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Ram Prakash Gupta | |
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13th Governor of Madhya Pradesh | |
In office 7 May 2003 – 1 May 2004 | |
Preceded by | Bhai Mahavir |
Succeeded by | K.M. Seth (Acting) |
19th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 12 November 1999 – 28 October 2000 | |
Preceded by | Kalyan Singh |
Succeeded by | Rajnath Singh |
1st Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 3 April 1967 – 25 February 1968 | |
Chief Minister | Charan Singh |
Succeeded by | Kamalapati Tripathi |
State Industry Minister | |
In office 1977–1979 | |
Chief Minister | Ram Naresh Yadav |
Personal details | |
Born | Jhansi, United Provinces, British India (Now in Uttar Pradesh, India) | 26 October 1923
Died | 1 May 2004 New Delhi, India | (aged 80)
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Website | ramprakashgupta |
Ram Prakash Gupta (26 October 1923 – 1 May 2004[1]) was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as its predecessor party, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
A post-graduate in science from Allahabad University, he was a member of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
He represented the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in the Vidhan Parishad and was chosen to be Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh when Charan Singh formed the first non-Congress government in 1967 which was also known as Samyukta Vidhayak Dal government.[citation needed]
He was later the state's Minister of Industries in the Janata Party government led by Ram Naresh Yadav in 1977.[citation needed]
Following the fall of the Janata Party, he was instrumental in re-building the Bhartiya Janata Pary in Uttar Pradesh and was the architect of the party's win in the state elections in 1991.[citation needed]
On 7 May 2003, he was named as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.[citation needed]
He was married and had two sons. He died of illness on 1 May 2004 after being admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.[1]