Madhu Dandavate (21 January, 1924 - 12 November, 2005) was an
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
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politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
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From 1971 to 1990 he was an
M.P.A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators. Members of...
, elected to the
Lok SabhaThe Lok Sabha is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of India. As of 2009 there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
for 5 times consecutively from Rajapur in
KonkanThe Konkan , also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore...
,
MaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....
. He was one of the prominent opposition leaders when
Indira GandhiIndira Priyadarshini Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī; née: Nehru; (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977...
and
Rajiv GandhiRajiv Ratna Gandhi , the elder son of Indira Nehru and Feroze Gandhi, was the 7th Prime Minister of India from his mother's death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on 2 December 1989 following a general election defeat...
were the
Prime MinistersThe Prime Minister of India is the head of government of the Republic of India, and head of the Council of Ministers, appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive in India...
. He was the minister for railways in the
Morarji Desai MinistryMorarji Desai was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 24 March 1977. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry with portfolios.- Cabinet ministers :*Morarji Desai-Prime Minister*Charan Singh-Deputy Prime Minister of India-Home...
. He initiated improvements in second-class railway travel for passengers by replacing the wooden berths with berths consisting of two inches foam.
Madhu Dandavate (21 January, 1924 - 12 November, 2005) was an
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
n
politicianA politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest,...
.
From 1971 to 1990 he was an
M.P.A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators. Members of...
, elected to the
Lok SabhaThe Lok Sabha is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of India. As of 2009 there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
for 5 times consecutively from Rajapur in
KonkanThe Konkan , also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore...
,
MaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's third largest state by area and second largest by population....
. He was one of the prominent opposition leaders when
Indira GandhiIndira Priyadarshini Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī; née: Nehru; (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977...
and
Rajiv GandhiRajiv Ratna Gandhi , the elder son of Indira Nehru and Feroze Gandhi, was the 7th Prime Minister of India from his mother's death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on 2 December 1989 following a general election defeat...
were the
Prime MinistersThe Prime Minister of India is the head of government of the Republic of India, and head of the Council of Ministers, appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive in India...
. He was the minister for railways in the
Morarji Desai MinistryMorarji Desai was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 24 March 1977. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry with portfolios.- Cabinet ministers :*Morarji Desai-Prime Minister*Charan Singh-Deputy Prime Minister of India-Home...
. He initiated improvements in second-class railway travel for passengers by replacing the wooden berths with berths consisting of two inches foam. He was also the
FinanceFinance is the science of funds management. The general areas of finance are business finance, personal finance, and public finance. Finance includes saving money and often includes lending money. The field of finance deals with the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated...
minister in the cabinet of
V. P. SinghVishwanath Pratap Singh was the 8
th Prime Minister of the Republic of India and the 41
st Raja Bahadur of Manda.-Early life:...
. He actively campaigned for the
Konkan Railway|}The Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast of India. It was constructed and is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation...
. He was also the
Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission of India in 1990 and again from 1996 to 1998. He was associated with the
Janata Dal (Secular)The Janata Dal is a left of centre Indian political party led by former Prime Minister of India H.D. Deve Gowda. It was formed in July 1999 by the split of Janata Dal party.. It has political presence mainly in Karnataka. In Kerala, the party is part of the LDF government.Apart from Mr...
, a party led by
H. D. Deve GowdaHaradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda was the 14th Prime Minister of the Republic of India and the 14th chief minister of the state of Karnataka ....
. He was known for his probity in public life. He was born in Deshastha family. He was popularly known as Economist. His wife , Pramilla Dantavate was also prominently involved in the Socialist movement in India.
As per his wish, his body was donated
http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/15/stories/2005111503871300.htm to JJ Hospital,
MumbaiMumbai, formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper is the most-populous in the world, with approximately 14 million inhabitants. Along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it forms the world's 4th largest urban agglomeration, with around...
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