Background
KAUSHIK, Purushottam was born on September 24, 1930 in Mahasamund. Son of Dhalu Ram and Ramkunwar Kaushik.
KAUSHIK, Purushottam was born on September 24, 1930 in Mahasamund. Son of Dhalu Ram and Ramkunwar Kaushik.
Raipur, Sagar, Nagpur University.
Joined Socialist Party 1952. Engaged in political organisation of Adivasi peasants and agricultural workers in Chattisgarh. Organized hunger marches 1965, 1974.
Helped to form Kisan Khetihar Mazdoor Sangh (co-operative organisation) in Chattisgarh.
Chairman Madhya Pradesh Socialist Party 1975-1977. Detained during emergency 1975-1977.
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation 1977-1979, of Infor mation and Broadcasting 1979-1980. Chairman Member of Parliament Unit Lok Dal.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of the Indian Parliament from Raipur in 1977 and Durg in 1989 from Madhya Pradesh as a member of the Janata Dal.
Married Amrit Kaushik in 1945.