Santosh Mohan Dev

Santosh Mohan Dev
Dev in 2008
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
In office
2005 – 2008
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded bySushilkumar Shinde
Succeeded byPraful Patel
Minister of Water Resources
Additional Charge
18 November 2005 – 28 January 2006
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Succeeded bySaifuddin Soz
Minister of State, Government of India
In office
1986 – 1989
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
TermDepartment
Oct. 1986 to Feb. 1988Tourism and Communications
Feb. 1988 to June 1988Defence
June 1988 to Dec. 1989Home Affairs
In office
1991 – 1996
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
DepartmentSteel (Independent Charge)
In office
23 May 2004 – 17 November 2005
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
DepartmentHeavy Industries and Public Enterprises (Independent Charge)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1980–1989; 1996–1998; 1999–2009
Preceded byKabindra Purkayastha
Succeeded byKabindra Purkayastha
ConstituencySilchar, Assam
In office
1989–1996
Preceded byAjoy Biswas
Succeeded byBadal Choudhury
ConstituencyTripura West, Tripura
Personal details
Born(1934-04-01)1 April 1934
Silchar, Assam Province, British India
Died2 August 2017(2017-08-02) (aged 83)
Silchar, Assam, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseBithika Dev
Children4 daughters including Sushmita Dev
ResidenceSilchar
As of 25 February, 2006
Source: [1]

Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in office as the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Out of these seven, he has represented Silchar constituency, Assam five times and he was elected from Tripura West constituency twice. Mr Dev has the rare distinction of being elected from two different states.

Dev with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on a meeting