Pramod Mahajan

Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician. At the time of his death, he was in a power struggle for the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[1] He was a member of the Rajya Sabha and a General Secretary of his party. As Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's telecommunications minister between 2001 and 2003, he played a major role in India's cellular revolution.^[2]

Pramod Mahajan
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
In office 2 September 2001 – 28 January 2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Succeeded by	Arun Shourie
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 13 October 1999 – 29 January 2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
Succeeded by	Sushma Swaraj
In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Ghulam Nabi Azad
Succeeded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister of Defence
In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Succeeded by	Mulayam Singh Yadav
Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Gurudas Kamat
Succeeded by	Gurudas Kamat
Constituency	Mumbai North East
Personal details
Born	Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (1949-10-30)30 October 1949 Mahabubnagar, Hyderabad State, Dominion of India (Present day: Mahabubnagar, Telangana, Republic of India)
Died	3 May 2006(2006-05-03) (aged 56) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Rekha
Children	Two (Rahul and Poonam)
Residence	Thane Mumbai, Maharashtra
As of 5 May 2006 Source:

Death

On 22 April 2006, Mahajan was shot by his estranged younger brother, Pravin in Mumbai. He died eleven days later at the age of 56.^[3]