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Sangma" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%B6%D5%B8_%D4%B1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%AF_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B4%D5%A1" title="Պուրնո Ագիտոկ Սանգմա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պուրնո Ագիտոկ Սանգմա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A5%B0_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A5%B0_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="पी॰ ए॰ संगमा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पी॰ ए॰ संगमा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purno_Agitok_Sangma" title="Purno Agitok Sangma – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Purno Agitok Sangma" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4._%D7%90._%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%94" title="פ. א. סנגמה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פ. א. סנגמה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF.%E0%B4%8E._%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE" title="പി.എ. സാങ്മ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പി.എ. സാങ്മ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80.%E0%A4%8F._%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="पी.ए. संगमा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पी.ए. संगमा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.A._Sangma" title="P.A. Sangma – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="P.A. Sangma" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%8F_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE" title="ਪੀ ਏ ਸੰਗਮਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪੀ ਏ ਸੰਗਮਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BC%D0%B0,_%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Сангма, Пурно Агиток – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сангма, Пурно Агиток" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B9_%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%B9_%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9D%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱯᱤᱹ ᱮᱹ ᱥᱟᱝᱢᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱯᱤᱹ ᱮᱹ ᱥᱟᱝᱢᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. 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data-file-width="127" data-file-height="165" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 1996</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">11th <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Speaker of the Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 May 1996 – 23 March 1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suraj_Bhan" title="Suraj Bhan">Suraj Bhan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shivraj_Patil" title="Shivraj Patil">Shivraj Patil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/G._M._C._Balayogi" title="G. M. C. Balayogi">G. M. C. Balayogi</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">21st <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />15 September 1995 – 16 May 1996</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Prasad_Singh_Deo" title="Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo">Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(As <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">MoS</a>)</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of the Parliament, Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 May 2014 – 5 March 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Sangma" title="Agatha Sangma">Agatha Sangma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Sangma" title="Conrad Sangma">Conrad Sangma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tura Lok Sabha constituency">Tura</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1991–2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Sanford Marak</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Agatha Sangma</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tura Lok Sabha constituency">Tura</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1977–1989</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lieutenant Karnesh Rangsa Marak</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Sanford Marak</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tura Lok Sabha constituency">Tura</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">4th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Meghalaya">Chief Minister of Meghalaya</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 February 1988 – 25 March 1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bhishma_Narain_Singh" title="Bhishma Narain Singh">Bhishma Narain Singh</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hari_Dev_Joshi" title="Hari Dev Joshi">Hari Dev Joshi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/A._A._Rahim" title="A. A. Rahim">A. A. Rahim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Williamson_A._Sangma" title="Williamson A. Sangma">Williamson A. Sangma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/B._B._Lyngdoh" title="B. B. Lyngdoh">B. B. Lyngdoh</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Purno Agitok Sangma</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1947-09-01</span>)</span>1 September 1947<br /><a href="/wiki/West_Garo_Hills_district" title="West Garo Hills district">Chapahati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">India</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(now in <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>, India)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">4 March 2016<span style="display:none">(2016-03-04)</span> (aged 68)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012–2016)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1999–2004; 2005–2012)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2004–2005)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(before 1999)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Soradini K. Sangma</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1973)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4; <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Sangma" title="Conrad Sangma">Conrad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Sangma" title="Agatha Sangma">Agatha</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Sangma" title="James Sangma">James</a>, Christie</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh_University" title="Dibrugarh University">Dibrugarh University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Purno Agitok Sangma</b> (1 September 1947 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian politician who has served as the 4th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Ministers_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Ministers of Meghalaya">Chief Minister of Meghalaya</a> from 1988 to 1990 and the 11th <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Speaker of the Lok Sabha</a> from 1996 to 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as a member of the Lok Sabha from <a href="/wiki/Tura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tura Lok Sabha constituency">Tura</a> in <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> from 2014 to 2016, 1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the minister of Information and Broadcasting in the <a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao ministry</a> from 1995 to 1996. He was the founder of <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a> and co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a>. </p><p>Sangma contested the <a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_presidential_election" title="2012 Indian presidential election">2012 Indian presidential election</a>, supported by the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janta_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharatiya Janta Party">Bharatiya Janta Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/AIADMK" class="mw-redirect" title="AIADMK">AIADMK</a>. However he lost to <a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>. Sangma was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a>, India's second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017, in the field of Public Affairs and was the first recipient of the award from Meghalaya.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_and_personal_life">Early and personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early and personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sangma was born on 1 September 1947 in Chapahati, a village in the erstwhile Garo Hills district of <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> (in present-day <a href="/wiki/West_Garo_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="West Garo Hills">West Garo Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>), to Dipchon Ch. Marak and Chimri A. Sangma as one of their seven children.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lost his father when he was 11 and had to quit studies due to poverty. He was helped to return to school by a <a href="/wiki/Salesians_of_Don_Bosco" title="Salesians of Don Bosco">Salesian</a> <a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Father</a> Giovanni Battista Busolin. Later, Sangma obtained a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree from <a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Anthony%27s_College,_Shillong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Anthony's College, Shillong (page does not exist)">St. Anthony's College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shillong" title="Shillong">Shillong</a> before shifting to <a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh" title="Dibrugarh">Dibrugarh</a> in Assam, where he taught in the Don Bosco High School while pursuing <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> in <a href="/wiki/International_politics" class="mw-redirect" title="International politics">international politics</a> from <a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh_University" title="Dibrugarh University">Dibrugarh University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sangma married Soradini K. Sangma in 1973. They have two sons and two daughters together. Son <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Sangma" title="Conrad Sangma">Conrad</a> serves as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya and daughter <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Sangma" title="Agatha Sangma">Agatha</a> is the Member of Parliament from the Tura constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agatha was elected from Tura to the <a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> elections in 2009, and at 29, was the youngest minister in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">UPA ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sangma called himself a devout Christian.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_Career">Political Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973, Sangma became Vice-President of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Youth_Congress" title="Indian Youth Congress">Pradesh Youth Congress</a> in Meghalaya and became the General Secretary of the party in 1975. He served in that position from 1975 to 1980. </p><p>In 1977, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/6th_Lok_Sabha" title="6th Lok Sabha">6th Lok Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Tura_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)">Tura</a> constituency in <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> and represented the same constituency multiple times, from 1977-1988, 1991-2008, 2014-2016. The breaks in 1988 and 2008 were caused by his return to Meghalaya state politics. He became <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_Lok_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of Lok Sabha">Speaker of Lok Sabha</a> in 1996. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chief_Minister_of_Meghalaya">Chief Minister of Meghalaya</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief Minister of Meghalaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Meghalaya">Chief Minister of Meghalaya</a> from 1988 to 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation_of_Nationalist_Congress_Party">Formation of Nationalist Congress Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Formation of Nationalist Congress Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sangma was expelled from the Congress on 20 May 1999, along with <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tariq_Anwar_(politician)" title="Tariq Anwar (politician)">Tariq Anwar</a>, for raising the banner of revolt against <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a> over the fact that she was a foreign-born citizen. Sangma along with Pawar and Anwar wanted a native-born citizen to be projected as the Prime Ministerial candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his departure from the Congress Party, he was one of the founders of the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a> (NCP) along with Sharad Pawar and Tariq Anwar in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2004, P.A. Sangma created a split in the NCP after Sharad Pawar became close to the NCP's former rival, Sonia Gandhi. After losing a battle for the NCP election symbol, Sangma later merged his faction with <a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a>'s <a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a>, forming the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Trinamool Congress">Nationalist Trinamool Congress</a> .Sangma was one of two NTC MPs elected. He resigned from his Lok Sabha seat on 10 October 2005 as a member of <a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">AITC</a>, and was re-elected as an NCP candidate in February 2006. He resigned from the 14th Lok Sabha for the second time in March 2008 to take part in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election">2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election</a>. </p><p>On 5 January 2013, Sangma launched the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the national level. The National People's Party managed to win two seats in the <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly" title="Meghalaya Legislative Assembly">Meghalaya Legislative Assembly</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election">2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election</a>. In 2014, Sangma was elected to Lok Sabha from Tura, and died mid-term in 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_election">Presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sangma's candidature for the 2012 presidential election was proposed by AIADMK and <a href="/wiki/Biju_Janta_Dal" class="mw-redirect" title="Biju Janta Dal">Biju Janta Dal</a>, and later, supported by BJP as well. Sangma resigned from the NCP on 20 June 2012 after opposition from Sharad Pawar over his presidential candidature. Former Union Minister and a Congress tribal leader <a href="/wiki/Arvind_Netam" title="Arvind Netam">Arvind Netam</a> also came out strongly in favour of the candidature of Sangma for the presidential post.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 July, <a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a> was declared the victor over Sangma, crossing the half-way mark of 525,140 votes after votes in half the states had been tallied. While securing the required quota, Mukherjee secured 558,194 votes to Sangma's 239,966.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the final results were published, Mukherjee secured 7,13,424 value of votes, while Sangma secured 3,17,032 values of votes. The Returning Officer for the election, and the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, Vivek Agnihotri, then declared Mukherjee to be elected as <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>. Sangma subsequently accused the President-elect of graft.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>  </th> <th>MPs </th> <th>MLAs </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Pranab Mukherjee<sup id="cite_ref-47.5_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47.5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>373,116 </td> <td>340,647 </td> <td>713,763 </td></tr> <tr> <th>P. A. Sangma<sup id="cite_ref-47.5_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47.5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>145,848 </td> <td>170,139 </td> <td>315,987 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi_paying_homage_at_the_mortal_remains_of_the_former_Lok_Sabha_Speaker,_Shri_P.A._Sangma,_in_New_Delhi_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_paying_homage_at_the_mortal_remains_of_the_former_Lok_Sabha_Speaker%2C_Shri_P.A._Sangma%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg/220px-The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_paying_homage_at_the_mortal_remains_of_the_former_Lok_Sabha_Speaker%2C_Shri_P.A._Sangma%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_paying_homage_at_the_mortal_remains_of_the_former_Lok_Sabha_Speaker%2C_Shri_P.A._Sangma%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg/330px-The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_paying_homage_at_the_mortal_remains_of_the_former_Lok_Sabha_Speaker%2C_Shri_P.A._Sangma%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_paying_homage_at_the_mortal_remains_of_the_former_Lok_Sabha_Speaker%2C_Shri_P.A._Sangma%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg/440px-The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_paying_homage_at_the_mortal_remains_of_the_former_Lok_Sabha_Speaker%2C_Shri_P.A._Sangma%2C_in_New_Delhi_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1360" /></a><figcaption>Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> and cabinet members paying their respects at Sangma's wake</figcaption></figure> <p>On the morning of 4 March 2016, Sangma died from <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrest" title="Cardiac arrest">cardiac arrest</a> in New Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was aged 68. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1974 - Vice President of Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress</li> <li>1975 - The General Secretary of the Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee</li> <li>1977 - <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>, Tura constituency (1977 to 1988, first stint)</li> <li>1980 - Joint Secretary of the All India Congress Committee</li> <li>1980 - Deputy Minister in charge of Industry</li> <li>1982 - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Commerce</li> <li>1984 - Minister of State holding charge of Commerce and Supply</li> <li>1984 - Minister of State for Home Affairs</li> <li>1986 - Minister of State for Labour with Independent Charge</li> <li>1988 - Member, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly</li> <li>1988 - <a href="/wiki/Chief_Ministers_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Ministers of Meghalaya">Chief Minister of Meghalaya</a></li> <li>1990 - <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_Opposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of Opposition">Leader of Opposition</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly" title="Meghalaya Legislative Assembly">Meghalaya Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li>1991 - Re-elected, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>, Tura constituency (1991-2008, second stint)</li> <li>1991-93 - Union <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Minister of State, Coal</a> <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_the_Republic_of_India#Minister_of_State_.28Independent_Charges.29" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Ministers of the Republic of India">(Independent Charge)</a></li> <li>1993-95 - Union <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)">Minister of State, Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_the_Republic_of_India#Minister_of_State_.28Independent_Charges.29" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Ministers of the Republic of India">(Independent Charge)</a></li> <li>February–September 1995 - Union <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)">Minister of State, Labour</a></li> <li>1995-96 - Union Cabinet <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Information and Broadcasting">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a></li> <li>1996 - Re-elected, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>, Tura constituency</li> <li>1996-98 - <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_Lok_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of Lok Sabha">Speaker of Lok Sabha</a> -Chairman, (i) Business Advisory Committee; (ii) Rules Committee; (iii) General Purposes Committee; (iv) Standing Committee of the Conference of Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India; and (v) Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies;</li></ul> <p>President, (i) Indian Parliamentary Group, (ii) National Group of Inter-Parliamentary Union; and (iii) India Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association </p> <ul><li>1998 - Re-elected, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>, Tura constituency, as member of Congress</li> <li>1998 - Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I</li> <li>1998 - Vice-President, Indian Institute of Public Administration</li> <li>1998 - Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs</li> <li>1999 - Re-elected, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>, Tura constituency, as member of NCP</li> <li>1999 - Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare</li> <li>2000 - Member, National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution</li> <li>2002 - Member, Committee on External Affairs</li> <li>2003 - Member, Committee on Home Affairs</li> <li>2004 - Re-elected, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>, Tura constituency</li> <li>2004 - Member, Committee on External Affairs, Member, Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs</li> <li>2006 - Re-elected to Lok Sabha as N.C.P. candidate on 23.2.2006, Tura constituency</li> <li>2008 - Member, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly</li> <li>2014 - Elected to Lok Sabha from Tura</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_disarmament" title="Nuclear disarmament">Nuclear disarmament</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._A._Sangma&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scroll.in/article/804672/pa-sangma-1947-2016-the-short-man-from-garo-hills-the-tallest-northeast-leader-in-new-delhi">"PA Sangma (1947-2016): The short man from Garo Hills, the tallest North East leader in New Delhi"</a>. 6 March 2016. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160729081205/http://scroll.in/article/804672/pa-sangma-1947-2016-the-short-man-from-garo-hills-the-tallest-northeast-leader-in-new-delhi">Archived</a> from the original on 29 July 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Marak</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of Parliament<br />for <a href="/wiki/Tura_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)">Tura</a> </b><br />1977–1989 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Sanford Marak</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Sanford Marak</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of Parliament<br />for <a href="/wiki/Tura_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)">Tura</a> </b><br />1991–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Sangma" title="Agatha Sangma">Agatha Sangma</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Sangma" title="Agatha Sangma">Agatha Sangma</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of Parliament<br />for <a href="/wiki/Tura_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)">Tura</a> </b><br />2014 – 2016 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Sangma" title="Conrad Sangma">Conrad Sangma</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Williamson_A._Sangma" title="Williamson A. Sangma">Williamson Sangma</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Meghalaya">Chief Minister of Meghalaya</a> </b><br />6 February 1988 – 25 March 1990 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/B.B._Lyngdoh" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. Lyngdoh">Brington Buhai Lyngdoh</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/H._K._L._Bhagat" title="H. K. L. 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Advani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazal_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazal Ali">Fazal Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Chelliah" title="Raja Chelliah">Raja Chelliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Daphtary" title="C. K. Daphtary">Chandra Kisan Daphtary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niren_De" title="Niren De">Niren De</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._D._Deshmukh" title="C. D. Deshmukh">C. D. Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lancelot_Dias" title="Anthony Lancelot Dias">Anthony Lancelot Dias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Shankar_Dikshit" title="Uma Shankar Dikshit">Uma Shankar Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee" title="Kazi Lhendup Dorjee">Kazi Lhendup Dorjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._Gajendragadkar" title="P. B. Gajendragadkar">P. B. 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Sangma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Setalvad" title="M. C. Setalvad">M. C. Setalvad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagendra_Singh" title="Nagendra Singh">Nagendra Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Sisulu" title="Walter Sisulu">Walter Sisulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soli_Sorabjee" title="Soli Sorabjee">Soli Sorabjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Sundaram" title="Kalyan Sundaram">Kalyan Sundaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi" title="Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi">Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._N._Venkatachaliah" title="M. N. Venkatachaliah">M. N. Venkatachaliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Venugopal" title="K. K. Venugopal">Kottayan Katankot Venugopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Jigme Dorji Wangchuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Krishna" title="S. M. Krishna">S. M. Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Science and <br />engineering</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Aatre" title="V. K. Aatre">V. K. Aatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim_Ali" title="Salim Ali">Salim Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" title="Norman Borlaug">Norman Borlaug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar" title="Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar">Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajagopala_Chidambaram" title="Rajagopala Chidambaram">Rajagopala Chidambaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Correa" title="Charles Correa">Charles Correa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Dhawan" title="Satish Dhawan">Satish Dhawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kakodkar" title="Anil Kakodkar">Anil Kakodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Kasturirangan" title="Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan">Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har_Gobind_Khorana" title="Har Gobind Khorana">Har Gobind Khorana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Singh_Kothari" title="Daulat Singh Kothari">Daulat Singh Kothari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verghese_Kurien" title="Verghese Kurien">Verghese Kurien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar" title="Raghunath Anant Mashelkar">Raghunath Anant Mashelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Madhavan_Nair" title="G. Madhavan Nair">G. Madhavan Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roddam_Narasimha" title="Roddam Narasimha">Roddam Narasimha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar" title="Jayant Narlikar">Jayant Narlikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri" title="Rajendra K. Pachauri">Rajendra K. 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