Gurudas Kamat

Gurudas Kamat
Gurudas Kamat in November 2010
Member of the India Parliament
for Mumbai North West
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Member of the India Parliament
for Mumbai North East
In office
16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Personal details
Born(1954-10-05)5 October 1954
Ankola, Bombay State, India
Died22 August 2018(2018-08-22) (aged 63)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Political partyINC
SpouseMaharookh Gurudas Kamat
ChildrenDr. Sunil Kamat
Websitegurudaskamat.com

Gurudas Kamat (5 October 1954 – 22 August 2018) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress (INC).

An advocate by profession, Kamat was a commerce graduate from R.A. Podar College, Mumbai[1] and has a law degree from the Government Law College, Mumbai.[2]

He was a Member of the Parliament for the Mumbai North West constituency of Maharashtra in 2009 and Mumbai North East constituency of Maharashtra in 1984, 1991, 1998 and 2004.[3] He served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs with additional charge of Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India during 2009 to 2011.[4] In July 2011, he resigned as minister.[5][6][7][8][9] In July 2013, Kamat was appointed General Secretary All India Congress Committee and given charge of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu[10] and was also appointed a member of the Congress Working Committee,[11] the highest decision making body of the Indian National Congress. In 2014, he lost the Lok Sabha Election.[12][13] In 2017, Kamat resigned from all positions that he held at the Indian National Congress.[14][15] Despite his insistence on resignation the Party continued to acknowledge him as the General Secretary of AICC.

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  4. ^ "Senior Congress Leader Gurudas Kamat Quits All Posts". IANS. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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  7. ^ "Union Council of Ministers". thehindu.com. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Union Minister Gurudas Kamat inaugurates MIDC's First Musical Fountain". daijiworld.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Gurudas Kamat resigns". moneycontrol.com. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Gurudas Kamat thanks Congress for being appointed as general secretary". news18.com. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Reshuffling the old guard". tehelka.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Key Contestant: Gurudas Kamat". ndtv.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  13. ^ Deshpande, Vinaya (17 May 2014). "Rude jolt for Congress stalwarts in Mumbai". thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Congress leader Gurudas Kamat: I quit, why can't others". mid-day.com. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Senior Congress Leader Gurudas Kamat Quits All Posts". IANS. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.