Ram Prakash Gupta

Ram Prakash Gupta (26 October 1923 – 1 May 2004) was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as its predecessor party, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

A post-graduate in science from Allahabad University, he was a member of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

He represented the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in the Vidhan Parishad and was chosen to be Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh when Charan Singh formed the first non-Congress government in 1967 which was also known as Samyukta Vidhayak Dal government.

He was later the state's Minister of Industries in the Janata Party government led by Ram Naresh Yadav in 1977.

Following the fall of the Janata Party, he was instrumental in re-building the Bhartiya Janata Pary in Uttar Pradesh and was the architect of the party's win in the state elections in 1991.

On 7 May 2003, he was named as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

He was married and had two sons. He died of illness on 1 May 2004 after being admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Provided by Wikipedia