Mohan Lal Gautam
Mohan Lal Gautam | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1969–1972 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 1946–1950 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1902 |
| Died | 4 August 1977 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Children | Sheela Gautam |
| Occupation | Independence activist, politician |
Mohan Lal Gautam (1902–1977) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.[1] A joint secretary of the Congress Socialist Party[2] (1934) and later General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), Gautam participated in the anti-colonial freedom struggles such as the Non-Cooperation and Quit India movements.[3] After independence, he served in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet as Minister for Local Self-Government (1952–1954) under Govind Ballabh Pant,[4] and later as Minister for Cooperation and Agriculture under Sampurnanand.[5] He also served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Uttar Pradesh from 1969 to 1972.[1]
Career
Gautam was born in 1902 in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh.[3] He was active in the Indian Independence movement.[3] In 1934, he was a founding member of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) and served as the joint secretary of CSP. CSP was founded within the Indian National Congress.[6] In 1950, when Purushottam Tandon was serving as the president of Congress Party, Gautam was appointed as the General Secretary of the party.[4] According to political scientist Paul Brass, Gautam was Tandon's main political organiser.[4] Under his tenure as general secretary, Gautam helped to distribute Congress tickets for the 1952 General Elections.[4] In 1962 general election, he contested from the Khair constituency in Aligarh but was defeated.[7]
He died on 4th August 1977.[8]
Personal life
Gautam was born in a Brahmin family.[4] His daughter, Sheela Gautam, was a four-time Member of Parliament (MP) from Aligarh constituency and the founder of Sheela Foam Limited (Sleepwell).[9]
References
- 1 2 "Mohanlal Gautam". The Nehru Archive. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ Chakravarty, Suhash (2006). Crusader Extraordinary: Krishna Menon and the India League, 1932-36. India Research Press. p. 454. ISBN 978-81-87943-57-0.
- 1 2 3 "संविधान दिवस: अलीगढ़ में जन्में स्वतंत्रता सेनानी मोहनलाल गौतम रहे थे संविधान सभा के सदस्य" [Constitution Day: Aligarh-born freedom fighter Mohanlal Gautam was a member of the Constituent Assembly] (in Hindi). Hindustan. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Brass 1965, p. 44.
- ↑ Brass 1965, p. 45–46.
- ↑ Brass 1965, p. 23.
- ↑ Brass 1965, p. 107–109.
- ↑ Ali, Qurban (10 June 2017). "Congress Socialist Party (CSP) at a Glance and Short Profiles Works of Its Leaders". Academia.edu. p. 45.
- ↑ "Sleepwell founder, ex-MP Sheela Gautam dead at 88". The Weekend Leader. Retrieved 25 August 2026.