Dr. Jagdish Gandhi (born 10 November 1936) is an Indian politician and Educationist who founded the

City Montessori School City Montessori School (CMS) is a co-educational English medium private school that offers education from Pre-school up to K-12 (Grade 12) level in Lucknow, India. The school was founded in 1959 by Dr. Bharti Gandhi and Jagdish Gandhi, Dr. Jagdi ...

with his wife Bharti Gandhi. He had served as a member of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the- ...

from the Sikandra Rao constituency from 1969 to 1974 independently.

Early life and education

Gandhi was born to Phool Chand Agarwal and Bansmati Devi on November 10, 1936 in Barsauli Village,

Sikandra Rao Sikandra Rao is a town in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the three assembly constituencies of the district and a Municipal board. The current MLA from the constituency is senior BJP leader Birendra Singh Rana.The town is locat ...

Aligarh Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the cap ...

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. He did

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from G. S. College,

and Intermediate from Champa Agarwal College,

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

. He did

Bachelor of Commerce A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanmar, ...

from

Lucknow University The University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is a public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Founded in 1920, the University of Lucknow is one of the oldest government owned institutions of higher edu ...

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Living people 1936 births Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1969–1974 People from Hathras district Educationists from India Independent politicians in India Founders of Indian schools and colleges {{UttarPradesh-politician-stub