Manubhai Shah was an Indian politician who played an important political and developmental role in independent India for over half a century.
10 Facts About Manubhai Shah
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Manubhai Shah was the inaugural minister of Ministry of Heavy Industries.
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Manubhai Shah was a Member of Saurashtra Legislative Assembly from 1948 to 1956 and served as Minister of Finance, Planning and Industries, in the State Government, and was Union Cabinet Minister in the governments of Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi having held portfolios such as industries, commerce and foreign trade.
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An active social and political worker, Manubhai was an institution builder and initiated a wide range of educational, social, infrastructure, research and industrial institutions in India.
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Manubhai Shah was a Member of Second and Third Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1967 representing Madhya Saurashtra Parliamentary Constituency of erstwhile Bombay State and Jamnagar Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat.
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Manubhai Shah was instrumental in the setting up of nearly 400 industrial estates in the country.
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Myrdal alaos quoted Manubhai Shah as saying "Long run growth of income will proceed fastest if instead of trying to do everything at the same time, we concentrate initially on basic and heavy industry".
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Manubhai Shah differed with his ministerial colleagues if he felt it necessary.
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Manubhai Shah was President of the Indian Council of Foreign Trade in the 1970s.
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In retirement, Manubhai Shah remained active until suffering a stroke on 16 December 2000, dying of a cardiac arrest two weeks later.