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Krishana Kumar Goyal
politician
- April 21, 2013
- 80 years
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Krishana Kumar Goyal, 80, Indian politician.
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Krishna Kumar Goyal was an influential Indian politician whose career spanned several decades of
Krishana Kumar Goyal
1932 – 2013
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A look at the political career and legacy of Indian leader Krishna Kumar Goyal, who served in the Lok Sabha and Rajasthan government.
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Krishna Kumar Goyal was an influential Indian politician whose career spanned several decades of transformative service. Born in the early 1930s, Goyal began his electoral journey representing the Kota constituency in the Rajasthan Assembly. Following his years as a state legislator, his commitment to public life led him to nineteen months of imprisonment during the emergency period. In 1977, he secured a seat in the 6th Lok Sabha and served as a union minister under Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Throughout the 1980s and early 90s, he held significant roles, including Industry Minister for Rajasthan and Chairman of the Finance Commission. After a lifelong dedication to governance and the Bharatiya Janata Party, Krishna Kumar Goyal passed away in 2013 at the age of eighty.
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|Krishna Kumar Goyal (1932/1933 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian politician from Kota, Rajasthan and a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In 1962 he was elected to the Rajasthan Assembly from Kota Constituency as a Bharatiya Jana Sangh Candidate. Again, in 1967, he was re-elected to the Rajasthan Assembly from Kota Constituency as a Bharatiya Jana Sangh Candidate. During the emergency period, he was in Jail for a period of 19 months. In 1977 he was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Kota constituency in Rajasthan state as a Janata Party candidate. He was the minister of Commerce, Civil Supplies, and Cooperation in the union cabinet headed by Morarji Desai from 1977 to 1980. Again, in 1980, he was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha from Kota (Rajasthan) and was a member of the various Committees in the parliament during 1980–1984. In 1989, he was elected to the Rajasthan Assembly from Bundi Constituency. During 1989 - 1992, he served as Industry Minister in Rajasthan Government headed by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. From, 1993 - 1995, he was the Chairman of the Finance Commission of Rajasthan.
At the age of 80 years, he died on 21 April 2013.
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