Babulal Gaur Yadav was an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
31 Facts About Babulal Gaur
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Babulal Gaur was elected ten times to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, twice from Bhopal South and eight times from Govindpura.
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Babulal Gaur retired from electoral politics in 2018 due to old age.
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Babulal Gaur started his political career as a trade union leader.
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Babulal Gaur was first elected to Vidhan Sabha in a by-election in Bhopal South constituency in year 1974 as an independent supported by Janata Party.
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Babulal Gaur had participated in a number of national level movements like agitation against The Emergency, Goa liberation movement and Satyagrahas in Delhi, Punjab and other states.
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Babulal Gaur was Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from 4 September 2002 to 7 December 2003.
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Babulal Gaur was born on 2 June 1929 at village Naugir in Pratapgarh, United Provinces of British India as Baburam Yadav.
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Babulal Gaur graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vikram University in Ujjain in 1958 and completed his Bachelor of Laws in 1965, that too from the Vikram University.
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Babulal Gaur started his political career as a trade union leader, and participated in several movements for labour rights of the workers.
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Babulal Gaur led protests after joining the Indian National Congress-backed Indian National Trade Union Congress.
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Babulal Gaur later joined the RSS-backed union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh as one of its founder members.
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Babulal Gaur participated in several programs organised by Sangh in Delhi, Punjab and other states.
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Babulal Gaur became the Secretary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1956.
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Babulal Gaur unsuccessfully contested the city council election in 1956.
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Babulal Gaur was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in a by-election from Bhopal South in 1974 as an independent candidate supported by Janata Party.
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Babulal Gaur had participated in national level movements such as agitation against Emergency, Goa liberation movement and satyagrahas in Delhi, Punjab and other states.
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Babulal Gaur was detained for 19 months during The Emergency under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.
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Babulal Gaur contested from Bhopal South in 1977 as a Janata Party candidate and won the election.
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Babulal Gaur created a record by winning Vidhan Sabha election by 59,666 votes in 1993.
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Babulal Gaur broke his own record by winning Vidhan Sabha election by 64,212 votes in 2003.
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Babulal Gaur was Leader of Opposition from 4 September 2002 to 7 December 2003 in the 11th Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.
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Babulal Gaur became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 23 August 2004 to 29 November 2005 after her.
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Babulal Gaur was sworn in as Minister for Commerce, Industries, Commercial Taxes, Employment, Public Undertakings and Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Council of Ministers on 20 December 2008.
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Babulal Gaur was elected to 14th Vidhan Sabha from Govindpura constituency in year 2013.
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Babulal Gaur took oath as Cabinet Minister on 21 December 2013.
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On 29 June 2015, Babulal Gaur gave the statement, "Drinking is a fundamental right and it is a status symbol too".
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Babulal Gaur had two daughters and a son with wife Prem Devi.
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Babulal Gaur did not contest the State election in 2018 due to illness.
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On 7 August 2019, Babulal Gaur was admitted in Narmada hospital in Bhopal due to various age related diseases.
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Babulal Gaur died on 21 August 2019 from cardiac arrest.