Virbhadra Singh ( ) was an Indian politician who served 6 terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. A leader of the Indian National Congress party,he was elected 9 times as a Member of Legislative Assembly to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and 5 times as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha. Virbhadra Singh was popularly known by the honorific Raja Sahib. Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,holding the office from 1983 to 1990,from 1993 to 1998,from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017,when he was succeeded by the BJP's Jai Ram Thakur. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962,1967,1971,1980 and 2009. Singh served as a Union Minister in the governments of Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. At the time of his demise,he was serving as an MLA from Arki constituency.
Palampur is a hill station and a municipal corporation situated in the Kangra District in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Prem Kumar Dhumal is an Indian politician and has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012. He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2017 Himachal Assembly Election,in which he lost his seat.
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla,the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly,all directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is 5 years,unless sooner dissolved.
Jai Ram Thakur is an Indian politician,and was the Chief Minister of the state of Himachal Pradesh from 2017 to 2022. He is serving his sixth term as MLA in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly,winning continuously since 1998 and has previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party Government of Himachal Pradesh. Thakur was the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj from 2009 to 2012. He is serving as Leader of opposition in current legislative assembly of the state.He is elected to Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Seraj Assembly constituency of Mandi district. He won his first election in the year 1998 from now delimited constituency of Chachiot (Seraj).
Kunj Behari Lal Butail was an Indian National Congress leader,and a leading tea grower from Palampur,Kangra,Himachal Pradesh.
Brij Behari Lal Butail is an Indian Politician from Palampur. He was MLA of Palampur and he was the 12th Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He retired from politics in 2017 and his son Ashish Butail was elected as MLA of Palampur in January 2018.
Yadvinder Goma is anInian politician,Social worker and incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly from Jaisinghpur and cabinet minister in Government of Himachal Pradesh,India. In 2022,he won from Ravi Dhiman with a margin of 2,696 votes in Legislative Assembly elections. He has B.Tech. degree in mechanical engineering from Himachal Pradesh University and MBA degree. He got married in 2015. Yadvinder Goma belongs to the Koli caste of Himachal Pradesh.
The key political players in Himachal Pradesh state in north-west India are the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kishori Lal is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party,and a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2007-2012 and won again in 2017 elections. He represented the Baijnath constituency in Kangra district. Recently he lost in 2022 assembly elections.
Kishan Kapoor is an Indian politician and the member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the sitting Member of parliament,Lok Sabha from Kangra Lok Sabha constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the seat by a record margin of votes in the General election 2019. He has won by the margin of 4.77 lakh votes which is the 2nd largest voting percentage at 72.2% all over the country. He previously served as Food,Civil supplies &Consumer Affairs minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. In the past,he has served three terms as a Cabinet minister and five terms as a member of the legislative assembly representing the Dharamshala assembly constituency. He is one of the senior most Bhartiya Janta Party leaders from the state.
Indu Bala Goswami is an India politician and the state president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Himachal pradesh. She is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of Indian Parliament from Himachal Pradesh as a member of the BJP. She was chairperson of the State Women Commission Himachal Pradesh and State Social Welfare Board Himachal Pradesh.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh on 12 November 2022 to elect 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022.
Kishori Lal is an Indian politician who is Chief Parliamentary Secretary in Himachal Pradesh Government and Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Baijnath constituency in Himachal Pradesh. He was elected as a member of the Indian National Congress in 2012. In 2022 he was again elected as MLA for the second time and is appointed as Chief Parliamentary Secretary in Himachal Pradesh Government.
Rohit Thakur is a Member of Legislative Assembly representing Jubbal-Kotkhai constituency in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. He is the grandson of former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Thakur Ram Lal. He is a member of Indian National Congress.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is an Indian politician currently serving as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. As a member of Indian National Congress,he is a 4-time and incumbent MLA from Nadaun assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh.
The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu ministry is the state cabinet of Himachal Pradesh headed by present chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of Himachal Pradesh. The oath taking ceremony of Sukhu was held in Shimla on 11 December 2022. Cabinet ministers took oath on 8 January 2023.
Shriniwas Joshi is a columnist,theatre artist,and retired civil servant from Himachal Pradesh,India. As a columnist,Joshi is especially known for his column 'Vignettes' in the Indian English daily The Tribune,through which he has documented people,history,places,and idiosyncratic things all across Himachal Pradesh. As a theatre figure,he has been associated for decades with Shimla's historic Gaiety Theatre,for which he has written,acted in,and directed a number of plays. As a retired civil servant,Joshi has been active in various civic causes in Shimla,including heritage conservation,environmental protection,and the promotion of arts.
The Rajputs in Himachal Pradesh are members of the Rajput community living in the North Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. They ruled a majority of kingdoms of the region and even dominate in Himachal Pradesh politics. The kingdoms of the Hill States of India were mostly in the present day state of Himachal Pradesh,and mostly had Rajput rulers. All of the Chief Ministers who served Himachal Pradesh except for Shanta Kumar belong to the Rajput caste. The Rajputs of Himachal Pradesh fought battles with Tughlaq,Mughal,and Sikh forces,most notable being the Battle of Bhangani,when the Hill States made an alliance against the Sikhs. While some Rajput kingdoms and clans have a long history in Himachal Pradesh,others were established due to the Rajput migrations to the hill regions mostly due to the Islamic invasions.
Lokender Kumar is an Indian politician,social worker and incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly for Anni assembly constituency as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections,Lokender Kumar defeated the Kishori Lal of Indian National Congress party.
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