Harish Kumar Gangwar(Gang Vansh) was

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in the seventh

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from Pilibhit constituency elected in 1980 on

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ticket. Harish Kumar Gangawar was son of Baldev Prasad Gangwar, who was Agriculturist by profession in Teolia Village, comes under limits of

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district,

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.http://164.100.24.209/newls/biodata_1_12/2733.htm Gangawar attended primary school in Teolia Village, and attended High School and Intermediate class in Bareilly city, after which he joined Bareilly College, Bareilly for

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. After passing the same he joined Masters of Arts from Bareilly College, Bareilly. after that he successfully completed B.T. course from Bareilly College, Bareilly. Then he joined L.L.B. from Bareilly College, Bareilly and after completing the same, he started practising Law as a profession in the city of Bareilly. At initial, he joined Bhartiya Jan Sangh and elected for President of Gram Sabha, Teolia village several times during 1950–60. but with due course of time, he joined Congress (I), and elected for

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in 1962 form Bareilly legislative seat and again in 1974 from the same Bareilly legislative seat. He was elected as seventh

from Pilibhit constituency with 40.42% votes on Congress (I)'s ticket and defeated his rival contender who was from

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and received 25.34% votes in the general election held in 1980. Apart from this, he was ex-director of Sugar Cane Co-operative Society, Bareilly and Manager of Patel Inter College in Dhaura town in Bareilly district. He also held the position of Member in the Committee on Subordinate Legislation.

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1930 births People from Pilibhit Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Bareilly district Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 1980–1984 {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub