Chaman Lal Gupta is a former minister of state in the Government of India

Government of India

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. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he held a portfolio of food processing and civil avaiation.
He was born in 1934 in Jammu

Jammu

Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

 and did his MSC from G. M. Science College Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) and Allahabad University

Allahabad University

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, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

. He was a member of the 11th and 13th Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

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 from Udhampur

Udhampur

Udhampur is a city and a municipal council in Udhampur District in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the second lardest city of Duggardesh region and the fourth largest city in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It serves as the district capital and the Northern Command headquarter of the...

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Positions held

• 1972-77 Member, Jammu and Kashmir
  Jammu and Kashmir
  Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...
  
  Legislative Assembly
• 1987-90 Member, Public Accounts Committee; Public Undertakings Committee;
• 1973-80 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Jammu and Kashmir
• 1980-89 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Jammu and Kashmir
• 1990-95 President, B.J.P., Jammu and Kashmir (two terms)
• 1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
• 1996-97 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
• 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• 1998-99 Member, Joint Committee on the functioning of Wakf Board
• 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
• 1999 - 2001 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation
• 2001- 2002 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food
• 1 July 2002 -2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defence

Books Published

• Sansad mein Jammu Kashmir;
• Sansad mein dedh varsh;
• Mere Prayaas (all in Hindi)

External links

• Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament of the 13th Lok Sabha http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13JK05.htm