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Virbhadra Singh
Virbhadra Singh () (23 June 19348 July 2021) was an Indian politician who served 6 terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. A leader of the Indian National Congress party, he was elected 9 times as a Member of Legislative Assembly to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and 5 times as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha. Virbhadra Singh was popularly known by the honorific Raja Sahib. Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, holding the office from 1983 to 1990, from 1993 to 1998, from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017, when he was succeeded by the BJP's Jai Ram Thakur. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962, 1967, 1971, 1980 and 2009. Singh served as a Union Minister in the governments of Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. At the time of his demise, he was serving as an MLA from Arki constituency. Personal life Virbhadra Singh was born on 23 June 1934 at Sarahan, Shimla district in the roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Chief Ministers Of Himachal Pradesh
The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.Durga Das Basu. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. . Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Himachal Pradesh as well. Since 1952, seven people have been Chie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel Brown Cambridge School
Colonel Brown Cambridge School is one of the oldest residential schools in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. It is an English medium school affiliated to the Indian Council of School Certificate Examination (CICSE) board of Education. The school is on a large campus. The buildings are heritage structures. The school is run by the "N.S. Educational Society" registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 and is recognized for the purpose of sending up students for the I.C.S.E. History It was established in 1926 by Col. William Brown, an Irishman with a record of distinguished service both in the sphere of education and the British Army. After he retired from the army, Col. W.Brown did not wish to leave India, the country where he had served and which he had grown to love. He decided to devote his life to education. Thus, the school came into existence with Ms. Oliphant as its first principal.. Management The school is run by the "N.S. Educational Society" registere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Steel (India)
The Ministry of Steel is an executive branch agency of the Government of India that is responsible for formulating all policies regarding steel production, distribution and pricing in India. As of July 2021, the ministry is headed by a Secretary Rank IAS officer he is the administrative head of ministry and the political Heads are minister of cabinet rank, Jyotiraditya Scindia and is assisted by a Minister of State, Faggan Singh Kulaste. Functions of the ministry *Coordination of data from various sources for the growth of the iron and steel industry in India *Formulation of policies in respect of production, pricing, distribution, import and export of iron & steel and ferro alloys *Planning and development of and assistance to the entire iron and steel industry in the country *Development of the input industries relating to iron ore, manganese ore, refractories and others required by the steel industry Attached/subordinate offices and institutes * Joint Plant Committee ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008. He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences. Vilasrao Deshmukh was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, India. He had previously held the posts of Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj, Government of India and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India. He was a member of Rajya Sabha representing Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh was two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2008. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and originally belonged to Latur district in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Critically ill with kidney and liver failures, Deshmukh died on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinsha Patel
Dinsha Jhaverbhai Patel (born 25 May 1937) is an Indian National Congress politician who was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Kheda constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Cabinet Minister, Mines. He was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines (Independent Charge) from 19 Jan 2011 to 27 Sep 2012. He was also a Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Independent Charge) from May 2009 to 18 Jan 2011 and was a Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas from 2006 to 2009. On 28 October 2012 he was given the responsibilities of Union Cabinet Minister, Mines. Contesting against Modi Patel was chosen by the Indian National Congress to contest against Narendra Modi on the Maninagar constituency in the 2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. His selection was based on his clean image and his Patel community background. He was selected after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term. Born in Gah, Pakistan, Gah, Punjab (region), West Punjab, in what is today Pakistan, Singh's family migrated to India during Partition of India, its partition in 1947. After obtaining his doctorate in economics from Nuffield College, Oxford, Oxford, Singh worked for the United Nations during 1966–1969. He subsequently began his bureaucratic career when Lalit Narayan Mishra hired him as an advisor in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. During the 1970s and 1980s, Singh held seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (India)
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is the ministry in the Government of India. It is the apex executive body for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws relating to micro, small and medium enterprises in India. The Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is Narayan Rane. The statistics provided by the annual reports of Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) shows a rise in the plan amount spent on the khadi sector from ₹1942.7 million to ₹14540 million, and non-plan amounts from ₹437 million to ₹2291 million, in the period from 1994–95 to 2014–2015. The interest subsidies to khadi institutions increased from ₹96.3 million to ₹314.5 million in this period. History The Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries was created in October 1999. In September 2001, the ministry was split into the Ministry of Small Scale Industries and the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries. The Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Awasthy
Sanjay Awasthy is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Arki in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. Early life and education Awasthy was born on 7 October 1963 in Solan, Himachal Pradesh. He studied at Government Senior Secondary School, Navgaon. Later, he gained his Bachelor of Arts from Government College, Sanjauli, Shimla, and Master of Arts from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Awasthy played cricket for Himachal Pradesh, including one first-class appearance in the Ranji Trophy in 1989–90. Political career Awasthy was elected as President of Block Congress committee Arki in 2009. He contested the 2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Arki constituency, but lost. After the death of Virbhadra Singh, the sitting MLA of Arki constituency, in July 2021, by-elections were held in October 2021. Awasthy won the by-election as a candidate of the Indian National Congress The Indian National Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arki (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Arki Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Arki is a part of Shimla Lok Sabha constituency. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2022 this section is transcluded on Electoral history of the MLA 2021 by-election The sitting MLA, Virbhadra Singh died on 8 July 2021. The Election Commission of India announced that by-elections for the vacant constituencies would be done on 30 October 2021. 2017 See also * Solan district * List of constituencies of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... * Arki Fort References External links * {{coord, 31.15, 76.97, display=title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly ...
The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Shimla, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 68 members directly elected from single-seat constituency. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved. Members of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly History Himachal Pradesh was the first state in India to launch paperless legislative assembly . List of assemblies List of Speaker and Deputy Speaker List of Leader of House List of Leader of Opposition See also *Government of Himachal Pradesh *13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh References Himachal Pradesh Election Results {{Authority control Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The Legislative Assembly (India)
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become a Speaker of the Legislature. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thakur Ram Lal
Thakur Ram Lal (7 July 1929 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress in Himachal Pradesh. He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Jubbal Kotkhai constituency in 1957. Later, he was re-elected to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from the same constituency in 1962, 1967, 1977, 1980, and 1982. He became the second Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on 28 January 1977 and remained in office till 30 April 1977. He was the leader of opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from 29 June 1977 to 13 February 1980. He again became the Chief Minister of the state on 14 February 1980 and remained in office till 7 April 1983. Later, he served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 15 August 1983 to 29 August 1984. His name got etched in infamy, as he appointed the Finance minister of Andhrapradesh Mr. N Baskar Rao as Chief Minister, when the incumbent CM sri. N.T.Rama Rao was getting surgery in the USA. This change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
