Gokul Lal Asava

Asava was born on 2 October 1901 in Deoli, Rajasthan, British India. He received his early education in Shahpura, Bhilwara and Ajmer. He later attended Banaras Hindu University, where he obtained Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees. Before entering politics, he worked as a professor of philosophy at D.A.V. High School and later taught at Heyward College in Kota collectively from 1928 to 1929.^[2]

Asava participated in political movements in princely Rajasthan states during the Indian independence movement. He was associated with prajamandal movement advocating representative government in princely states. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was imprisoned on multiple occasions for role in the Salt March.^[2] He was also appointed as the president of the provincial Congress and a member of the All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.).^[4]

Following independence of India and the reorganization of princely states, Asava became the first prime minister of the Rajasthan Union on 25 March 1948 unit Jawaharlal Nehru, the 1st prime minister of India merged the United Rajasthan into a state on 18 April 1948. The union included several princely states in southeastern Rajasthan. After the formation of the state of Rajasthan in April 1948, he served as deputy prime minister under Manikya Lal Verma to 1949.^[5][2]

After the early 1950s, Asava gradually distanced from active politics. He died on 20 November 1981 in Jaipur, Rajasthan.^[2]

Asava was married to Kamaladevi.^[2] His death date is not widely documented.