Lalit Suri

Lalit Suri
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
14 November 2002 – 4 July 2004
Preceded byB. P. Singhal
Succeeded byJaya Bachchan
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born(1946-11-19)19 November 1946
Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India
Died10 October 2006(2006-10-10) (aged 59)
London, England
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
Jyotsna Suri
​
(m. 1973)​
Children4
Residence(s)New Delhi, Delhi, India
Occupation
  • Businessperson
  • politician

Lalit Suri (19 November 1946 — 10 October 2006) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as an Independent politician.[1][2]

Being the Chairman of the Bharat Hotels chain now known as LaLiT, he was the single-largest hotel owner owning around 1600 rooms. His hotel chain encompasses seven hotels including the flagship InterContinental The Grand in Delhi along with other six Grand hotels in Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Srinagar, Udaipur and Khajuraho. He died at the age of 59 on October 10, 2006, in London.[3]

  1. ^ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Hotelier Lalit Suri dies of heart attack in UK". The Economic Times. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ^ "MP, hotelier Lalit Suri dies in London". The Economic Times. 10 October 2006.