Background
SETHI, Prakash was born on October 19, 1920 in Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan. Son of Shri Bhanwarlal Sethi.
SETHI, Prakash was born on October 19, 1920 in Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan. Son of Shri Bhanwarlal Sethi.
Madhav College, Ujjain and Holkar College, Indore.
President Madhav Nagar Ward Congress 1947, Ujjain District Congress 1951, 1954, 1957, Textile Clerks Association 1948-1949. Madhya Bharat Employees Association Vice-President 1942, 1949, 1952. Treasure Madhya Bharat Congress 195455.
Executive 1953-1957.
Director Ujjain District Company-operative Bank 1957-1959. A.I.C.C. Zonal Representative for Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bombay and Gujarat 1955-1956. Observer for Bihar December 1966.
Elected to Rajya Sabha February 1961, April 1964, to Lok Sabha February 1967.
Deputy Minister for Steel, Heavy Industries and Mines, Central Government 1962-1967, Minister of State 1967-1969. Minister for Revenue and Expenditure 1969-1970.
Minister of Defence Production 1970-1971. Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals 1971-1972.
Chief Minister Madhya Pradesh 197275.
Minister of Fertilizers and Chemicals 1975-1977. Arrested October 1977. Minister of Works and Housing January-October 1980, of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers 1980-1981, of Railways January-September 1982, for Home Affairs 84, of Planning and Irrigation 1984-1985.
Suspended from Congress October 1986.
Representative Government, of India at Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ Conference, Barbados 1969. Leader of delegation to Colombo Plan Conference, Victoria 1969.
Governor for India, Asian Development Bank, Manila, and Institute Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1969.
Quit India Movement 1942. Ujjain District and Madhya Baharat Congress Committee.