Sunder Lal Patwa

Sunder Lal Patwa
Minister of Mines
In office
7 November 2000 – 1 September 2001
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byNaveen Patnaik
Succeeded byRam Vilas Paswan
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office
30 September 2000 – 7 November 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded bySatyabrata Mookherjee
Minister of Agriculture
In office
6 March 2000 – 26 May 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byNitish Kumar
Succeeded byNitish Kumar
Minister of Rural Development
In office
13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byBabagouda Patil
Succeeded byVenkaiah Naidu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
Preceded bySartaj Singh
Succeeded bySartaj Singh
ConstituencyNarmadapuram
In office
1997–1998
Preceded byAlka Nath
Succeeded byKamal Nath
ConstituencyChhindwara
11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
In office
5 March 1990 – 15 December 1992
Preceded byShyama Charan Shukla
Succeeded byPresident's rule
In office
20 January 1980 – 17 February 1980
Preceded byVirendra Kumar Sakhlecha
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Leader of the Opposition
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
4 July 1980 – 10 March 1985
Chief MinisterArjun Singh
Preceded byArjun Singh
Succeeded byKailash Chandra Joshi
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1985–1997
Preceded byShaligram
Succeeded byNaresh Singh Patel
ConstituencyBhojpur
In office
1980–1985
Preceded bySabita Bajpai
Succeeded byShankar Lal
ConstituencySehore
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byShyam Sunder Patidar
Succeeded byShyam Sunder Patidar
ConstituencyMandsaur
In office
1957–1967
Preceded byNadram Das
Succeeded byconstituency established
ConstituencyManasa
Personal details
Born(1924-11-11)11 November 1924
Kukreshwar, Gwalior State, British India
Died28 December 2016(2016-12-28) (aged 92)
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party

Sunder Lal Patwa (11 November 1924 – 28 December 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.

He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the only politician who defeated Congress strong man Kamal Nath in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017 by the Government of India.[1][2]

  1. ^ "List of Padma awardees 2017". The Hindu. 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Sunderlal Patwa, 'Doctor Dadi' among Padma awardees from Madhya Pradesh". Times of India. 27 January 2017.