Sunder Lal Patwa

Sunder Lal Patwa (11 November 1924 – 28 December 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.

He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the only politician who defeated Congress strong man Kamal Nath in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017 by the Government of India.

Early life Sunder Lal Patwa was born in a Svetambara Jain family in the village of Kukreshwar located between Manasa and Rampura in the Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh.

Political career Sunder Lal Patwa was an active RSS worker from 1942 to 1951.

He died on 28 December 2016 in Bhopal due to a heart attack at the age of 92.

Positions held Patwa contested from a variety of seats and he held a variety of official posts: Surendra Patwa was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Bhojpur in 2008. He has been a minister in Madhya Pradesh state government.

His nephew Mangal Patwa (1965–2015) contested elections from Manasa seat in 1998 but lost. He became President of BJP's Neemuch District unit. Mangal Patwa died in a road accident in 2015.