Raj Bahadur

For the Indian cricketer, see Raj Bahadur (cricketer).

Raj Bahadur
Raj Bahadur on a 2013 stamp of India
India Ambassador to Nepal
In office January 1968 – January 1971
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office 9 November 1973 – 22 December 1976
Preceded by	Karan Singh
Succeeded by	Kotha Raghuramaiah
Ministry of Communications
In office 7 December 1956 – 17 April 1957
Preceded by	Jagjivan Ram
Succeeded by	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Personal details
Born	(1912-08-21)21 August 1912 Basan Gate, Bharatpur (present-day Rajasthan, India)
Died	22 September 1990(1990-09-22) (aged 78) New Delhi, India

Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) He was the leader of the Indian National Congress, who was elected a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from the state of Rajasthan. After independence, he became the first tourism minister of India.^[1]

Career

He was three times elected to Lok Sabha from Bharatpur (Lok Sabha constituency). He also served as Minister of Telecommunications for year 1956 – 57.^[2] He was elected to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Bharatpur in 1980. Raj Bahadur also served as India's ambassador to Nepal.

He died on 22 September 1990 in New Delhi.

References

1. "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in.
2. Former Ministers – Department of Telecommunications – Government of India Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Raj Bahadur bioprofile