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Kuldeep Bishnoi

2021-08-02T12:31:43Z

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kuldeep Bishnoi
| image = Kuldeep_Bishnoi,_Sirsa,_2nd_December_2012.jpg
| office=[[Member of Legislative Assembly]] of [[Haryana]]
| term_start = 19 October 2014
| constituency =[[Adampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Adampur]]
| office1 =[[Member of Parliament]] of [[Lok Sabha]]
| term1 =2011-2014
| predecessor1 = [[Bhajan Lal]]
| successor1 = [[Dushyant Chautala]]
| constituency1 = [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]] of [[Lok sabha]]
| term2 = 2004 to 2009
| predecessor2 = [[Ajay Singh Chautala]]
| successor2 = Constituency Abolished
| constituency2 = [[Bhiwani–Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwani–Mahendragarh]]
| caption =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1968|9|22|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Hisar, India|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| residence = New Delhi, [[Hisar, India|Hisar]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| predecessor =
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (Earlier [[Haryana Janhit Congress|HJC (BL)]] which merged in 2016)
| spouse = [[Renuka Bishnoi]]
| children = Bhavya Bishnoi <br /> [[Chaitanya Bishnoi]] <br /> Sia Bishnoi
| website = {{URL|http://kuldeepbishnoihjcbl.com/}}
| footnotes =
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|parents=[[Bhajan Lal]] ,Jasma Devi
|citizenship=[[India]]n}}

'''Kuldeep Bishnoi''' (born 22 September 1968) is an [[Indian politician]] and a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. He is currently serving as fourth-time member of [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]] from [[Adampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Adampur]] in the [[Hisar (city)]] of [[Haryana]].

==Personal life==
Born to Smt. Jasma Devi and [[Bhajan Lal|Ch. Bhajan Lal]] - Union Cabinet Minister (Agriculture; Environment & Forests) and three-time Chief Minister of Haryana - he graduated with a BA in Public Administration from [[Punjab University, Chandigarh|Punjab University]] in [[Chandigarh]].

He is married to [[Renuka Bishnoi]], who was a Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Hansi]] (Hisar district) in [[Haryana]]. He has three children - two sons and a daughter. His eldest son, Bhavya Bishnoi, is an aspiring political leader,<ref>{{cite web |title=हिसार लोकसभा सीट : भव्य बिश्नोई दे सकते हैं दुष्यंत चौटाला को चुनौती! |url=http://www.nayaharyana.com/652/Hissar-Lok-Sabha-seat-Dushyant-Chautala-challenged-to-give-a-Bhavy-Bishnoi |website=www.nayaharyana.com |accessdate=7 February 2019 |language=hi}}</ref> and younger son, [[Chaitanya Bishnoi]], is a professional cricketer with [[Chennai Super Kings]] in the IPL and Haryana in the Ranji Trophy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal's son, Kuldeep Bishnoi, ex-MP, sitting MLA, now a cricket dad |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/former-haryana-cm-bhajan-lal-son-ex-mp-sitting-mla-now-dad-of-ranji-cricketer-chaitanya-bishnoi-4447967/ |work=The Indian Express |date=28 December 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref> His daughter, Sia Bishnoi, is pursuing design at Parsons Art and Design School, New York, USA.

==Political career==
Kuldeep Bishnoi first became MLA in 1998 from Adampur, a seat from which the family has never lost since 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Family affair: HJC fields Renuka Bishnoi from Adampur |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Family-affair-HJC-fields-Renuka-Bishnoi-from-Adampur/articleshow/10601291.cms |website=The Times of India}}</ref> In 2004, he defeated the sons of [[Om Prakash Chautala]] (serving Chief Minister of Haryana at the time) and [[Bansi Lal]] (former Chief Minister of Haryana) - from [[Bhiwani]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] elections.

Kuldeep Bishnoi founded Haryana Janhit Congress - jatin (HJC (BL)) in 2007<ref>{{cite news |title=Bhajan Lal quits Congress, floats new party |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bhajan-Lal-quits-Congress-floats-new-party/articleshow/2589681.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref> along with his father Ch. Bhajan Lal. He founded the party after he was ousted from the [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Cong sacks Haryana MP for indiscipline |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/cong-sacks-haryana-mp-for-indiscipline-260202.html |work=News18}}</ref> as he had criticised the then Haryana Chief Minister, [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]], for harming the interests of farmers by promoting special economic zones (SEZs) on fertile land.

In October 2009, the party fielded candidates in 89 of the 90 constituencies for the state assembly elections and won six of those seats. Five of the six elected representatives defected and transferred their support to Indian National Congress in lieu of ministerial portfolios. He filed a case against the defectors in the court of law and won. The Punjab and Haryana High Court disqualified them as members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
<ref>{{cite web |title=High court disqualifies five HJC MLAs who 'merged' into Congress |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/high-court-disqualifies-five-hjc-mlas-who-merged-into-congress/story-8VnVKZlwLZpd9KsgNQOLPO.html |work=Hindustan Times |language=en |date=9 October 2014}}</ref>

In March 2010, he and his party workers were [[Baton charge|lathi charged]] by the Chandigarh Police for peacefully protesting against rising inflation and unemployment, and unfair government policies for the farmers.<ref>{{cite news |title=HJC seeks CBI probe into lathicharge on party workers |url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20100318/1467259.html |work=news.webindia123.com |date=18 March 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, following the death of his father, HJC and [[BJP]] formed an alliance. The alliance was announced at a joint press conference addressed by BJP president Nitin Gadkari, party leader Sushma Swaraj, former Minister Prof. Ganeshi Lal, HJC co-founder Kuldeep Bishnoi. He won the Lok Sabha by-election, defeating [[Ajay Singh Chautala]] of the [[Indian National Lok Dal]] (INLD) and [[Jai Prakash]] of the governing Indian National Congress, among others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hisar win foundation of BJP-HJC govt in Haryana |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/hisar-win-foundation-of-bjp-hjc-govt-in-haryana/20111017.htm |work=Rediff}}</ref> Prakash and 38 other candidates forfeited their deposits. The elections gained attention due to their simultaneous occurrence with the Indian anti-corruption movement of 2011. In 2014, prior to the assembly elections, HJC-BJP alliance was broken off, the HJC claiming that BJP had failed to keep the alliance conditions.<ref>{{cite news |title=HJC snaps ties with BJP, accuses it of betraying allies |url=http://post.jagran.com/hjc-snaps-ties-with-bjp-accuses-it-of-betraying-allies-1409201952 |work=Jagran Post}}</ref>

In 2016, after his meeting with the Congress vice-president [[Rahul Gandhi]], Kuldeep Bishnoi merged HJC (BL) with the Indian National Congress]. He is presently a Special Invitee to the [[Congress Working Committee]] (CWC) and was a campaigner for the Rajasthan Assembly elections in 2018.

In 2019 assembly election he re elected from Adampur constituency defeating BJP candidate Tik Tok star Sonali Phogat nearly a margin of 20,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Sonia Gandhi to Manvendra Singh: Congress releases star campaigners list for Rajasthan.votes |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/rajasthan-election/article/sonia-gandhi-manvendra-singh-congress-rajasthan-assembly-elections-vasundhara-raje/317821 |website=www.timesnownews.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Aaya Ram Gaya Ram]]
* [[Political families of Haryana|Dynastic politics of Haryana]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4042 Kuldeep Bishnoi], Lok Sabha MP bio data

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Raghav Lakhanpal

2021-08-02T11:54:28Z

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raghav Lakhanpal
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member]] of the [[Indian Parliament]] <br /> for [[Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saharanpur]]
| term_start = 16 May 2014
| term_end = 23 May 2019
| constituency = [[Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saharanpur]]
| term =
| occupation = Agriculturist
| predecessor = [[Jagdish Singh Rana]]
| successor = [[Haji Fazlur Rehman]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| religion =
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| parents = [[Nirbhay Pal Sharma]]
| children =
| alma_mater = [[International Management Institute, New Delhi]]
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 17 December
| year = 2016
| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4785
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'''Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma''' is an [[India]]n politician. He was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] elected in 2014 from [[Saharanpur]] as a candidate of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/saharanpur.html |title=Saharanpur Election Results 2014 |publisher=www.elections.in |date=2014-05-14 |accessdate=2014-05-16}}</ref>

He is educated at [[The Doon School]]<ref>Doon School Records, Class of 1992, Tata House, p.126</ref> and [[International Management Institute (India)|International Management Institute]].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} He was the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly thrice. He became a politician after the tragic murder of his father in 2000 who was himself a Bhartiya Janta Party politician from Sarsawa. Raghav later stood for the by election and won handsomely but lost in the 2002 Assembly election from the same seat. He later won from Saharanpur Nagar seat in 2007 and reclaimed it in 2012 Assembly Polls before entering into Lok Sabha in a highly polarised election in which he defeated nearest Congress candidate by 65 thousand votes. He is also the Vice President of BJP's youth wing BJYM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/In-Western-UP-its-%E2%80%98HM%E2%80%99-versus-%E2%80%98DM%E2%80%99/article20741290.ece|title=In Western UP, its 'HM' versus 'DM'|first=Harish|last=Damodaran|website=@businessline}}</ref>

On 21 April 2017, Lakhanpal and BJP MLA Brijesh Choudhary were arrested along with a party member for alleged involvement in violence at Sadak Dudhli village in Saharanpur district.

In 22 December 2017 he moved a private member bill in the Lok Sabha seeking India must advocate a stringent population policy to overcome the rising population growth and disallow subsidies to those who produce more than two children.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjps-local-mp-mlaraghav-lakhanpal-booked-for-violence-in-saharanpur-4623161/|title=BJP's local MP, MLA booked for violence in Saharanpur|date=22 April 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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{{16th LS members from Uttar Pradesh|state=expanded}}

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[[Category:1974 births]]

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Haji Fazlur Rehman

2021-08-02T11:53:44Z

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
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| name = Haji Fazlur Rehman Alig
| image =
| caption = Haji Fazlur Rehman in 2019
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| office1 = Member, Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare
| constituency1 = [[Saharanpur]]
| term_start1 = 13 September 2019
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| party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| profession = Businessman
| otherparty = [[Mahagathbandhan (2019)|Mahagathbandhan]]
| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| spouse =
| children = 1
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| source =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| termstart = 23 May 2019
| predecessor = [[Raghav Lakhanpal]]
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'''Haji Fazlur Rehman''' is an Indian politician who has been a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Lok Sabha]] for [[Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saharanpur]] since [[2019 Indian general election|2019]].

==Personal life==
Rehman graduated from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in 1972. His family are major beef exporters in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Following Fazlur Rehman, the Mahagatbandhan Candidate from Saharanpur |url=https://thewire.in/politics/elections-2019-fazlur-rehman-mahagatbandhan-up |publisher=The Wire |accessdate=24 May 2019 |date=9 April 2019}}</ref>

==Political career==
On 27 February 2019, [[Mahagathbandhan (2019)|Mahagathbandhan]], the grand alliance of [[Samajwadi Party]], [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] and [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] announced that Rehman would contest the upcoming [[2019 Indian general election]] from [[Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saharanpur constituency]] on the symbol of Bahujan Samaj Party.<ref>{{cite web |title=लोकसभा चुनाव 2019: पश्चिमी यूपी की इस अहम सीट से चुनाव लड़ेंगे BSP प्रत्याशी | trans-title = Lok Sabha 2019: BSP candidate will contest from this crucial seat |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut/lok-sabha-elections-2019-haji-fazlur-rahman-is-nominated-from-saharanpur-lok-sabha-seat |publisher=[[Amar Ujala]] |accessdate=24 May 2019 |language=hi |date=27 February 2019}}</ref> On 23 May 2019, Rehman was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] after defeating [[Raghav Lakhanpal]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], his nearest rival by a margin of 22,417 votes. Rehman was polled 5,14,139 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=सहारनपुर में गठबंधन के फजलुर्रहमान ने भाजपा प्रत्याशी को दी शिकस्त | trans-title = In Saharanpur, alliance candidate Fazlur Rehman defeats BJP |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/fazlurrahman-of-alliance-in-saharanpur-defeats-bjp-candidate |publisher=[[Amar Ujala]] |accessdate=24 May 2019 |language=hi |date=24 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=हाजी फजलुर्रहमान बने महागठबंधन के सहारनपुर लोकसभा प्रभारी पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश प्रभारी | url=https://www.antimvikalp.com/news/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE/ |publisher=Antim Vikalp News |accessdate=27 Feb 2019 |language=hi |date=27 February 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=जनता का यह प्रेम ही बनेगा जीत का आधार: हाजी फ़ज़लुर्रहमान | url=https://www.antimvikalp.com/news/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%b9-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%ae-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%9c/ |publisher=Antim Vikalp News |accessdate= 31 Mar 2019 |language=hi |date=31 Mar 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Ramcharan Bohra

2021-08-01T20:49:30Z

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ramcharan Bohra
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 17 May 2014
| term_end =
| constituency = [[Jaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaipur]]
| predecessor = [[Mahesh Joshi]]
| term =
| occupation = Agriculturist<ref name="LS"/>
| successor =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Lalita Bohra
| parents =
| children = 2
| alma_mater =
| website = http://ramcharanbohra.com
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'''Ramcharan Bohra''' (born 1 July 1956) is an Indian politician who has been representing the [[Jaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaipur]] constituency of Rajasthan in the [[Lok Sabha]] since [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]. He belongs to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

In 1995, Bohra was elected as zilla parishad of the [[Jaipur district]]. In 2014, he was elected to the Lok Sabha by defeating [[Mahesh Joshi]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] party. Since then, he has been a member of various parliamentary committees.

==Early life==
Bohra was born 1 July 1956 at [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]] to Motilal and Shanti Devi Bohra. He has studied until higher secondary.<ref name="LS">{{cite web |title=Bohra, Shri Ramcharan |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4656 |publisher=Lok Sabha |accessdate=24 June 2019}}</ref>

==Political career==
===Early political career===
In 1983, Bohra joined the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name="RB"/> Between 1995 and 2000, he served as zilla pramukh of [[Jaipur district]].<ref name="HT"/>

===16th Lok Sabha===
On 17 May 2014, Bohra was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] as a candidate of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from [[Jaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaipur constituency]] after defeating [[Mahesh Joshi]] of the [[Indian National Congress]], his nearest rival by a margin of approximately 539,000 votes. His win was credited to the erstwhile [[Narendra Modi|Modi]] wave and the factionalism within the Congress party. He won by the largest margin in the state of [[Rajasthan]] in the [[2014 Indian general election|general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Results: Ramcharan Bohra wins by largest margin in the country |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Election-Results-Ramcharan-Bohra-wins-by-largest-margin-in-the-country/articleshow/35225538.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=24 June 2019 |date=17 May 2014}}</ref> After getting elected, he completed all the formalities to nominate [[Jaipur]] as a potential [[Smart Cities Mission|Smart City]]. He started meeting citizens at his house to remove their grievances. He utilised {{INR convert|20.05|m}} from his [[Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme|MPLADS]] fund to buy an Auto Hooper car and jetting machine to improve the city's garbage collection system. Funds were also utilised to build [[public toilet]]s and [[bus stand]]s in his city. In order to reduce pollution, he made the government approve a {{INR convert|1600|m}} water pollution prevention plant.<ref name="RB">{{cite web |title=जयपुर शहर लोकसभा सीट : बीजेपी ने बोहरा पर फिर जताया विश्वास | trans-title = Jaipur City Lok Sabha seat: BJP re-asserted at Bohra |url=https://viratpost.com/rajasthan/jaipur/jaipur-city-lok-sabha-seat-bjp-re-asserted-at-bohra/ |publisher=Virat Post |accessdate=24 June 2019 |language=hi |date=22 March 2019}}</ref>

During Bohra's first stint in the parliament, he served as a member of a [[Standing committee (India)|standing committee]] on urban development and of standing committee on tourism, transport and culture. He was also a member of the consultative committee for the ministry of railways. Bohra asked 312 questions and participated in 110 debates in the Lok Sabha.<ref name="HT">{{cite web |title=Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Jaipur MP Ramcharan Bohra banks on his clean image |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-jaipur-mp-ramcharan-bohra-banks-on-his-clean-image/story-z4pvdxTAT1Tl5Vbx1M2zVI.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |accessdate=24 June 2019 |date=2 April 2019}}</ref>

===17th Lok Sabha===
In [[2019 Indian general election|2019]], the party renominated Bohra for the upcoming election.<ref name="RB"/> He won for the second time on 23 May, and defeated his nearest rival, Jyoti Khandelwal of the Congress party by a margin of 430,626 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=जयपुर नतीजे / शहर से बोहरा 43 हजार और ग्रामीण में राज्यवर्धन राठौड़ 3,93171 वोटों से विजयी रहे |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/jaipur/news/jaipur-elections-results-2019-live-updates-lok-sabha-chunav-parinam-tally-trends-leads-tra-01551343.html |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |accessdate=24 June 2019 |language=hi |date=23 May 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On 9 March 1974, Bohra married Lalita Bohra. They have two sons.<ref name="LS"/>

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://RamcharanBohra.com/}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{16th LS members from Rajasthan |state=expanded}}
{{17th LS members from Rajasthan}}

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Mallika Dua

2021-08-01T07:19:05Z

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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Infobox person
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'''Mallika Barkur Dua''' (born 17 July 1989) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[actress]], [[comedian]] and [[writer]]. She is known for her on-point comic timing, and for the quintessential Delhi-based character, Makeup ''Didi''. The actress shot to fame with the viral video of ''Shit People Say: Sarojini Nagar Edition'',<ref>{{Citation|last=alittleanarky|title=Shit People Say: Sarojini Nagar Edition|date=2016-01-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJvFTqFOfI0|accessdate=2017-11-12}}</ref> which was written, styled and enacted by Dua herself. She is the daughter of [[Padma Shri]] recipient Indian journalist [[Vinod Dua]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/01/15/mallika-dua-is-making-the-world-a-funnier-place-one-dubsmash-at/|title=Mallika Dua Is Making The World A Funnier Place, One Dubsmash At A Time|website=Huffington Post India|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Mallika was schooled at the [[Modern School (New Delhi)|Modern School, Barakhamba Road]], [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|New Delhi]]. Mallika is half-Saraiki and half-Tamil. The inspiration for her short videos on social media are from Delhi. Mallika is also a theater major from [[Franklin & Marshall College|Franklin and Marshall College]] in the US. Her advertising career started as a trainee at McCain Erickson and later at Contract Advertising.

== Career ==
From August 2016, she moved to [[Mumbai]] formally to be a full-time entertainer. She launched her own [[YouTube]] channel in 2017 and had been frequently collaborating with [[All India Bakchod]] before the channel got itself in trouble around October 2018 in the Indian #MeToo allegations .<ref name="dua">{{Cite news|url=http://scroll.in/article/813105/after-slaying-delhi-stereotypes-internet-star-mallika-dua-steps-out-of-her-comfort-zone|title=After slaying Delhi stereotypes, internet star Mallika Dua steps out of her comfort zone|last=Khurana|first=Natasha|newspaper=Scroll.in|access-date=2016-12-08|language=en-US}}</ref> Mallika has appeared in the first episode of Girliyapa with comedian Amukurajah, Why Should Hot Girls Have All the Fun?<ref>{{Citation|last=Girliyapa|title=Girliyapa Ep. 1 {{!}} Why Should Hot Girls Have All The Fun?|date=2016-03-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Tw62JPijg|accessdate=2017-11-12}}</ref> and in the ''[[Bindass]]'' web series ''The Trip.'' She also made a special appearance in Saket Chaudhary's ''[[Hindi Medium (film)|Hindi Medium]]'' sharing screen space with [[Irrfan Khan]] in 2017. She played a true blue Punjabi girl in the film quite similar to her real life personality.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lisa-haydon-mallika-dua-thailand-web-series-the-trip-bindass-lifest/1/829840.html|title=Lisa Haydon & Mallika Dua are all set to take you through Thailand in this new web series|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref> In September 2017, she appeared as one of the three mentors along with [[Zakir Khan (comedian)|Zakir Khan]] and [[Hussain Dalal]] for the fifth season of ''[[The Great Indian Laughter Challenge]]'' which is judged by the actor [[Akshay Kumar]]. In 2018, she appeared in ''[[Namaste England]]'' as Harpreet. She is also seen in Trip 2 web series as Nazia. She also appeared in [[Zero (2018 film)|Zero]] alongside [[Shah Rukh Khan]] in the same year.

== Activism ==

Mallika's videos are satirical in nature depicting the harsh reality of the society with a dash of humour. She strongly believes in the cause of Feminism and uses her social networking platforms as a tool for women's empowerment and for also expressing her liberal ideologies and open-minded opinions on social causes and issues concerning women{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}. Mallika has actively voiced her opinion against sexual harassment of women at workplace, casual sexism among others. She was also one of the pioneers of the social media movement [[Me Too (hashtag)|Me Too (Hashtag)]] where she was one of the first known faces to recount her own experience of being sexually harassed as a child to encourage her fan following (both men and women) to share their experiences as well and to stand up for the cause. She has also defied gender stereotypes through her videos and hashtag activism slamming body-shaming,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indianwomenblog.org/in-a-chat-with-jwb-mallika-dua-shuts-the-body-shaming-mouth-of-suhel-seth-at-jlf/|title=In A Chat With JWB, Mallika Dua Shuts The Body-Shaming Mouth Of Suhel Seth At JLF|last=Khandelwal|first=Mansi|date=2017-01-23|work=Indian Women Blog - Stories of Indian Women|access-date=2017-11-12|language=en-US}}</ref> fat-shaming<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/soniathomas/mallika-dua-did-exactly-what-we-should-do-to-body-shamers-ig|title=Mallika Dua Says She Doesn't Pay Attention To Body Shamers|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=2017-11-12|language=en}}</ref> carving a niche for herself in the industry inspiring the youth.{{original research inline|date=February 2019}}

==Films==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Role
|-
|2017
|''[[Hindi Medium]]''
|Dolly
|-
|2018
|''[[Namaste England]]''
|Harpreet
|-
|2018
|''[[Zero (2018 film)|Zero]]''
|NSAR Volunteer Applicant
|-
|2020
|''[[Indoo Ki Jawani]]''
|Sonal
|}

== Web Series ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Show
!Role
!Platform
!Ref
|-
|2020
|[[Myntra#Digital Reality Show (Fashion Influencer)|Myntra Fashion Superstar]]
|Judge
|[[Myntra]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/lifestyle/article/myntra-fashion-superstar-top-looks-from-the-3-judges-that-we-are-crushing-on/506750|title=Myntra Fashion Superstar: Top looks from the 3 judges that we are crushing on|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref>
|-
|2019
| [[The Office (Indian TV series)]]
|Kitty Kataria
|Hot Star
|
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian feminists]]
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