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Murali Manohar Joshi

Murli Manohar Joshi
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Minister of Human Resource Development
In office
19 May 1998 – 22 May 2004
Succeeded by Arjun Singh
Constituency Rajya Sabha
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
19 May1999 – 22 May 2004
Succeeded by Amit Sibal
MP
Assumed office
2014
Preceded by Sriprakash Jaiswal
Constituency Kanpur
In office
2009-2014
Preceded by Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra
Succeeded by Narendra Damodardas Modi
Constituency Varanasi
In office
1996-2004
Preceded by Saroj Dubey
Succeeded by Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh
Constituency Allahabad
In office
1977–1985
Preceded by Narendra Singh Bisht
Succeeded by Harish Rawat
Constituency Almora
Personal details
Born (1934-01-05) 5 January 1934 (age 84)
Nainital, United Provinces, British India
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Tarla Joshi
Alma mater Allahabad University
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Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician, a leading member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the current Member of Parliament for Kanpur. He later became the Union Human Resources Development minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. He is best known for his views on Hindu socio-politics and for his affiliation with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of which he had been a pracharak. Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.

Joshi was born on 5 January 1934, hailing from the Kumaon Hills region of Nainital northern India which today form a part of the state of Uttarakhand. Joshi had his early education in Chandpur, District Bijnore and Almora (currently part of Uttarakhand). He completed his B.Sc. from Meerut College and M.Sc. from Allahabad University. Here one of his teachers was Professor Rajendra Singh, who later became the RSS Sarsanghchalak. He did his doctorate from Allahabad University. The subject of his doctoral thesis was spectroscopy. He published a research paper in Physics in Hindi, which was a first of its kind. After completing his PhD, Joshi started teaching Physics at Allahabad University.


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