About H. R. Gokhale
Lived 1915 – 1978 (aged 62–63). H. R. Gokhale was an Indian politician.
H. R. Gokhale (5 October 1915 – 15 February 1978) was an Indian politician who was a member of the Indian National Congress from Maharashtra and of the Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West. He served as cabinet minister of Law and Justice in the Indira Gandhi government during The Emergency (1975–1977). He died at the age of 62 after suffering a heart attack in New Delhi in February 1978.
He was the father in law of the writer Namita Gokhale.
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Who was H. R. Gokhale?
Indian politician
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H. R. Gokhale was born in 1915.
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H. R. Gokhale died in 1978.
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H. R. Gokhale was a politician.
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H. R. Gokhale was Indian.
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