Sat Mahajan

Sat Mahajan
Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2003–2007
Preceded by	Rakesh Pathania
Succeeded by	Rakesh Pathania
Constituency	Nurpur
In office 1993–1996
Preceded by	Kewal Singh
Succeeded by	Ranjit Singh Bakshashi
Constituency	Nurpur
In office 1977–1990
Preceded by	Kewal Singh
Succeeded by	Kewal Singh
Constituency	Nurpur
MP, Lok Sabha
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	D. D. Khanoria
Succeeded by	Shanta Kumar
Constituency	Kangra
Personal details
Born	(1927-07-30)30 July 1927 Himachal Pradesh, India
Died	1 September 2012(2012-09-01) (aged 85) New Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Children	Ajay Mahajan
Occupation	Politician

Sat Mahajan (30 July 1927 – 1 September 2012) was the Rural Development Minister of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. He was a politician and a social worker.

Early life

He was born in Nurpur, Kangra District.

Mahajan was the Secretary of the Current Affairs Society during his college years. He was the President of the Nurpur Municipal Committee for five consecutive terms.

He visited Russia on an Indo-Soviet Friendship Mission. He also represented the country in the United Nations as a member of the parliamentary delegation. He was honoured with the Vaikunth Bhai Mehta Award by the Co-Operative Sector on 31 March 2003 in Delhi.

Political career

He was the founder member of Indian Youth Congress. He has represented the Indian National Congress as one of the member delegations in the International Socialist Conference held in Lisbon. He was the President of the Kangra District Congress Committee and Pradesh Congress Committee for three terms. Mahajan was elected to the State Legislative Assembly first in 1977 and then again in 1982, 1985, 1993 and in 2003. He also remained a Member of Parliament for the Kangra Parliamentary Constituency from 1996 to 1998. He was the Revenue Minister of Himachal Pradesh from May 1980 to January 1985. He was also the Transport Minister of Himachal Pradesh (1985-1986), later IPH Minister of Himachal Pradesh (1986-1990). He was the Chairman of Committee on Estimates from 1994 to 1995 and Rural Development Minister from 6 March 2003 onwards.

Death

On 1 September 2012, he died from cardiac arrest at Escort Hospital. He had been hospitalized to undergo an angioplasty earlier that week, but had been discharged after surgery.