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          Murli Deora was an Indian politician belonging to the Congress party....

          Murli Deora

          Indian politician, Mayor of Mumbai (1937–2014)

          Murli Deora (10 January 1937 – 24 November 2014) was an Indian politician, businessman, and social worker.

          Deora, who was considered to be close confidant of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, had been fighting against cancer.

        1. India News: Murli Deora, the Congress stalwart from Maharashtra, was a Gandhi family loyalist who had friends across political and corporate.
        2. Murli Deora was an Indian politician belonging to the Congress party.
        3. Meet the Great Survivor of Congress politics.
        4. He was neither a great orator, nor a great mass leader, but because of his quality of making friends across party lines and go-getter.

          5. He was the Mayor of Mumbai, a Member of Parliament in both the Upper and Lower Houses, and a Minister of Cabinet rank. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.

          Early life

          Deora was born in Bombay in a Marwari family,[2] and received his BA from Bombay University.

          His family came from Laxmangarh in Rajasthan.[3]

          Landmark case

          In 2001, Deora won a landmark Supreme Court case that ended smoking in public places. In the absence of statutory provisions at that time, the Court prohibited smoking in public places such as auditoriums, hospital buildings, health institutions, educational institutions, libraries, court buildings, public offices, and public conveyances, including the railways.[4]

          "Tobacco is universally regarded as one of the major public health hazards and is