H. R. Gokhale

H. R. Gokhale
Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
In office
18 March 1971–24 March 1977[a]
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byKengal Hanumanthaiah
Succeeded byShanti Bhushan
Union Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
In office
29 January 1972–5 February 1973
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byPrakash Chandra Sethi
Succeeded byD. K. Barooah
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1971–1977
Preceded byShantilal Shah
Succeeded byRam Jethmalani
ConstituencyMumbai North West
Personal details
Born(1915-10-05)5 October 1915
Died15 February 1978(1978-02-15) (aged 62)
PartyIndian National Congress

H. R. Gokhale (5 October 1915 – 15 February 1978) was an Indian politician who was a member of the Indian National Congress from Maharashtra and of the Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West. He served as cabinet minister of Law and Justice in the Indira Gandhi government during The Emergency (1975–1977).[1] He died at the age of 62 after suffering a heart attack in New Delhi in February 1978.[2]

He was the father in law of the writer Namita Gokhale.

Notes

  1. ^ Minister of Law and Justice, until 5 February 1973

References

  1. ^ Members Bioprofile: H. R. Gokhale
  2. ^ "H. R. Gokhale, Ex‐Minister in India (Published 1978)". 16 February 1978. Retrieved 10 August 2025.


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