Captain Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu (born 18 December 1967) is an Indian politician. He was cabinet minister with independent charge of eight departments in the

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in India in the first-ever government led by the

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(BJP) in

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. He is a former soldier, award-winning newspaper founder editor,

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and philanthropist. He was

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(MLA) in

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from

Narnaund Narnaund is an emerging city on Hansi–Chandigarh highway, a municipal committee and Narnaund (Vidhan Sabha constituency), in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city Hansi is approximately 22 km away and another city Jind ...

Hisar district Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of H ...

from 2014 to 2019. He served in the Indian Army for six years where he was decorated with Special Services Medal. He was then selected for the Civil Services of India (ICS) but chose not to join in favour of philanthropic and social service work. As a trustee and/or chairman of various family-owned not-for-profit foundations, such as Param Mitra Manav Nirman Sansthan and

Indus Group of Institutions Indus Group of Institutions, named after the "Sindhu" (Indus River), is a nonprofit charitable trust that along with Param Mitra Manav Nirman Sansthan is owned by the Sindhu Education Foundation to run several educational institutes in various s ...

of Sindhu Education Foundation, which owns more than dozen private colleges and schools in Haryana and Chhattisgarh. Sindhu holds or has held several prominent BJP party positions including as National Spokesperson, National General Secretary, General Secretary in Haryana, in-charge of

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state, and co-in-charge of the state of

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campaign during the

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. In 2014, he won the election for the position of

(MLA) as the BJP candidate from

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constituency.

Life and works

Early life and education

Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu was born on 18 December 1967 at

Khanda Kheri Khanda Kheri is a village in Hansi Tehsil, Hisar District in the Indian state of Haryana. Education The Govt Girls School was established in 1901.Hisar district Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of H ...

, Haryana, India. Sindhu earned a

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degree from the

Maharishi Dayanand University Maharshi Dayanand University, also called M.D. University or simply MDU, is a university in Rohtak, Haryana, India. Established in 1976 and named after the saint Dayananda Saraswati. Maharshi Dayanand University, ab initio established as Rohta ...

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, in 1986. He obtained a

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from the

in 2005 and has also completed a

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in Mass Communication from the

Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, was founded in 1995. The jurisdiction of the university extends to the courses being run in the areas of science, technology, engineering, pharmacy and management. Guru Jambheshwar ...

, Hisar, which was awarded in 2007. He had also completed two years

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course from Harvard Business School in 2015.

Career

In 1987, Sindhu joined the

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, passing-out as a Second Lieutenant on 5 March 1988 to serve in 7 Mechanised Infantry Regiment (1 Dogra). In 1994, he was selected for the

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but he chose not to join, preferring instead to concentrate on philanthropic and social service work. Sindhu was also involved in business prior to his entry into politics. He is variously the founder-owner, director and chairman of several companies, including Sindhu Tradelinks Pvt Ltd and Indus Portfolio Pvt Ltd. His business ventures include coal mining, power generation, transport, share broking, finance and portfolio management, education and media. Sindhu is editor-in-chief of the Hindi-language daily ''Hari Bhoomi'' newspaper that is distributed in Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and parts of Delhi and Odisha. In 2012, this was the 11th-largest Hindi daily newspaper in India by readership. In 2002, he received the ''Babu Bal Mukund Gupt Award'' from the Haryana Sahitya Akademi for his work in journalism.

Politics

In 2004, Sindhu lost contest for the Rohtak Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency against Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the then state

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president. In the following year, he failed to win in a by-election for the same constituency against Hooda's son, Deepender Singh Hooda, and also lost the

contest in the Narnaund constituency. In 2005, Sindhu was appointed as the General Secretary of Haryana BJP unit for two terms before being escalated to BJP National Secretary. In 2009, he contested and lost the election for the position of MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Haryana as the BJP candidate from Narnaund. He also lost the contest for the Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency in the same year. In 2012, as the co–in-charge of BJP

, his role remained pivotal in spearheading the victory of

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-BJP alliance in the

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elections by beating the anti-incumbency mood in the state. In 2012, he was involved in Media Management of Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha elections and the Election Management team of

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elections. In 2013, he was appointed as BJP National Spokesperson and Co-in-charge of

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ahead of the Indian General Election, 2014. In 2014, he won the Narnaund seat in the Legislative Assembly of Haryana by a margin of 5761 votes. He was then sworn in as a Cabinet Minister. In 2017, he was given also made incharge of BJP part affairs for the state of Punjab.BJP bets heavy on electoral experience, organisational ability in selecting Lok Sabha campaign in-charges
Economic Times, 30 December 2018. On 26 December 2018, he was again reappointed as the BJP in-charge of the Punjab and Chandigarh.

Ministries

Sindhu was given independent charge of the following 13 Government of Haryana departments as a Cabinet Minister. He had the highest number of departments including Department of Economic and Statistical Analysis, Haryana, Haryana State Legal Services Authority, Haryana , Department of Finance, Haryana , Department of Institutional Finance & Credit Control, Haryana ,

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, Department of Excise & Taxation, Haryana , Department of Land records & Consolidation, Haryana , Department of Rehabilitation, Haryana.

Personal life

His mother is Parmeshwari Devi. His father, Mitter Sen Sindhu, was a millionaire industrialist and philanthropist, the owner of A. C. B. India Ltd. The family has been described as a "middle-class Arya Samaj family". Abhimanyu is in a joint family arrangement with his three sisters and six brothers. He is also involved in the promotion of archery as a sport, serving as president of the Haryana Archery Association and associate vice-president of the

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Philanthropy

He has inherited a family educational organization called Sindhu Education Foundation. In December 2017, he organized the mass wedding of 51 poor girls in the premises of the Param Mitra Kanya Vidya Niketan Senior Secondary School of

Khanda Kheri Khanda Kheri is a village in Hansi Tehsil, Hisar District in the Indian state of Haryana. Education The Govt Girls School was established in 1901.1967 births Indian military personnel Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Haryana Indian philanthropists Indian editors People from Hisar district People from Rohtak Living people

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State cabinet ministers of Haryana