Ved Prakash Goyal

Ved Prakash Goyal (1926 – 17 December 2008) was an Indian politician and the Union Minister of shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in India from 2001 to 2003. He was the treasurer of Bharatiya Janata Party for a long time. He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. He was a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.

Early life

He was born in 1926 in Karnal in Haryana and passed B.Sc. (Engg.). He was educated at Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, Lahore and at Banaras Hindu University.[1]

Personal life

He died from complications of brain tumor at the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai on 17 December 2008.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ved Prakash Goyal Biography". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
  2. ↑ "Former Union Minister Goyal passes away". Press Trust of India. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

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