Kailash Chandra Joshi

Kailash Chandra Joshi
9th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
In office 24 June 1977 – 17 January 1978
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha
Leader of the Opposition Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 23 March 1985 – 3 March 1990
Chief Minister	Motilal Vora Arjun Singh Shyama Charan Shukla
Preceded by	Sunderlal Patwa
Succeeded by	Shyama Charan Shukla
In office 28 March 1972 – 30 April 1977
Chief Minister	Prakash Chandra Sethi Shyama Charan Shukla
Preceded by	Vasant Sadashiv Pradhan
Succeeded by	Arjun Singh
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2014
Preceded by	Uma Bharti
Succeeded by	Alok Sanjar
Constituency	Bhopal
Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 2000 – 13 May 2004
Succeeded by	Narayan Singh Kesari
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1962–1998
Preceded by	seat established
Succeeded by	Shyam Holani
Constituency	Bagli
Personal details
Born	(1929-07-14)14 July 1929 Hatpipliya, Dewas State, British India
Died	24 November 2019(2019-11-24) (aged 90) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	BJP
Spouse	Tara Joshi
Children	3 sons and 3 daughters
Residence	Bhopal
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Kailash Chandra Joshi (14 July 1929 – 24 November 2019) was an Indian politician who was the 9th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 1970s. Later he was a member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh (2000-2004), and a member of Lok Sabha (2004-2014) from Bhopal belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He started his political career with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which later morphed into BJP.

Personal life

He was born in 1929 to Shri Umashankar Joshi & Smt. Rambha Bai Joshi a Bawisa Brahmin (Adi Gaur) Family in Hatpipaliya, Dewas. He was married in 1951 to Smt. Tara Joshi having 3 sons & 3 daughters. His son, Deepak Joshi was the MLA for Bagli from 2003-2008 and later, the MLA for Hatpipliya from 2008-2018.

Kailash Joshi died at the age of 90 on 24 November 2019.

Career

He served six months as the 9th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, from June 1977 to January 1978 as a member of Janata Party. He was MLA for eight consecutive terms from 1962 to 1998 from Bagli constituency of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a member of Jana Sangh, briefly Janata Party, and finally BJP.

He was BJP's losing candidate from Rajgarh (Lok Sabha constituency) in February 1998. Later that year, he lost the assembly election from his stronghold of Bagli. He served as member of the Rajya Sabha from 2000 to 2004. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2014, representing the Bhopal constituency in Madhya Pradesh, as a member of BJP.

External links

• Information on MPs
• Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website