- Jagannathrao Joshi
Jagannathrao Joshi was a leader of
Bharatiya Janata Party and a member ofLok Sabha ( lower house ofparliament of India ).He was born in 1920 in a
Kannadiga family at Vatgunda inKaranataka state inIndia in 1920. He passed his matriculation from Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya inPune and graduation in English Hons fromSir Parshurambhau College . Later he joined politics.Joshi was elected to the Lok Sabha continuously for two terms during 1967 to 1977 from
Bhopal andShajapur constituencies ofMadhya Pradesh . Later he served as a Member ofRajya Sabha from 1978 to 1984.He was an erudite orator a renowned social and political worker. He actively participated in
Goa Liberation Movement.Joshi died on 15 July, 1991 at the age of 71.
References
* [http://www.bjp.org/today/July_0205/July_4_p_30.htm]
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses1/01160791.htm]
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