Kashi Singh Airy (

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

: काशी सिंह ऐरी; born 1 June 1953) is the leader and founding member of

Uttarakhand Kranti Dal The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (translation: Uttarakhand Revolutionary Party; UKD), is a registered unrecognised regional political party in Uttarakhand, India. It bills itself as the only regional party of the Uttarakhand in contrast to the nat ...

and a former 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-p ...

and

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. He founded the party in 1979 along with Bipin Chandra Tripathi, D. D. Pant and Indramani Badoni.

Early life

Kashi Singh Airy was born on 1 June 1953, in Panthagaon village in

Dharchula Dharchula is a town in Pithoragarh district in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, situated at an elevation of 940 m above sea level, surrounded by peaks from all sides and Kali river cutting through the middle, dividing the area in ...

Pithoragarh Pithoragarh ( Kumaoni: ''Pithor'garh'') is a Himalayan city with a Municipal Board in Pithoragarh district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the fourth largest city of Kumaon and the largest in Kumaon hills. It is an education hub of t ...

to Kehar Singh and mother Sunita Devi. He had his primary and secondary education at Baluwakot. He passed his intermediate education from GIC Narayan Nagar,

Didihat Didihat is a town and a Nagar Palika in Pithoragarh District in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is one of the eleven Tehsils of India, administrative subdivisions of Pithoragarh district and also serves as its administrative headquarter. Wit ...

and went to

for graduation, start student leadership, in 1973 he was elected Vice President of student union GPGC Pithoragarh. After completing BSc he went to

Nainital Nainital ( Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters o ...

to pursue higher studies where he completed his post-graduation in M.Sc. (Botany) and M.A. (Social Science) from

Kumaon University Kumaun University is a state university headquartered in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest ...

, and received LLB From

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

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Political career

As an activist for Uttarakhand Statehood Movement, he founded party

with Bipin Chandra Tripathi, D. D. Pant and Indramani Badoni in Mussoorie on 25 July 1979. He served as MLA three times in

(1985–89, 1989–91 and 1993–96) from

assembly constituency and after the creation of new state

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

on 9 November 2000 (then Uttaranchal) he served as a member in 1st

(2002–07) too.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Airy, Kashi Singh 1953 births Living people People from Pithoragarh district Uttarakhand Kranti Dal politicians Uttarakhand MLAs 2002–2007 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1989–1991 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996 Kumaun University alumni