Ghanshyam Oza

Ghanshyam Oza
4th Chief Minister of Gujarat
In office
17 March 1972 – 17 July 1973
Preceded by President's rule
Succeeded by Chimanbhai Patel
Personal details
Born (1911-10-25)25 October 1911
Gujarat, India
Died 12 July 2002(2002-07-12) (aged 90)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Ramalaxmi
Children Hansa, Rohit, Sharad, Pragna.
Religion Hindu

Ghanshyam Chhotalal Oza (25 October 1911 – 12 July 2002[1]) was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, India from 17 March 1972 to 17 July 1973. He was B.A. and L.L.B. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saurashtra State from 1948 to 1956. He later became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Bombay state in 1956. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1967 and again from 1971 to 1972. Later, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 10 April 1978 to 9 April 1984. He was a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 1972-74.

He was a minister (1952–56) in U.N.Dhebar ministry when 'United State of Kathiawar' was formed. He became M.P.in 1962 also when he won Loksabha seat from Surendranagar. In a very closely contested Loksabha election of Rajkot constituency in 1971, Ghanshyam Oza defeated the famous Minu Masani(Swatantra party) and became a minister in the cabinet of PM Indira Gandhi. Shree Ghanshyam Oza disliked 'emergency' imposed by Indira Gandhi,and in the Loksabha election of 1977,he worked for the than 'janta party'under Morarji Desai. Unconfirmed report said that he was under house arrest for some time during emergency. He was elected from Gujrat to Rajya Sabha (janta party) from 10-04-1978 to 09-04-1984.Till his last days, he did his best for the betterment of the poor.

  1. ↑ "Ex CM Ghanshyam Oza passes away". The Times of India. 13 July 2002. Retrieved 2009-09-07.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.