Gairsain is a town in Chamoli district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand near state's summer capital Bhararisain. A town and Nagar Panchayat,Gairsain is situated at the eastern edge of the vast Dudhatoli mountain range,and is located in Chamoli district almost at the centre of the state,at a distance of approximately 250 kilometres from Dehradun. It is easily accessible from both the Garhwal and the Kumaon divisions,and in a way,acts as the bridge between the two regions. It is being considered as the future Permanent capital of Uttarakhand.
Pauri Garhwal is a district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Its headquarters is in the town of Pauri. It is sometimes referred to simply as Garhwal district,though it should not be confused with the larger Garhwal region of which it is only a part of.
Dhan Singh Rawat is a Cabinet Minister of Uttarakhand and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand,representing the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal.
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna was an Indian National Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh;he later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Singh.
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU) (formerly known as Garhwal University) is a Central University,established in 1973,located in Srinagar in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand in Northern India. The university is named after Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna,former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The university is residential cum affiliating with jurisdiction over Garhwal region. It is on the banks of the river Alaknanda in the mid-Himalayas. University intake is through examination including Joint Entrance Examination –Main (JEE Main) for School of Engineering &Technology,CAT and MAT. The university is A Graded with CGPA of 3.11 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1957,following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises five districts namely Chamoli,Nainital (part),Pauri Garhwal,Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal (part).
The Garhwali people are an Indian ethnolinguistic group native to the Garhwal,in the Indian state of Uttarakhand,who speak Garhwali,an Indo-Aryan language.
Tilak Raj Behar,born on 1 February 1957,is an Indian politician. He currently serves as the MLA for the 67-Kichha Vidhan Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand. He has held positions such as Health Minister in the Government of Uttarakhand,Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly,and Working President of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee.
The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly,also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha,is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand,one of the 28 states of India. It is seated at Dehradun,the winter capital,and Gairsain,the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank",is an Indian politician from Bhartiya Janta Party. He served as the Human Resource Development Minister in the Union Government of India starting from 31 May 2019. The name of his ministry was changed to Education Ministry in July 2020,following the ministry's name change,his title was changed to Minister of Education.
The elections in 2012 were scheduled for seven Vidhan Sabhas and several local elections were also conducted. The 14th presidential election to elect the 13th president of the republic was also held in 2012. The tenure of the legislative assemblies of Goa,Gujarat,Himachal Pradesh,Manipur,Punjab,Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were to expire during the year. The Election Commission of India issued the dates for the elections in Manipur,Punjab,Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh and Goa to take place in the first quarter of the year. Whereas the elections were held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the last quarter of the year.
Vijay Bahuguna is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the eldest son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna,an independence activist and politician,and also a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Vijay Bahuguna was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India. He represented the Tehri Garhwal constituency of Uttarakhand and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Yashpal Arya is a 7-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh (twice) and Uttarakhand combined. He is a former Minister of Transportation,Social Welfare,Minority and Students' Welfare in the Government of Uttarakhand under Bharatiya Janata Party's rule. Currently,he is an Indian National Congress leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly under Indian National Congress' rule. He was elected from Mukteshwar constituency in the 2007 Uttarakhand state assembly elections.
The Uttarakhand movement refers to the events of statehood activism within the undivided state of Uttar Pradesh which ultimately resulted in the formation of Uttarakhand,India as a separate state.
Trivendra Singh Rawat is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand between 2017 and 2021.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uttarakhand:
Tirath Singh Rawat is an Indian politician,a former Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from the Garhwal constituency in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the party chief of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand from 9 February 2013 to 31 December 2015 and former member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Chaubattakhal constituency from 2012 to 2017. He was also the first Education Minister of Uttarakhand.
Pritam Singh is an Indian politician who is a six-term Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chakrata,Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. A member of the Indian National Congress he is serving as Central Election Committee (CEC) Member. He has served as the Leader of Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and has also served as the president of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee. He is a six-term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. During the Congress government in Uttarakhand he had served as a Cabinet Minister for Home,Rural Development,Food and Civil Supplies,Panchayti Raj and Minor Irrigation in Government of Uttarakhand. He was also elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993. Singh represents Chakrata assembly.
Dhan Singh Negi is an Indian politician who was a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022 representing the Tehri constituency in Tehri Garhwal district. Previously affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),he switched to the Indian National Congress party (INC) in early 2022. Later he rejoined the BJP.In the 2017 state assembly elections,he defeated Dinesh Dhanai,then Cabinet Minister by a large margin.
