constituency date death_date religion children birth_place party office birth_date term residence spouse article_title name
hisar legislative assembly seat 7 august 1930 31 march 2005 -lrb- aged 74 -rrb- hinduism 4 sons hissar , haryana , india inc minister of power , government of haryana 7 august 1930 2005 -- 2005 hisar savitri jindal om prakash jindal
 om prakash jindal
om prakash jindal

om prakash jindal -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 7 august 1930 -- 31 march 2005 -rrb- , popularly known as o.p. jindal , was born in hisar , haryana .
he established a successful business enterprise jindal steel and power under the flagship of the jindal organization , of which he was the chairman .
in november 2004 , jindal was awarded the prestigious `` life time achievement award '' for his outstanding contribution to the indian steel industry by the bengal chamber of commerce and industry .
according to the latest forbes list , he was ranked 13th amongst the richest indians and placed 548th amongst the richest persons of the world .
jindal was appointed minister of power in the government of haryana .
he won the hisar legislative assembly seat of haryana three times consecutively .
he was also a member of the committee on food , civil supplies and public distribution from 1996 to 1997 .
jindal was elected to the haryana vidhan sabha -lrb- the haryana state government -rrb- in february 2005 , and was the minister of power in the government of haryana at the time of his death .
he was the chairman of the n.c. jindal charitable trust ; patron and trustee of agroha vikas trust and agroha medical college .
his 4 sons , prithviraj jindal , sajjan jindal , ratan jindal and naveen jindal now run the steel and power empire .
his widow savitri jindal was minister of state for revenue , disaster management , rehabilitation and housing in haryana state government , while his son naveen was a member of the parliament of india .
