Preceded by Thakur Ram Lal Spouse(s) Santosh Shailja Preceded by Virbhadra Singh Name Shanta Kumar | Nationality Indian Party Bharatiya Janata Party Succeeded by Thakur Ram Lal | |
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Born 12 September 1934 (age 89)
Garhjamula, Kangra ( 1934-09-12 ) Residence Yamini Parisar, Palampur, Distt. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh Similar People Yashwant Sinha, Murli Manohar Joshi, Prem Kumar Dhumal, L K Advani, Anurag Thakur | ||
Political party Bharatiya Janta Party | ||
Shanta kumar talks about his letter says he has expressed his disappointment
Shanta Kumar (born 12 September 1934) is a former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a former minister in Government of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Kangra constituency in 1989. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 and 1999 from the same constituency. He has written a number of books.
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- Shanta kumar talks about his letter says he has expressed his disappointment
- Shanta kumar bjp winner from kangra himachal pradesh
- Early life
- Political career
- Writing
- References
Shanta kumar bjp winner from kangra himachal pradesh
Early life
Shanta Kumar was born to Jagannath Sharma and Kaushalya Devi on 12 September 1934 in Garhjamula, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh.
Political career
His political career began in 1963 when he was elected as a Panch in the Gram Panchayat for Garhjamula. He was subsequently elected as a member of the Panchayat Samiti in Bhawarna and then was president of Zilla Parishad in Kangra from 1965 to 1970.
He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1972. He remained a member till 1985. He was re-elected to the House again in 1990 and continued till 1992. He became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in 1977. He held the post till 1980 and came back to head the Government again in 1990 and stayed till 1992. He was the Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.
He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 from Kangra. He was re-elected twice in 1998 and 1999. He was a senior minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1999 to 2004. He was Union Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution from 1999 to 2002 and Union Minister of Rural Development from 2002 to 2004.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in 2008. In 2014, he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Kangra.
Writing
Kumar's books include: