Overview
- Makwana died in Ahmedabad at 92 due to age-related issues, according to Congress sources cited by PTI.
- He served in the Rajya Sabha from 1973 to 1989 and held Minister of State roles between 1980 and 1988 across Home Affairs, Communications, Steel and Mines, Health, Agriculture, and Planning.
- As MoS Home he initiated negotiations with the All Assam Students’ Union that preceded the 1985 Assam Accord, according to contemporaries.
- The Congress appointed him in 2006 to chair the AICC Scheduled Caste Department, where he backed welfare measures such as the Social Component Plan.
- Born October 23, 1933 in Sojitra, he began in socialist politics before joining Congress at Indira Gandhi’s invitation, and he is survived by daughter Anuradha and son Bharat.