Shyama Charan Shukla

Shyama Charan Shukla (27 February 1925 – 14 February 2007)^[1] was an Indian National Congress politician and thrice Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Shyama Charan Shukla
Shukla on a 2012 stamp of India
7th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
In office 9 December 1989 – 1 March 1990
Preceded by	Motilal Vora
Succeeded by	Sunder Lal Patwa
In office 23 December 1975 – 30 April 1977
Preceded by	Prakash Chandra Sethi
Succeeded by	President's rule
In office 26 March 1969 – 28 January 1972
Preceded by	Nareshchandra Singh
Succeeded by	Prakash Chandra Sethi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999 (1999) – 2004 (2004)
Preceded by	Chandra Shekhar Sahu
Succeeded by	Ajit Jogi
Constituency	Mahasamund
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1990 (1990) – 1999 (1999)
Preceded by	Punit Ram Sahu
Succeeded by	Amitesh Shukla
Constituency	Rajim
In office 1957 (1957) – 1977 (1977)
Preceded by	Shyamkumari Devi
Succeeded by	Pawan Diwan
Constituency	Rajim
Personal details
Born	27 February 1925 Raipur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Died	14 February 2007 (aged 81) Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1957-2004)
Spouse	Padmini Shukla ​ (m. 1949)​
Relations	Vidya Charan Shukla (brother)
Children	3 (including Amitesh Shukla)
Parent	Ravishankar Shukla (father)

Personal life

Shyama Charan Shukla was born on 27 February 1925 in Raipur into a Kanyakubja Brahmin family.^[2] His father Ravishankar Shukla was a lawyer, an Indian National Congress politician from Central Provinces and Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. His younger brother, Vidya Charan Shukla, was also an INC politician, a union minister, and a nine-time Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

His son Amitesh Shukla is an INC politician and currently a Member of Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh from Rajim.^[3]

Political career

Shyama Charan Shukla was first elected as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Rajim in 1957. He was re-elected from the same seat in 1962, 1967, 1972, 1990, 1993 and 1998.^[3] He lost from Rajim in 1977.

Shukla served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on three occasions - 1969-72, 1975–77 and 1989-90.^[1][3]

In 1999, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mahasamund, and served till 2004.^[3]

Memorials

India Post issued a postage stamp depicting his photo in 2012 as a memorial.