Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
Khandubhai Kasanji Desai was an Indian politician who served as Union Minister of Labour from 1954 to 1957 and as Governor of Andhra Pradesh between 11 April 1968 until 5 January 1975. He was a Gujarati.Biography
Born in Valsad, Desai was educated at Bai Avabai High School and Wilson College, Mumbai. As an activist during the Indian independence movement, he was periodically imprisoned. He was General Secretary of the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association and a member of the Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh from Ahmedabad. Elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1937, he eventually rose to become President of the Indian Trade Union Congress. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from 1948-1950 and a member of the Provisional Parliament from 1950-1952. He served as an MP in the 1st Lok Sabha from 1952-1957, and was Union Minister for Labour from 1954 to 1957.
