Nainital is a town and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division,Uttarakhand,India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand,the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters of an eponymous district. It also houses the Governor of Uttarakhand,who resides in the Raj Bhavan. Nainital was the summer capital of the United Provinces.
Kumaon is a revenue and administrative division in the Indian State of Uttarakhand. It spans over the eastern half of the state and is bounded on the north by Tibet,on the east by Nepal,on the south by the state of Uttar Pradesh,and on the west by Garhwal. Kumaon comprises six districts of the state:Almora,Bageshwar,Champawat,Nainital,Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar.
Haldwani is the largest city of Kumaon. It is also the third most populous city and largest commercial market in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Haldwani is said to be the financial capital of Uttarakhand,having the most commercial,economic and industrial activities of the state. Haldwani is located in the Nainital District,and is one of its eight Subdivisions. The Haldwani Urban agglomeration has 232,060 people as of 2011,and is the third most populous UA in Uttarakhand,after Dehradun and Haridwar. Being situated in the immediate foothills of Kumaon Himalayas,the Kathgodam neighbourhood of Haldwani is known as the "Gateway to Kumaon".
Bipin Chandra Tripathi was a founder member of the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal,a political party recognised in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Rajadhiraj Karan Chand Singh Baba is current Maharaja of Kumaon also an Indian politician who was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha of the Parliament of India. He represented the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency of Uttarakhand and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran,Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 1st State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter,was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency,earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 2nd Vidhan Sabha election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The elections were held on 21 February 2007,when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority,the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition,holding 21 seats.
Dr. Mahendra Singh Pal is an Indian politician. He represented the Nainital Lok Sabha constituency from 1989 to 1991,and again from 2002 to 2004. Pal is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) party and served on the Committee on Urban and Rural Development in 2003. He was designated a Senior Advocate in 2004. He is a leading advocate and practices mainly in the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital. He was ex Additional Advocate General of Uttarakhand High Court in Supreme Court.
The 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 1st Vidhan Sabha elections of the state of Uttarakhand in India,when the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 36 seats in the 70-seat legislature in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the official opposition,holding 19 seats.
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. Uttarakhand became a state on 9 November 2000. The formation of Uttarakhand was achieved after a long struggle and many sacrifices. The demand to make Uttarakhand a state was first raised at a special session of the Indian National Congress held in Srinagar on 5-6 May 1938. The demand gradually strengthened following a series of events. In 1994,the demand for a separate state eventually took the form of a mass movement that resulted in the formation of India's 27th state by 2000. Jeet Bahadur Gurung became the first martyr in Pauri on 8 August 1994.
Dinanath Bhaskar is an Indian politician active in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Once a close associate of Kanshi Ram,he was a founding member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and was Minister for Health during the state's coalition government of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and BSP in 1993. He quit the BSP to join the SP in 1996,rejoined the BSP around 2009 and in 2015 joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Garautha is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Garautha in the Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Handia is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Handia in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
The 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the First Vidhan Sabha elections of the state when the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 36 seats in the 70-seat legislature in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the official opposition,holding 19 seats.
The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the second Vidhan Sabha election of the state. The elections were held on 21 February 2007,when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority,the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition,holding 21 seats.
Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party from Madhya Pradesh. Hailing from the Chambal region,he has been a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Bhind constituency since 1990. Previously,he had served the 13th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly as the deputy leader of the opposition and as the leader of the opposition. Prior to that,he was a minister in Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh's cabinet between 1998 and 2003.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttarakhand on 14 February 2022 to elect 70 members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Sumit Hridayesh is an Indian politician and the MLA from Haldwani Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.
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).
Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu (1906–1974) was an Indian writer,litterateur,poet,independent activist and political leader. He won the 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from an assembly seat in Purnia. He also held the post of Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1962 to 1967. Sudhanshu is known for actively participating in the Quit India Movement in 1942. He was imprisoned in Bhagalpur jail by the Britishers.
