-known politician Pramila Dandavate, who died in 2002. Madhu Dandavate died on 12 November 2005 at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai, from cancer.

He is the author of several books, including Marx and Gandhi.