Murli Manohar Joshi Age, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Murli Manohar Joshi

Bio Profile
Profession Indian Politician
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

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Physical stats and more

Height 
In centimeters (approx) 168 cm
In meters - 1.68 meters
In Feet - 5 '6'
Eye color: Black
Hair color: salt and pepper

Personal Life

Date of birth: 5 January 1934
Age (in 2020): 86 years
Birthplace: Nainital, United Provinces, British India (now Uttarakhand)
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Nationality: indian
Hometown: Nainital, Uttarakhand
College: Meerut College, Meerut, India
University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD in Spectroscopy
  
Joshi joined the RSS at a very young age in Delhi and was part of the Gau Raksha movement during 1953 and 54.His political career began with the Janata Party in 1977 when he became a Member of Parliament from Almora.

Family

Father- Late Manmohan Joshi
Mother- not known
Brother- not known
Sister- Not Known
Religion: Hinduism
Address: 6, Raisina Road, New Delhi

Political Journey
• He came into contact with the RSS at a very young age and participated in the Gau Raksha movement in 1953-54.
• Joshi was an active member of the Kumbh Kisan Movement of Uttar Pradesh in 1955.
• Dr. Joshi became an MP from Almora constituency in 1977 and represented the Janata Party.
• He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980 and was made the General Secretary of the party and later became the treasurer of the party.
• Between 1991 and 1993, he was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
• In 1996, he became a Member of Parliament from Allahabad constituency and served till 2004.
• He was the Minister of Human Resource Development from 1998 to 2004 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Prime Ministership.
• In 2009, Joshi was nominated as the chairman of the BJP's manifesto preparation board.
• Joshi was again elected as MP from Varanasi constituency in the 2009 general elections.
• For the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Joshi vacated his seat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and contested from Kanpur constituency.He again managed to become an MP in the lower house of Parliament.

Controversy

• Joshi made headlines when he asked reporter Sumit Awasthi to answer the questions the former wanted.  Joshi also deleted the clip from the media's camera to stop the damage to himself, the interview went on-air.

  • In 2015, Cobrapost exposed Murali Manohar Joshi's links with Ranvir Sena in the Bihar Dalit massacre.

  • In 1992, his name was one of the accused in the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.  Of the total 49 cases filed in 1992, the second case, FIR No. 198, Murali Manohar Joshi, LK Advani and Uma Bharti were charged with promoting religious hostility and inciting riot.  Later, in 1993, the CBI filed a single, consolidated charge sheet against 48 people, including Joshi, LK Advani, Kalyan Singh and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray.  Later, after an order of the Supreme Court, the cases against Mr. Advani, Mr. Joshi and Uma Bharti moved from Lalitpur to Rae Bareli to Lucknow. On 30 September 2020, 28 years later, a special CBI court in Lucknow acquitted all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, including BJP leaders LK Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti.  On 6 December 1992, the Babri Masjid, a 16th-century mosque in Ayodhya that had been demolished by thousands of "kar sevaks", believed that the mosque was built on the ruins of an ancient temple that God  Used to mark Rama's birthplace. In November 2020, in a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India ordered the construction of a temple at the site.  [1]
 
Favorite Things

Politician: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Philosopher: Deendayal Upadhyay
 
Girls, affairs and more
Marital Status: Married
Wife Tarla Joshi

Murali Manohar Joshi wife Tarla Joshi

Children
Son- N / A
Daughter- Nivedita Joshi, Priyamvada Joshi

Murali Manohar Joshi daughter Nivedita Joshi 

Money Factor
Salary: INR 50,000
Net worth (approx): INR 8 crores (as of 2014)

Murali Manohar Joshi BJP

Some lesser known facts about Murali Manohar Joshi

• He became a member of the RSS at a very young age and participated in the Gau Raksha movement during 1953-54 which sought to divide the land revenue assessment.
• Joshi is a PhD in spectroscopy and has published a research paper related to physics in the Hindi language.  He began teaching physics at the University of Allahabad after completing his doctoral studies.
• Dr. Joshi was behind bars during the Emergency in India which lasted for about 2 years. He was jailed in June 1975 and released before the 1977 Lok Sabha elections.
• Murali joined the Janata Party, which was elected to power in 1977, the first non-Congress government in the Republic of India. Joshi was then elected MP from Almora. However, the government did not last the desired term and dissolved in 1980, resulting in the formation of a new political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party.  He then moved to the new wing and was made the General Secretary of the party and within a short time he became the treasurer of the party.
• Dr. Joshi served as BJP President between 1991 and 93.
• He served as the Home Minister of India for 13 odd days in 1996 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister.
• Joshi was a three-time MP from Almora before tasting defeat in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.
• In 2014, Murali was sidelined from his constituency (Varanasi), the seat from which Narendra Modi contested the Lok Sabha election. He later contested from Kanpur constituency and won by a marginal victory defeating Sriprakash Jaiswal by 2.23 lakh votes.
• He has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in India in January 2017 along with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar.

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