Background
He was born in Nurpur, Kangra District.
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Sat Mahajan
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Education
Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Career
He was a political and a social worker Mahajan was the Secretary of the Current Affairs Society during his college years. He was the President of the Nurpur Municipal Committee for five consecutive terms.
He was the President of the Kangra District Congress Committee and Pradesh Congress Committee for three terms.
He visited Russia on an Indo-Soviet Friendship Mission. Mahajan was elected to the State Legislative Assembly first in 1977 and then again in 1982, 1985, 1993 and in 2003.
He was the Revenue Minister (at Cabinet rank) from May 1980 to January 1985. He was also the Transport Minister (of Cabinet rank) from 1985 to 1990.
He was the Chairman of Committee on Estimates from 1994 to 1995 and Rural Development Minister (at Cabinet rank) from 6 March 2003 onwards.
He died from cardiac arrest at Escort Hospital. He had been hospitalized to undergo an angioplasty earlier that week, but had been discharged after surgery.
Achievements
Politics
He has represented the Indian National Congress as one of the member delegation in the International Socialist Conference held in Lisbon.
Membership
He also represented the country in the United Nations as a member of the parliamentary delegation. He also remained an Member of Parliament for the Kangra Parliamentary Constituency from 1996 to 1998.
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Born
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Nationality
India -
Political Party
Indian National Congress