Kashiram Rana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kashiram Rana

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1938

Place of Birth: Surat, Gujarat, India

Date of Death: 31-Aug-2012

Profession: politician

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Kashiram Rana (7 April 1938 – 31 August 2012) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India.
In 1989, he was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Surat constituency in Gujarat.
He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency.
He served as a union cabinet minister in the department of textiles, twice, in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led NDA govt during 1998-2004.
He died on 31 August 2012.Rana was being increasingly sidelined within the BJP and recently he had sided with Keshubhai Patel and played a pivotal role in forming the Gujarat Parivartan Party.