14 Facts About Pramod Mahajan

Pramod Mahajan's daughter is married to Anand Rao Vajendla, an industrialist from Hyderabad.

Pramod Mahajan worked as an English teacher at the Kholeshwar College in Ambejogai between 1971 and 1974 before joining active politics during the emergency.

Pramod Mahajan was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since childhood, but he actively got involved when he worked as a sub-editor of its Marathi Newspaper, Tarun Bharat in 1970 and 1971.

Pramod Mahajan quit his job as a school teacher and became a full-time RSS pracharak in 1974.

Pramod Mahajan was one of the select batch of RSS workers co-opted into the BJP and was the general secretary of the party's state unit till 1985.

Pramod Mahajan's aspirations were always national, but he did a significant amount of work in building up his party's fortunes in his home state of Maharashtra.

Pramod Mahajan came to play a vital role during the coalition era of the late 1980s.

Pramod Mahajan rose to national prominence when he helped organize BJP President Lal Krishna Advani's Ram Rath Yatra in 1990.

Pramod Mahajan was elected to the Lok Sabha once in 1996 from Mumbai North East.

The Lok Sabha elections of 1996 brought the BJP to power and Pramod Mahajan was appointed Defence Minister in Vajpayee's 13-day ministry.

Pramod Mahajan resigned from that post and stood for Rajya Sabha elections in July 1998.

Pramod Mahajan won and in December 1998, he was appointed the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, and Food Processing.

Pramod Mahajan, who succeeded to the post in August 2001, after a cabinet reshuffle had the task of implementing this policy.

Pramod Mahajan was given a state funeral at the Shivaji Park crematorium in Dadar, Mumbai on 4 May 2006.