Mohan Dharia

Mohan Dharia (14 February 1925 - 14 October 2013) was a Union minister, a lawyer and social worker. During his last days he stayed in Pune. Dharia was an environmentalist and ran a non-government organisation Vanarai. He was elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Pune Lok Sabha constituency, first in 1971 as an Indian National Congress (INC) member and became a Minister of State, and later in 1977 as a Bharatiya Lok Dal member, and joined the Morarji Desai Ministry as Union Minister of Commerce. Prior to it, he remained member of the Rajya Sabha twice from INC, first 1964-1970 and then 1970- 1971

He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour in 2005, by Government of India for his contribution in social work. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Dharia, Mohan, 1925-
    Published 1978
    Puṇe : Viśvakarmā Sāhityālaya, 1978.
    9, 378 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 22 cm.
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    by Dharia, Mohan, 1925-
    Published 1975
    New Delhi : S. Chand, 1975.
    x, 184 p. ; 22 cm.

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