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Maurya (surname)
Maurya is a surname used by Kushwaha caste in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The community called Kushwaha are also known as Koeri, Kachhi, Shakya, Murao and Saini in various parts of the state of Uttar Pradesh. They are second largest OBC group in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh after Yadavs and are one of the most politically organised peasant community in India after Jats, Yadavs and Kurmis. In Rajasthan, due to lack of numerical preponderance in assembly constituencies like Jats, they are underrepresented in politics; however, in Bihar, they are a dominant caste, comprising approximately 9 percent of the population of state. They wield influence over 63 assembly constituencies and half a dozen Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. Notable people Notable people with Maurya surname, who may or may not be associated with caste/clan are: * Anil Kumar Maurya, Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Ghorawal Assembly constituency. * Asha Maurya, Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kushwaha
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) is a community of the Indo-Gangetic Plain which has traditionally been involved in agriculture (including beekeeping). The term has been used to represent different subcastes, being those of the Kachhis, Koeris and Muraos. Under the Indian governments system of positive discrimination, the Kushwahas are classified as a "Backward" or "Other Backward class". From the 20th century onwards, they began to claim descent from the Suryavansh (Solar) dynasty via Kusha, who was one of the twin sons of Rama and Sita. Previously, they had worshipped Shiva and Shakta. Origin The Kushwaha claim descent from the Suryavansh dynasty through Kusha, a son of the mythological Rama, an avatar of Vishnu, a myth of origin developed in the twentieth century. Prior to that time, the various branches that form the Kushwaha community - the Kachhis, Koeris, and Muraos - favoured a connection with Shiva and Shakta. Ganga Prasad Gupta, a proponent of Kushwah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asha Maurya
Asha Maurya is an Indian politician. She was elected to Mahmoodabad in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Political career Maurya became the first women Member of Legislative Assembly from Mahmoodabad Assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh by defeating six time MLA, Nagendra Singh Verma, who also served as cabinet minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh. In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, Maurya secured victory over Verma by a margin of 5689 votes. Prior to this, in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, she was defeated by Verma by a margin of 1906 votes, yet, Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ... decided to make her a candidate for the second time from Mahmoodabad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanghmitra Maurya
Sanghmitra Maurya (born 3 January 1985) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Badaun (Lok Sabha constituency), Badaun, Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, defeating senior Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav. She earlier contested in Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency), Mainpuri in 2014 as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party but lost to Mulayam Singh Yadav. Personal life Maurya was born on 3 January 1985 in Allahabad city in Uttar Pradesh to politicians Swami Prasad Maurya and Shiva Maurya. She is a practitioner of Buddhism. Her family converted to Buddhism from Hinduism. She did her M.B.B.S in 2010 from ERA's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, then under Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University. Her husband, Dr. Naval Kishore Shakya is a Cancer Surgeon and owner of Lakshaya Cancer Hospital Lucknow who joined Samajwad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majhawan Assembly Constituency
Majhawan is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Majhawan in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Majhawan is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 397 amongst 403 constituencies. Election results 2022 2017 Bharatiya Janta Party candidate ''Suchismita'' won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ... candidate ''Ramesh Chand Bind'' by a margin of 41,159 votes. References External links * Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur district Politics of Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Chandra Maurya
Ram Chandra Maurya was an Indian politician and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Majhawan Assembly constituency. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to 13th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly via 1996 Assembly elections. Maurya was a resident of Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. His daughter-in-law Suchismita Maurya also represented the Majhawan Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Political career Ram Chandra Maurya was born on 16 January 1950 to Sarju Prasad in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh in an Other Backward Class Hindu family. He completed his post graduate degree and married Vidyawati Devi in 1967. He had one son and three daughters with her. Maurya's daughter-in-law Suchismita Maurya contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on the ticket of Bharatiya Janata Party and was victorious. Maurya was also an industrialist besides being an active politician. In September-October 1996 elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Constituency
Pratapgarh is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Pratapgarh in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Pratapgarh is one of five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 248 amongst 403 constituencies. Election results 2022 2019 Bypoll 2019 Pratapgarh assembly by election was won by Apna dal Sonelal candidate Rajkumar Pal. 2017 Sangam Lal Gupta won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ... candidate Nagrenda Singh by a margin of 34,554 votes. References External links * {{coord missing, Uttar Pradesh Assembly co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajendra Kumar Maurya
Rajendra Kumar Maurya is an Indian politician and a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pratapgarh Assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He was elected from this constituency in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, as a candidate of Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi .... References Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with religious minorities. According to Kanshi Ram, when he founded the party in 1984, the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population, but were divided into 6,000 different castes. The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of Gautama Buddha, B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Narayana Guru, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj. Kanshi Ram named his protégée, Mayawati, as his successor in 2001. The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where it was the second-largest party in the 2019 Indian general election with 19.3% of votes and third-largest in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 12.88% of votes. Its election symbol is an elephant which is the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munna Lal Maurya
Munna Lal Maurya (15 September 1965 - 26 April 2007) was an Indian politician based in Uttar Pradesh. He was elected to 13th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly via 1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. Maurya was elected as a member of Bahujan Samaj Party. He also served as a minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh when Bhartiya Janta Party was in power in state under Kalyan Singh and Rajnath Singh's leadership. His wife Usha Maurya was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a candidate of Samajwadi Party in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. He represented Khaga Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Life and career Munna Lal Maurya was born to Nanku Lal Maurya on 16 September 1965 in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh in a Hindu Other Backward Class family. After completing his bachelor's degree, he was married to Anila Devi, also known as Usha Maurya in 1991. Maurya was an agriculturist, before he moved into activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keshav Prasad Maurya
Keshav Prasad Maurya (born 7 May 1969) is the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Life On 8 April 2016, on the first day of Chaitra, he was appointed the Bharatiya Janata Party chief of Uttar Pradesh. A member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he also participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. Born in 1969, in Sirathu in Kausambhi district, adjoining Allahabad, Maurya went on to study Hindi Literature at the ''Hindu Sahitya Sammelan'' in Allahabad. Political career Maurya has been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, RSS and the Vishva Hindu Parishad, VHP-Bajrang Dal from an early age, holding the posts of Nagar Karyawah and VHP Pranth Sanghathan Mantri, among others. While being active in the ''gauraksha'' (cow-protection) movements. He also participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. In the BJP, Maurya has been the regional (Kashi) coordinator of the backward class cell and the BJP Kisan Morcha. He has co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guru Prasad Maurya
Guru Prasad Maurya is an Indian politician from the BJP party, who is currently Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Phaphamau Assembly constituency Phaphamau is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the rural area of Phaphamau in Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Phaphamau is one of five assembly constituencies in th .... References 1968 births Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahoran Lal Maurya
Bahoran Lal Maurya is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Bareilly of Uttar Pradesh State of India. He represents the Bhojipura constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Political career Maurya has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2017, he has represented the Bhojipura constituency and is a member of the BJP. Posts held See also *Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ... References Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
