Keshav Dev Malviya
Keshav Dev Malaviya | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Mines and Fuel | |
| In office 10 April 1962 – 27 May 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Preceded by | Swaran Singh |
| Succeeded by | Chidambaram Subramaniam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 August 1904 |
| Died | 27 May 1981 (aged 76) New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Keshav Dev Malaviya (11 August 1904 – 27 May 1981) was a leader of Indian National Congress and a union minister of India. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Domariyaganj, Uttar Pradesh. He received his degree in oil technology from HBTI Kanpur (now HBTU Kanpur). He served as a Minister of Petroleum in the 1970s in the Congress government. He is also known as the Father of the Indian Petroleum Industry.