Chandulal Chunilal Desai

Chandulal Chunilal Desai
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1967–1972
Preceded byGulzarilal Nanda
Succeeded byManiben Patel
ConstituencySabarkantha, Gujarat
Personal details
Born(1900-04-27)27 April 1900
Bhadran, Kaira district, Bombay Presidency, British India (now in Anand district, Gujarat)
Died22 September 1972(1972-09-22) (aged 72)[1]
New Delhi, India
PartyIndian National Congress (Organisation)
Other political
affiliations
Swatantra Party
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Chandulal Chunilal Desai CIE (27 April 1900–22 September 1972) was an Indian civil servant, diplomat and politician.

Career

Desai was educated at the universities of Bombay and Cambridge, taking a bachelor of arts from the latter. He then began his career in the Indian Civil Service (ICS), joining on 25 October 1923 and arriving in India on 26 November.[2] Assigned to the Central Provinces and Berar, he rose to the position of provincial director of industries in March 1937, and was promoted deputy commissioner that November.[2] In June 1939, he was appointed provincial secretary for local self-government and public health, and continued to serve as secretary for local self-government from July 1941.[2] Appointed controller-general of civil supplies during the Second World War, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1945 Birthday Honours list.[3]

After Indian independence, Desai successively served as high commissioner to Ceylon and to Pakistan. In 1967, he was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Sabarkantha in Gujarat. Initially serving as a member of the Swatantra Party, he became a member of the Indian National Congress (Organisation) following reelection in 1971, dying in office the following year.[1][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary References: Sixth Session of the Fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. 20 (1): 2. 13 November 1972.
  2. 1 2 3 The India Office and Burma Office List. London: HM Stationery Office. 1947. p. 182.
  3. ↑ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2939.
  4. ↑ The Election Archives. Shiv Lal. April 1972. p. 4. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. ↑ V. N. Malhotra (1971). People's Victory: An Analysis of 1971 Elections. p. 26. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  6. ↑ India Who's who. INFA Publications. 1972. p. 213. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lok Sabha Profile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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