Dhruv Rathee() is an Indian YouTuber who makes videos on social issues, facts and current affairs.

Early life and education

Rathee was born in a

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family, in

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

. He completed his schooling in Haryana. He obtained his

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mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

from

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

, Germany, where he also completed his master's specialized in

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Career

In 2014, Rathee released a debut video on his channel, titled "BJP Exposed: Lies Behind The Bullshit", targeting

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chosen government that had been elected earlier that year. In 2016, Rathee earned online visibility after he "debunked" YouTuber Ajay Sehrawat's claims of

Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal (Hindi: �ɾʋin̪d̪ ked͡ʒɾiːʋaːl born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, former bureaucrat, and activist who is the 7th and current Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. Currently, he is the national conv ...

's "ineffective" administration. Rathee said, "When I saw people sharing Ajay Sehrawat’s videos without checking the facts, I realized the need to present actual research in front of them so that they understand the truth." His political analysis encompasses of national issues, while being critical of the fake news in the name of the

Hindutva Hindutva () is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. The term was formulated as a political ideology by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923. It is used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the ...

politics. Rathee released videos on his YouTube channel covering various topics including

2016 Uri attack The 2016 Uri attack was carried out on 18 September by four Jaish-e-Mohammed insurgents from Pakistan against an Indian Army brigade headquarters near the town of Uri in the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. 19 Indian soldiers we ...

2016 Indian Line of Control strike On 29 September 2016, India announced that it conducted surgical strikes against militant launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, and inflicted "significant casualties". Pakistan rejected India's claim, and ...

2016 Indian banknote demonetisation On 8 November 2016, the Government of India announced the demonetisation of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series. It also announced the issuance of new ₹500 and ₹2,000 banknotes in exchange for the demonetised ...

and

Gurmehar Kaur Gurmehar Kaur (born 24 September 1996) is an Indian student activist and author. Graduating from Lady Shri Ram College, she pursued her masters from Somerville College, University of Oxford. Kaur is also an ambassador for Postcards for Peace, a ...

row. He launched ''Pee News'', a satire "fake news" segment. He started a series called ''The Dhruv Rathee Show'' (now discontinued) on his YouTube in which he continued to be critical of the government. From 2017 to early 2020, he wrote opinion columns for

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. In 2018, he started "The Dhruv Rathee Show" on his Youtube channel, covering the news which is brushed under the carpet of mainstreammedia. The series was discontinued after its last episode on 9 October 2018. In July 2020, Rathee started another YouTube channel named ''Dhruv Rathee Vlogs'' where he publishes his international travel

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s hosted by himself along with his longtime girlfriend Juli Lbr, whom he married in the later part of 2021. He hosts shows such as ''DW Travel'' of

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, ''Decode with Dhruv'' of

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; and a

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-exclusive podcast called ''Maha Bharat with Dhruv Rathee''. He had been seen several times criticizing and comparing BJP democratically chosen government to Hitler rule. In February 2022, Rathee started a shorts channel to post 60 seconds facts video. In early 2023, Rathee started a series ''Jobs Zara Hatke'' which aims to make people aware about less popular jobs in India and abroad.

Personal life

Rathee lives in Germany and frequently travels internationally. He married his long-time girlfriend Juli Lbr on 24 November 2021 at Belvedere Palace, in

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References

External links

Ravish Kumar Interviews Dhruv Rathee on NDTV Prime Time
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Early life and education

Career

Personal life

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