Purushottam Kaushik

Indian politician (1930–2017)

Purushottam Kaushik

Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Preceded by| L. K. Advani
Succeeded by| Vasant Sathe
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office
26 March 1977 – 15 July 1979
Preceded by| Kotha Raghuramaiah
Succeeded by| Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989-1991
Preceded by| Chandulal Chandrakar
Succeeded by| Chandulal Chandrakar
Constituency| Durg, Madhya Pradesh
In office
1977-1980
Preceded by| Vidya Charan Shukla
Succeeded by| Keyur Bhushan
Constituency| Raipur, Madhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born| (1930-09-24)24 September 1930
Mahasamund, Central Provinces, British India
Died| 5 October 2017(2017-10-05) (aged 87)
Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party| Janata Dal
Other political
affiliations| Samyukta Socialist Party, Janata Party
Spouse| Amrit Kaushik[1]
Children| 3
Occupation|

* Agriculturist
* Lawyer
* Politician

Source: [1]

Purushottam Lal Kaushik (24 September 1930 – 5 October 2017)[2] was an Indian Politician.

## Details[edit]

He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of the Indian Parliament from Raipur in 1977 and Durg in 1989 from Madhya Pradesh as a member of the Janata Dal.[3] He was the Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation in the Morarji Desai ministry and later Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Charan Singh ministry[4][5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ex Union Tourism Minister's wife passes away". United News of India. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
2. ^ "Former Union Minister Purushottam Lal Kaushik Passes Away". news18.com. Press Trust of India. 6 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
3. ^ "9th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
4. ^ Linda K. Richter (1989). The Politics of Tourism in Asia. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-0-8248-1140-2.
5. ^ Ananth V. Krishna (1 September 2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense Of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-81-317-3465-0.

## External links[edit]

* Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website

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Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

Organizations|

| Directorates|

* Directorate General of Civil Aviation

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Attached offices|

* Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
* Commission of Railway Safety
* Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau

Autonomous bodies|

* Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy

Statutory bodies|

* Airports Authority of India

Schemes|

* UDAN

Missions|

* Vande Bharat Mission

Projects|

* National Infrastructure Pipeline
* Civil Air Department RG-1 Rohini
* Civil Aviation Department MG-1
* Civil Aviation Department Mrigasheer
* Civil Aviation Department Revathi
* Hindustan Ardhra

Secretaries|

* Pradeep Singh Kharola(incumbent)

Ministers|

* John Mathai(Minister of Transport)
* N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar(Minister of Transport and Railways)
* Lal Bahadur Shastri(Minister of Railways and Transport)
* Hari Vinayak Pataskar
* Lal Bahadur Shastri(Minister of Transport and Communications)
* S. K. Patil(Minister of Transport and Communications)
* P. Subbarayan(Minister of Transport and Communications)
* Jagjivan Ram(Minister of Transport and Communications)
* Satya Narayan Sinha
* Nityanand Kanungo(As MoS)
* Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy(Minister of Transport, Aviation, Shipping, and Tourism)
* Karan Singh
* Raj Bahadur
* Kotha Raghuramaiah
* Purushottam Kaushik
* Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
* Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
* Anant Prasad Sharma
* Bhagwat Jha Azad (MoS, IC)
* Khurshed Alam Khan
* Jagdish Tytler
* Motilal Vora
* Shivraj Patil (MoS, IC)
* Arif Mohammed Khan
* Harmohan Dhawan(MoS, IC)
* Madhavrao Scindia
* Ghulam Nabi Azad
* V. Dhananjaya Kumar
* C. M. Ibrahim
* Ananth Kumar
* Sharad Yadav
* Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
* Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MoS, IC)
* Praful Patel (MoS, IC)
* Vayalar Ravi
* Ajit Singh
* Ashok Gajapathi Raju
* Narendra Modi
* Suresh Prabhu
* Hardeep Singh Puri(MoS, IC)
* Jyotiraditya Scindia(incumbent)

Other|

* Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan

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Ministers of Information and Broadcasting

* Vallabhbhai Patel
* R. R. Diwakar
* B. V. Keskar
* Satya Narayan Sinha
* Indira Gandhi
* Nandini Satpathy
* Inder Kumar Gujral
* Vidya Charan Shukla
* L. K. Advani
* Purushottam Kaushik
* Vasant Sathe
* H. K. L. Bhagat
* V. N. Gadgil
* Ajit Kumar Panja
* P. Upendra
* Chandra Shekhar
* Ajit Kumar Panja
* K. P. Singh Deo
* P. A. Sangma
* Jaipal Reddy
* Arun Jaitley
* Sushma Swaraj
* Ravi Shankar Prasad
* Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
* Ambika Soni
* Manish Tewari
* Prakash Javadekar
* Arun Jaitley
* Venkaiah Naidu
* Smriti Irani
* Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
* Prakash Javadekar
* Anurag Thakur(incumbent)

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