Purshottam Dangi is an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

Politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

, member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. In the 2008 election he was elected to th
13th Vidhan Sabha
from the Biaora constituency of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

. He was earlier

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for Gram Panchayat Padoniya village(1999-2008). He is an agriculturist and resides at Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. He is married to Sumitra Devi and has three daughters and one son.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013 Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh {{MadhyaPradesh-INC-politician-stub