Rajiv Nandan

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Rajiv Nandan
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Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
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2015–2020
Education B.Sc (Chemical Engineering)
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Rajiv Nandan also known as Rajiv Nandan Dangi [1] is an Indian politician. [2] He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Gurua constituency in Bihar in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [3] [4]

Dangi was a resident of Gaya district of Bihar. His ancestral home was near Gulariya Chak in the Tikari Police Station area of Gaya. He was a member of Dangi sub-caste of the dominant Koeri caste of Bihar. [5] He contested legislative assembly election twice. In 2015, he became the MLA from Gurua constituency, but in 2020, he was unable to retain his seat. He came from a political family and his father Sachidanand Dangi was also a politician. Sachidanand Dangi represented Belaganj Assembly constituency in Bihar Legislative Assembly. Rajiv Nandan was the personal assistant of parliamentarian Ramji Manjhi, which allowed him to begin his political career. [6]

He died in 2023 at Paras Hospital in Patna. He was suffering from prolonged illness before his death. [7]

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