Shanta Kumar

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Shanta Kumar
Shanta Kumar, Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
In office 22 June 1977 – 14 February 1980
Preceded by	Thakur Ram Lal
Succeeded by	Thakur Ram Lal
In office 5 March 1990 – 15 December 1992
Preceded by	Virbhadra Singh
Succeeded by	Virbhadra Singh
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
In office 13 Oct. 1999 – 30 June 2002
Minister of Rural Development
In office 1 July 2002 – 6 April 2003
Personal details
Born	(1934-09-12) 12 September 1934 Garhjamula, Kangra
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Spouse(s)	Santosh Shailja
Residence	Yamini Parisar, Palampur, Distt. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Religion	Hindu

Shanta Kumar (born 12 September 1934) is a former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a former minister in Government of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Kangra constituency in 1989. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 and 1999 from the same constituency. He has written a number of books.

Early life

Shanta Kumar was born to Jagannath Sharma and Kaushalya Devi on 12 September 1934, in the Garhjamula of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh.^[1]

Political career

His political career began in 1963 when he was elected as a Panch in Gram Panchayat, Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. He was subsequently elected as a member of the Panchayat Samiti in Bhawarna and then was president of Zilla Parishad, in Kangra from 1965 to 1970.^[2]

He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1972. He was re-elected to the House again in 1990 and continued until 1992. He became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in 1977.^[3] He held the post till 1980 and came back to hold Government again in 1990, and stayed till 1992.^[4]

References

↑ "Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament: 13th Lok Sabha". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ "National Portal of India". india.gov.in. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ "Member of Parliament(Rajya Sabha)". Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ "Shanta Kumar : Niti Central". www.niticentral.com. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

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v t e Chief Ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party

Arunachal Pradesh	Gegong Apang

Chhattisgarh	Raman Singh (incumbent)

Delhi	Madan Lal Khurana Sahib Singh Verma Sushma Swaraj

Goa	Manohar Parrikar (incumbent)

Gujarat	Keshubhai Patel Suresh Mehta Narendra Modi (incumbent)

Himachal Pradesh	Shanta Kumar Prem Kumar Dhumal

Jharkhand	Babulal Marandi Arjun Munda

Karnataka	B. S. Yeddyurappa D. V. Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar

Madhya Pradesh	Sunder Lal Patwa Uma Bharti Babulal Gaur Shivraj Singh Chouhan (incumbent)

Rajasthan	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Vasundhara Raje (incumbent)

Uttarakhand	Nityanand Swami Bhagat Singh Koshiyari B. C. Khanduri Ramesh Pokhriyal

Uttar Pradesh	Kalyan Singh Ram Prakash Gupta Rajnath Singh

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Persondata
Name	Kumar, Shanta
Alternative names
Short description	Indian politician
Date of birth	12 September 1934
Place of birth	Garhjamula, Kangra
Date of death
Place of death

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