Preceded by Yashpal Arya Constituency Dehradun Role Politician | Constituency Dehra Khas Name Harbans Kapoor Spouse(s) Savita Kapoor | |
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Succeeded by Govind Singh Kunjwal | ||
Amit kapoor bjp harbans kapoor ji jail
Harbans Kapoor (born 7 January 1946) is an Indian politician who is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand State. He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He was Speaker from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituerncy. He has never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record seven terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and thrice as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun.
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- Amit kapoor bjp harbans kapoor ji jail
- Supporter of MLA Harbans Kapoor climbed water tank demanding ministry for leader
- Early life and education
- Politics
- References
Supporter of MLA Harbans Kapoor climbed water tank demanding ministry for leader
Early life and education
Harbans Kapoor was born in Bannu in 1946 to the Hindu Punjabi family. He completed his early schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. He graduated in Law from DAV College, Dehradun, HNB Garhwal University.
Politics
Starting as a grass root level politician, he joined the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1989 as a member of the 10th Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Dehradun constituency, followed by the 11th Vidhan Sabha, 12th Vidhan Sabha and the 13th Vidhan Sabha. He also maintained his victory in the first election of the new state of Uttarakhand in 2002 and continued his victory spree in all the elections after the inception. In 2007, he was unanimously elected the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly,
