Kanwar Pal Gurjar was a speaker of the

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from 26 October 2014 to 4 November 2019. He belongs to

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and was elected to the assembly from

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two times. He was born in Yamunanagar, Haryana.

Life and career

Gujjar was born on 8 May 1960 in Bahadurpur to Chandan Singh and Jagwati Devi. He did matriculation from Haryana Board of School Education, Bhiwani in 1976-1977 and then pursued

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from Mukund Lal College Yamunanagar,

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in 1979, but dropped out in the second year. Gujjar is married to Sunita Gujjar, with whom he has two daughters and a son, Nischal Chaudary. He became MLA twice. He was elected MLA in 2000 when INLD-BJP ruled the state.

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