Events in the year 2007 in the Republic of India.
Shibu Soren is an Indian politician who is currently member of Rajya Sabha representing Jharkhand and the leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He formerly served as 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand,first in 2005 for 10 days,then from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2009 to 2010. He is also the President of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party,a constituent of the INDI Alliance. He was the member of Lok Sabha from Dumka from 1980 to 1984,1989 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2019 and Minister for Coal in the Union Cabinet from 2004 to 2004,2004 to 2005 and from 2006 to 2006,when a Delhi district court found him guilty in the murder of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994. He has also been indicted in the past on other criminal charges.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. Shibu Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state of Odisha and parts of neighbouring of states. Its election symbol for Jharkhand is Bow and Arrow.
Chandra Shekhar Dubey also known as Dadai Dubey was a Cabinet minister in Jharkhand government. He was an elected MLA of Bishrampur. Dadai Dubey is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. Chandrashekhar Dubey was also member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Dhanbad constituency of Jharkhand. Chandrashekhar Dubey was made the state rural development minister in Jharkhand in Hemant Soren government in August 2013. Dubey was also the general secretary of Rashtiya Koyla Mazdoor Sangh affiliated to INTUC. Chandrashekhar Dubey was also a senate member of Nilamber Pitamber University,nominated by Hon'ble Speaker of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. In July 2015,Dadai Dubey was arrested for misbehaving with the police and was sent to judicial custody.
Tek Lal Mahto was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He was one of the founders and key members of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party,and served five terms in the Jharkhand state legislature. He was a delegate to the Bihar assembly in 1985,represented the Giridih constituency in the Lok Sabha between 2004 and 2009,and JMM from Mandu Assembly constituency at the time of his death. He died of a cardiac arrest at the hospital of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences where he was admitted the day before. He was survived by wife,two sons Ram Prakash Bhai Patel and Jai Prakash Bhai Patel with three daughters.
Sunil Kumar was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India,representing the constituency of Jamshedpur in the eastern state of Jharkhand. He was General Secretary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party. He was assassinated by Naxalite rebels who subscribe to Communist ideology.
Kameshwar Baitha is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Palamu constituency of Jharkhand. He is now the state President of All India Trinamool Congress Jharkhand Unit. He was originally a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha political party,but joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014. He left the BJP for the Trinamool Congress after failing to get a ticket for the general Elections of 2014.
Abha Mahato is an Indian parliamentarian from Jamshedpur,Jharkhand.
Vijay Kumar Hansdak is an Indian politician and a member of the Lok Sabha. He represents the Rajmahal constituency of Jharkhand and a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. Vijay is son of former Congress MP and former Congress State (Jharkhand) President Late Thomas Hansda from the same seat. Vijay joined the JMM fold just before the poll dates were announced.
Bidyut Baran Mahato is an Indian politician and a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Jamshedpur,Jharkhand. He won the 2014 Indian general election being a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. He also won the Lok Sabha Elections held in May 2019. He became the first candidate from Jamshedpur Lok Sabha Constituency to win the Lok Sabha Election held in May 2024 three times consecutively.
The Kudmi Mahato are a tribal community in the states of Jharkhand,West Bengal and Odisha of India. They are primarily agriculturalist.
Mahto or Mahato is a surname used by several castes and communities in the states of Bihar,Jharkhand,West Bengal,Uttar Pradesh and Odisha in India. Mahato is also a popular surname in Nepal. In the zamindari villages,"Mahto" was a title given to the headman of a village ward. The mahto's duties were to maintain peace in his area,and collect revenue for the zamindar. In Chotanagpur plateau region of Jharkhand,including in the Oraon tribal society,Mahato was historically a title of the village chief. In Bihar,the surname Mahto is primarily used by people belonging to Kushwaha caste. While in Jharkhand,it is a term most often associated with Koeri and Kurmi caste.
Shailendra Mahto is an Indian politician. He was the member of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He represented twice as a Member of Parliament from Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Geeta Koda is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament from Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency. Earlier she was associated with Jai Bharat Samanta Party. On 26 February 2024 she left Indian National Congress and joined BJP on the same day.
Binod Bihari Mahato was an advocate and politician. He founded Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,established in 1972. He was a leader of the movement for the establishment of the separate state of Jharkhand. He was a member of Bihar Vidhan Sabha three times,in 1980,1985 and 1990,and a member of the Lok Sabha from Giridih in 1991.
Suraj Mandal is an Indian politician and a member of the 10th Lok Sabha. Mandal was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Godda,Bihar in the 1991 Indian general election as a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha by defeating a sitting member of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Janardan Yadav. Mandal was MLA in Bihar Vidhan Sabha from 1980 to 1991.
Amulya Sardar was an Indian politician who represented Potka Assembly constituency from 2005 to 2010 as a Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Sardar was a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,a political party. Sardar was elected MLA for the second assembly of Jharkhand in 2005 on the ticket of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for the first time.
Amit Mahto is an Indian politician and a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Silli and won Vidhan Sabha election in 2014. He was a member of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and considered the face of youth in the Jharkhand Political Party. Former JMM MLA from Silli,Amit Mahto has resigned from the party,accused the leadership of compromising the interest of the people of Jharkhand and forming a new political party Khatiyani Jharkhandi Party on 6 April 2022 to give rights to the local Khatiyani People of Jharkhand.
Mathura Prasad Mahato is an Indian politician from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly,elected three times in 2005,2009 and 2019 from Tundi. He was the Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms in the First Hemant Soren government. He is the JMM and INDI alliance candidate for Giridih in the 2024 Indian general election. He belongs to the community of Kurmis.
Sabita Mahato is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. She is a MLA from Ichagahr Assembly constituency in Seraikela district representing Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. She won the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election.
