He was an Indian trade unionist, politician, journalist, freethinker, and member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar.
Fernandes was a key individual from the Janata Dal and the organizer of the Samata Party.
He held a few clerical portfolios including interchanges, industry, railroads, and guard. A local of Mangalore, Fernandes was sent to Bangalore in 1946 to be prepared as a minister.
In 1949, he moved to Bombay, where he joined the communist exchange association development.
Turning into an exchange association pioneer, Fernandes sorted out numerous strikes and bandhs in Bombay during the 1960s while working with the Indian Railways.
Fernandes vanquished S K Patil of Indian National Congress in the 1967 parliamentary races from the South Bombay (presently south Mumbai) supporters.
Fernandes sorted out the 1974 Railway strike when he was President of the All India Railwaymen's Federation.
He went underground amid the Emergency time of 1975 while testing Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for forcing a condition of emergency, however in 1976 he was captured and attempted in the notorious Baroda explosive case.
In 1977, after the Emergency had been lifted, Fernandes won the Muzaffarpur situate in Bihar in absentia and was designated as Union Minister for Industries.
Amid his residency as association serve, he requested American multinationals IBM and Coca-Cola to leave the nation, because of venture infringement.
He was the main thrust behind the Konkan Railway venture amid his residency as railroad served from 1989 to 1990.
He was a guard serve in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government (1998– 2004) when the Kargil War broke out among India and Pakistan, and India directed its atomic tests at Pokhran.
A veteran communist, Fernandes has been hounded by different debates, including the Barak Missile outrage and the Tehelka undertaking. He won nine Lok Sabha races from 1967 to 2004.
George Fernandes passed away at 88 years old.
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