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K.L.Shrimali (full name- Kalu Lal Shrimali) was union education minister of India and also a distinguished parliamentarian and an educationist.

He was born in December 1909 at Udaipur and had his education at Banaras Hindu University, Calcutta University and Columbia University, New York.

He served as Minister of Education in the Union Council of Ministers from May, 1955 to August, 1963. Dr. Shrimali represented the State of Rajasthan in Rajya Sabha from April 1952 to April, 1956 and from April, 1956 to April, 1962.

He was associated with several educational and various social welfare organizations. Dr. Shrimali was editor of "Jan Shikshan" a monthly educational magazine and also had a number of publications to his credit. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1976 for his contribution to education.

He died on the 5th January, 2000 at the age of 91.