Hukam Chand Kachwai

Hukamchand Munnalal Kachwai
हुकमचंद मुन्नालाल कछवाए
Member of Parliament for 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Lok Sabha
Personal details
Born
Hukamchand Munnalal Kachwai

(1933-07-23)23 July 1933
Ujjain, Ujjain district, Rewa State, British India
Died1996 (aged 62–63)
Ujjain, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, India
CitizenshipIndian
Nationality India
Political partyBhartiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
SpouseRam Kumari Kachwai (m. 21 November 1961)
Domestic partnerPratap Singh
Children
  • 4 son
  • 1 daughter
ParentMunnalal Kachwai (father)
Residence(s)Kachwai Bhavan, Arya Samaj Road, Ujjain, Madhya pradesh
OccupationAgriculturist
ProfessionPolitician
Source: [1]

Hukam Chand Kachwai (July 23, 1933 – 1996) was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, Social worker, trade unionist and a former member of Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.[2] Kachwai participated in Satyagraha and jailed for two months. To fulfill the demamnds of the workers of Shri Gopal Paper Mills, Kachwai went on 28 days hunger strike and again jailed for 57 days. Kachwai was jailed several times in the connections with politicals movements and remained detained for 19 months during Emergency in India.[3]

Hukam Chand Kachwai is the fist indian Member of Parliament who raised the questions in Indian Parliament to develop the Atom Bomb in India to make the country powerful but he was opposed hard by MPs of Indian National Congress party.[4]

President Ram Nath Kovind (as young man) speaking in 3rd meeting of Koli society in Ujjain and Hukam Chand Kachwai seating on stage in centre (left of table).jpg
  1. ^ "कद्दावर नेता थे हुकमचंद : 90 के दशक में खटपट होने पर छोड़ी पार्टी, कांग्रेस में हुए थे शामिल | Hukamchand had left in BJP in 90s, Congress included in". Patrika News (in Hindi). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ Sen, Mamta Chitnis (23 September 2020). Realpolitik: Exposing India's Political System. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-93-5388-545-8.
  3. ^ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ^ "हुकमचंद कछवाय: संसद में पहली बार भारत को परमाणु ताकत बनाने की बात करने वाला 'अंजान' शख्स". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 October 2022.