G L Nanda was born on July 04 1898
at Sialkot, Punjab
He was educated at Lahore, Amritsar,
Agra and Allahabad and obtained his BA , MA and LLB
He became Professor of Economics at National
College, Bombay (1920 – 1922) .
He joined labour welfare movement and he became the Secretary of Textile
Labour Association (1922 – 1946) .He simultaneously got involved in the Indian independence
movement and was imprisoned by the British Raj
He served as Parliamentary Secretary and later as Minister of Labour
& Housing, Bombay and Chairman of Bombay Housing Board (1946 – 1950)
He was the first
Deputy Chairman of National Planning Commission (1950 – 1951) , He joined the
Central Government and served as Union Minister of Planning , Irrigation &
Power (1951 – 1957) Planning , Labour & Employment (1957 – 1960), Planning
(1960 – 1962), Labour & Employment (1962 – 1963) Home Affairs (1963 – 1966)
and Railways (1970 – 1971)
He retired from politics
and served as Chairman of Kurukshetra Development Board (1971 – 1990) and devoted
his rest of his life for social welfare activities
He died on January 15 1998 at
Ahmedabad , Gujarat at the age of 100.
Labour Welfare Activist
He was the Secretary of
Textile Labour Association, Hindustan Mazdoor Seva Sangh , President
of Indian National Trade Union Congress . He was the leader of Indian
delegation to International Labour Congress.
Social Welfare
Activist
He was President of Navajeevan
Sangh , Bharat Seva Sangh , Bharat Sadhu Samaj , Chairman of Citizen Forum , People Forum , Manav Dharma Mission and Trustee
of Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust.
Union Minister
He as the India’s
first Union Minster of Planning and Deputy Chairman of National Planning Commission
successfully formulated and implemented the First, Second and Third Five Year Plans.
He as Union Minister of Home Affairs briefly
officiated as Prime Minister of India twice following the sad demise of Jawaharlal
Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966.
Awards
The Government of India honoured him with Padma
Vibhushan in 1991 and Bharat Ratna in 1997.
He also received Rajaji award , Netaji award and Gandhi award.
Biography
G L Nanda – A Life in The Service of People - Promilla Kalhan ( 1997 ).
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