Richpal Singh Mirdha is an Indian politician from Nagaur, Rajasthan who served as the member of

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian states and territories of India, state of Rajasthan. The assembly meets at Vidhana Bhavan situated in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan ...

representing

Degana Degana is a town municipality and headquarter to Sub-Division and Tehsil located in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, India. Degana Railway Junction was made at a place situated equidistant from 3 nearby villages in the pre-independence era on the ...

constituency from

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 ...

. He is a popular leader from Mirdha Dynasty of Nagaur. He joined

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

in 2023.

Political career

Mirdha started his political career during 1990 Rajasthan Assembly elections. He was elected as 1st time MLA from

seat of Nagaur in 1990. Richpal Singh Mirdha's major victory was in the 1998 assembly election. When Congress did not offer him a place on the ballot, the farmers and public of

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took action and made history by electing him as an independent MLA from

by a margin of 8810 votes. This was the highest victory by any independent MLA in The 11th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Later Richpal Singh Mirdha Joined his original party

in 2003 and Won the

assembly seat with huge margin of 11128 votes by defeating Dilip Singh of BJP. In Assembly election of 2003, he was the only congressman to win in

Nagaur Nagaur is a city and municipal council in Nagaur district of the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Nagaur District. The Nagaur city lies about midway between Jodhpur and Bikaner. Nagaur is famous for spices ...

district. He represented the

constituency in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2008, serving four consecutive terms: Which is a record in Nagaur district to win an assembly seat continuous four times in a row: *MLA – 1990 (Janta Dal), *MLA – 1993 (Indian National Congress), *MLA – 1998 (Independent), *MLA – 2003 (Indian National Congress) He lost his seat in 2008 by a low margin of 1174 votes to Ajay Singh Kilak of BJP.

Mirdha Family

The Mirdha family is a political

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from

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

in India, the family is strongly rooted in agriculture, but also maintains a strong political presence. The family has produced leaders of national and state stature, giving it a strong socio-political standing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirdha, Richpal Singh Rajasthan MLAs 1990–1992 Year of birth missing (living people) People from Nagaur Living people Rajasthan MLAs 1993–1998 Rajasthan MLAs 1998–2003 Rajasthan MLAs 2003–2008 Richpal Singh Indian National Congress politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan