Udhampur (ˌʊd̪ʱəmpur) is a city and a municipal council in Udhampur district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters of Udhampur District. Named after Raja Udham Singh,it serves as the district capital and the Northern Command headquarters of the Indian Army. A Forward Base Support Unit (FBSU) of the Indian Air Force is also stationed here. Udhampur is used by the Armed Forces as a transit point between Jammu and Srinagar when travelling by road on National Highway 1A,which has since been renamed as National Highway 44.
The Jammu &Kashmir National Panthers Party is a socialist and secular state political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir,India. The party was founded on 23 March 1982 by husband and wife Prof. Bhim Singh and Jay Mala,Its aim is to "demolish corruption,communalism,criminalization,drug menace" and to establish a real democracy through ultimate revolution. Panthers party has maintained power at assembly and the local level for over four decades in its stronghold within the mountainous Udhampur constituency,where in the vicinity 5.9 million tonnes of Jammu and Kashmir lithium reserves,the 7th largest known reserve in the world,with an estimated value of $500 billion,was discovered in February 2023.
Chaudhary Lal Singh is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was Minister for Forest,Environment,Ecology of J&K in PDP-BJP coalition government in J&K. He represented the Basohli in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
Chaman Lal Gupta was an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir,belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party. He was union minister of state of defence from 2002 to 2004. Earlier,he held a portfolio of food processing and civil aviation.
Ramnagar is a town and notified area committee in Udhampur District in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr Nirmal Kumar Singh is an Indian politician and was the last Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State. He is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. On 1 March 2015,he assumed the charge of the Minister for Power Development and Housing and Urban Development.
Abdul Ghani Kohli is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was a member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elected in 2014 from Kalakote in Rajouri district as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. He defeated Rashpal Singh of National Conference by 6,178 votes. He became the first Muslim MLA to win on BJP ticket in Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP replaced him by Thakur Randhi Singh to contest the 2024 Assembly election from the new Kalakote-Sunderbani constituency.
Sat Sharma is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly representing Bharatiya Janata Party and was the president of its state unit from 2015 to 12 May 2018. He was re-appointed the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party,Jammu and Kashmir unit on 3 November 2024.
Shakti Raj Parihar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Parihar is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Doda West Vidhan Sabha in Doda district and a former Minister of State (MoS) in the BJP-PDP Government.
Balwant Singh Mankotia is an Indian politician and the former President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. He has been three times elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,holding office for over 12 years. He is a leading campaigner for secular values against the terrorist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. On 29 September 2022,he joined Bhartiya Janata Party. He won the 2024 elections from Chenani Assembly constituency,a seat previously held by his uncle Bhim Singh,and defeating his cousin Harsh Dev Singh by a margin 15,611 votes.
Sham Lal Choudhary is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a cabinet minister in the BJP-PDP Coalition Government in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Gharu Ram Bhagat is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir and member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Bhagat was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Ranbir Singhpura constituency in Jammu district. He was affiliated with Bhartiya Janata Party until 2016. In 2016,he joined Indian National Congress. On 30 August 2022,he resigned from Congress in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad. He later joined the BJP and won from Suchetgarh in 2024.
Prithvi Chand is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Chand was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Ramnagar constituency in Udhampur District.
Dina Nath Bhagat is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election from the Chanani constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community in Udhampur district elected on BJP ticket.
Daleep Singh Parihar is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly representing the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Bhaderwah Assembly constituency in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir,India.
Rakesh Pathania is an Indian politician and a member of Nurpur in Himachal Pradesh for third time. In 2021 Cabinet reshuffle he was sworn in as Cabinet Minister for Forest,Sports and Youth Affairs Bharatiya Janata Party Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Devender Singh Rana was an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was an MLA from Nagrota,Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency in Jammu district as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Jewan Lal is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is an MLA from Bani Assembly constituency in Kathua district. He won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Randhir Singh is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Kalakote–Sunderbani Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janta Party.
Sheikh Abdul Rehman is an Indian politician,survivor of the Indian partition,and former member of parliament and the legislative assembly from Jammu and Kashmir. He is notably recognized as the only Muslim to have served as the president of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS),the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Rehman has had a long and diverse political career,having been associated with several parties,including the Bharatiya Lok Dal,Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),and National Conference (NC).
