Jagan Prasad Garg was an Indian politician and member of the

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and the

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Legislative assemblies of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. Garg was a member of the

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and represented Agra North constituency of

during the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.

Early life and education

Jagan Prasad Garg was born in the village Sarhendi in

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

, India in 1952. Garg completed

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from

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. Prior to entering politics, he was a businessperson by profession.

Political career

Jagan Prasad Garg has been a MLA for four straight terms (since 1998). He was elected during the by-elections in 1998 for his first term (constituency not known). In his second and third terms, he contested from Agra East (Assembly constituency) (ceased to exist after "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008"). He later represented Agra North (Assembly constituency) and was a member of the

. On 26 October 2017, Garg caused controversy after he told reporters that he believed the

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was built after demolishing a

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temple.

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Early life and education

Political career

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