Pramod Mahajan

Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician. At the time of his death, he was in a power struggle for the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the Rajya Sabha and a General Secretary of his party. As Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's telecommunications minister between 2001 and 2003, he played a major role in India's cellular revolution.

 Death 
On 22 April 2006, Mahajan was shot by his estranged younger brother, Pravin in Mumbai. He died eleven days later at the age of 56.

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