Chhattisgarh is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area,and with a population of roughly 30 million,the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states –Uttar Pradesh to the north,Madhya Pradesh to the northwest,Maharashtra to the southwest,Jharkhand to the northeast,Odisha to the east,Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to the south. Formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh,it was granted statehood on 1 November 2000 with Raipur as the designated state capital.
Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi was an Indian politician,who has served as the 1st Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2000 to 2003 and a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Marwahi from 2018 to 2020 and from 2001 to 2013. He also served as a member of Lok Sabha from Mahasamund from 2004 to 2008 and from Raigarh from 1998 to 1999 and member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh from 1986 to 1998 and district collector of Raipur in Office from 1978 to 1981. He was a member of Indian National Congress till 2016 and the founder of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh and the 1st President of the party from 2016 till he died in 2020.
Raman Singh is an Indian politician who formerly served as the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2019 to 2023 and as a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Rajnandgaon since 2008 and from Dongargaon from 2004 to 2008. He also served as the 2nd and the longest serving Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for 15 years from 2003 to 2018,Minister of State for Commerce and Industries in the Vajpayee cabinet from 1999 to 2003,Member of the Lok Sabha from Rajnanadgaon from 1999 to 2003 and a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kawardha from 1990 to 1998.
Ambikapur is a city and headquarters of Surguja district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is one of the oldest cities in the state,in east-central India. Ambikapur is also the divisional headquarters of Surguja Division which consists of the six districts of Surguja,Korea,Manendragarh,Balrampur,Surajpur and Jashpur.
Bhatapara is a city and a Nagar Palika (municipality) in the Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara district of the state of Chhattisgarh,India.
Vishnu Deo Sai is an Indian politician currently serving as the 4th Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. He is the first senior tribal leader in Central India. Sai is the member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He currently represents Kunkuri in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
Vidya Charan Shukla was an Indian politician whose political career spanned six decades. He was predominantly a member of the Indian National Congress,but also had spells in Jan Morcha,Janata Dal,Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya),Nationalist Congress Party and Bharatiya Janata Party. He was known as a close associate of Indira Gandhi.
Bhupesh Baghel,popularly known as Kaka,is an Indian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023. He was president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress from 2014 to 2019. He represents the Patan constituency in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2013 and from 2003 to 2008. He had been cabinet minister of Transportation in undivided Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh government from 1999 to 2003. He was first Minister for Revenue,Public Health Engineering and Relief Work of Chhattisgarh.
The Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) is the state wing of the Indian National Congress serving in Chhattisgarh. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state,as well as selecting candidates for local,state,and national elections. The current president of the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee is Mohan Markam,who is also a member of the Legislative Assembly in Chhattisgarh. The committee has been part of the Congress in the state's politics since the formation of the state in 2000.
Charan Das Mahant is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress who serves as the Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He was the member of the Indian Parliament,representing Korba constituency. He is the former Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing.
Bemetara district is a new district in the state of Chhattisgarh,India.
Kunvara is a Village in Nawagarh Tehsil in Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh State of India.
Bisahu Das Mahant was an Indian politician for Madhya Pradesh. He was among most successful MLA ever produced by congress in the state and he represented Baraduwar now known as Naya Baradwar,Nawagarh and Champa for one,two and three terms respectively for the constituencies. He contested and won Baraduwar in 1952 Nawagarh in 1957 and 1962 and Champa in the year 1967,1972 and 1977 in Vidhan Sabha elections. He never lost election since he started winning in 1952,he was elected to six consecutive terms until he died,he was bed-ridden for very long duration and finally died due to cardiac arrest.
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) (transl. People's Congress Chhattisgarh;abbr.JCC) is a political party in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The party was founded by former Chief Minister,Ajit Jogi,after Jogi and his son Amit were expelled from Indian National Congress due to anti-party activities as well as sabotaging a bypoll election in Antagarh. Amit Jogi was expelled for six years.
Koduram Dalit was an Indian poet in Hindi and Chhattisgarhi languages.
Tribhuvaneshwar Saran Singh Deo,also known by his initials as T. S. Singh Deo or T. S. Baba,is an Indian politician from Ambikapur,Chhattisgarh. He was the First Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from June 2023 to December 2023.
Biswabhusan Harichandan is an Indian politician serving as the 8th and current Governor of Chhattisgarh. He was former Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2019 to early 2023.
Pamgarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Chhattisgarh in two phases on 7 November and 17 November 2023 to elect all 90 members of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results declared on 3 December 2023.
