Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai (Redirected from Hitendra Desai)

Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai
Minister of Commerce
In office
30 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime MinisterCharan Singh
Preceded byMohan Dharia
Succeeded byPranab Mukherjee
3rd Chief Minister of Gujarat
In office
20 September 1965 – 12 May 1971
Preceded byBalwantrai Mehta
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byPiloo Mody
Succeeded byJaideep Singh
ConstituencyGodhra
Personal details
Born(1915-08-09)9 August 1915
Surat, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died12 September 1993(1993-09-12) (aged 78)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Political partyIndian National Congress Indian National Congress (O)
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Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai (9 August 1915 – 12 September 1993) was an Indian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Gujarat from 1965 to 1971 and a leader of Indian National Congress and later Indian National Congress.

Political career

Desai was born in Surat In a Gujarati Nagar Brahmin family. As a student, he took leading part in debates, sports and other activities at School and College. In 1941-42, he was arrested during the ‘Quit India’ freedom Movement for offering individual Satyagrah and went to jail for one year. He was Education Minister in the reorganised Bombay state.

Hitendra Desai was the Minister of Law in the ministry headed by Dr. Jivraj Narayan Mehta. He was also Minister for Home and Deputy leader of the House. Later, he was the Chief Minister of the state from 20 September 1965 to 12 May 1971. He decided to side with the syndicate after the expulsion of Indira Gandhi from the Congress. The 1969 Gujarat riots occurred during his administration.



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