Guman Mal Lodha

Guman Mal Lodha was a retired Indian judge, a former chief justice of Gauhati High Court and former member of Lok Sabha.

Early life and career

He was Born in a Marwari Jain family in 1926 in Didwana, Nagaur District in Rajasthan, India, Lodha graduated with BCom and LLB degrees at Jaswant College, Jodhpur. He participated in the freedom movement and was imprisoned in 1942. He joined politics and was the President of Rajasthan state unit of Jan Sangh from 1969 to 1971.
His son Mangal Lodha is also politician and currently minister in Government of Maharashtra and founder of Macrotech Developers. His grandsons are engaged in legal battle over Lodha trademark and the matter is pending before Supreme Court of India.