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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = Tara Chand<br />
| image =https://www.facebook.com/tarachand.inc/photos/a.174094409320433.47391.174093769320497/1952847334778456/?type=3&theater <br />
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| caption =Tara Chand at a public meeting, 2017 <br />
| birth_date = 1963<br />
| birth_place = Chak Malal village,<ref>{{cite news|title=Tara Chand – Dalit face of the party|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/politics/profiles-of-raman-bhalla-and-tara-chand/5733.html}}</ref> [[Akhnoor|Akhnoor (J&K)]]<br />
| occupation = [[Politician]]<br />
| death_date =<br />
| death_place =<br />
| office1 = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| term_start1 = 5 January 2009<br />
| term_end1 = 24 December 2014<br />
| governor1 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Muzaffar Hussain Baig]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Nirmal Kumar Singh]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister]]<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Omar Abdullah]]<br />
| office2 = Speaker of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start2 = 21 November 2002<br />
| term_end2 = 5 January 2009<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Abdul Ahad Vakil]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Mohammad Akbar Lone]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse =Kanta Devi <br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| constituency1 = 80-Chhamb<br />
| children = 2<br />
| website = www.facebook.com/tarachand.inc<br />
}}<br />
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'''Tara Chand''' is a [[Dalit]] leader of [[Indian National Congress]] from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He was [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] from 2009 to 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=J&K Deputy Chief Minister in the dock|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jk-deputy-chief-minister-in-the-dock/article4712404.ece}}</ref> He had earlier served as the Speaker of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]].<ref>[http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/from-speaker-to-likely-deputy-cm-tara-chand-steers-cong-ship-in-j-k/406985/ From Speaker to likely Deputy CM: Tara Chand steers Cong ship in J&K - Indian Express<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140730003702/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jk-deputy-cm-uses-25-official-cars-instead-of-two-authorised-rti/294936-37-64.html J&K Deputy CM uses 25 official cars instead of two authorised: RTI - IBNLive<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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In 2014 elections, Tara Chand lost to BJP candidate Dr Krishan Lal in Chhamb Assembly constituency of [[Jammu district]].<ref name="Firstpost 2014">{{cite web | title=J&K poll result: Deputy CM and three-time MLA Tara Chand loses | website=Firstpost | date=23 December 2014 | url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/jk-poll-result-deputy-cm-three-time-mla-tara-chand-loses-2003507.html | accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref> Mr. Ganga Sagar Singh Manhas is currently President of Youth Congress from his constituency.<br />
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[[Category:1963 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Speakers of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Deputy chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jammu district]]<br />
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014]]</div>2409:4054:2082:B382:0:0:1D20:B8A1