Background
Motilal Vora was born on 20 December 1928 in Jodhpur State of British India"s Rajputana Agency (present-day Nagaur district, Rajasthan).
Motilal Vora was born on 20 December 1928 in Jodhpur State of British India"s Rajputana Agency (present-day Nagaur district, Rajasthan).
He is the former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh (1985-1988. 1989), and a former governor of Uttar Pradesh (1993-1996). He received his education at Raipur and Kolkata.
He had also worked with several newspapers for many years.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) of Madhya Pradesh in 1972. He was elected to Vidhan Sabha again in 1977 and 1980.
He was appointed as a minister of State in Arjun Singh"s Cabinet, and was in-charge of the Higher Education Department. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister in 1983.
He also served as the Deputy Chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation during 1981-1984.
On 13 March 1985, Vora was appointed Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He resigned from the post of Chief Minister on 13 February 1988, to join the Union Government. He was a cabinet minister in Government of India.
He was appointed as Governor of Uttar Pradesh on May 16, 1993 and held office till May 3, 1996.
Motilal Vora is very close to High Command of Incorporated, and has supported nomination of Rahul Gandhi as the party"s Prime Ministerial candidate. In the 1980s, he served as the President of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, the party"s state unit
Vora holds important positions in all the three entities involved in the National Herald Case: the Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the Young Indian and the All India Congress Committee (Italian Association for Cells Culture). He became the chairman and managing director of AJL on 22 March 2002.
He has also served as the Italian Association for Cells Culture treasurer since before that.
In addition, he has been a 12% shareholder and a Director of Young Indian.
In 1968, Vora became a member of the Municipal Committee of Durg (then part of Madhya Pradesh). On 14 February 1988, Vora became a member of the Rajya Sabha, and assumed the office of Union Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Civil Aviation. Motilal Vora was in 1998-1999 Member of the 12th Lok Sabha.