Kashiram Rana

Kashiram Rana
Kashiram Rana
Union Minister for Textiles
In office 1998 – 25 May 2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
Union Minister for Rural Development
In office 25 May 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded by	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Member of Lok Sabha, Surat
In office 1989–2009
Preceded by	C. D. Patel
Succeeded by	Darshana Jardosh
Personal details
Born	(1938-04-07)7 April 1938 Surat,india, India
Died	Ahmedabad, India
Spouse(s)	Late Pushpa Rana
Children	2 sons, 4 daughters
Alma mater	South Gujarat University, Surat
Profession	Lawyer, Politician
Religion	Hinduism

Kashiram Rana (7 April 1938 – 31 August 2012) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. In 1989, he was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Surat constituency in Gujarat. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency. He served as a union cabinet minister in the department of textiles, twice, in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led NDA govt during 1998-2004. He died on 31 August 2012.

Rana was being increasingly sidelined within the BJP and recently he had sided with Keshubhai Patel and played a pivotal role in forming the Gujarat Parivartan Party.

External links

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website