Former Union minister Harmohan Dhawan died following a prolonged illness at a private hospital in Mohali at the age of 83.

Obituary

Former Union minister Harmohan Dhawan died following a prolonged illness at a private hospital in Mohali at the age of 83. A former Chandigarh MP, Dhawan was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989 as Janta Party nominee. He went on to become the civil aviation minister in the Chandra Shekhar-led government. Born on July 14, 1940, in Fatehjung, District Caimbalpur, Dhawan migrated to Ambala after Partition where he did his Matriculation from BD High School, and Intermediate from SD College, Ambala Cantt. In the year 1970, Dhawan started a small scale unit and became president of Industries Association of Chandigarh. He joined politics in 1977. Later, he entered the hospitality sector with the establishment of the “Mehfil” restaurant in 1979.


      His political journey included affiliations with parties like Janata Party, Samajwadi Party, BJP, Congress, and finally, the Aam Aadmi Party in 2019.

     

     

 

     


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