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| honorific-prefix = [[Gravesham Borough Council|Councillor]]
| name = Gurdip Ram Bungar
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| office = [[Gravesham Borough Council|Mayor Gravesham Borough Council]]
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| 1blankname = [[Ealing City Council|Leader]]
| term_start = May 2023
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| office2 = [[Gravesham Borough Council|Mayor Gravesham Borough Council]]
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| term_end2 = May 2020
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| term_start3 = May 2014
| term_end3 = May 2015
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| birth_place = [[Palahi village]], [[Jalandhar]], [[India]]
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| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] <small></small>
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| caption = Bungar as the Mayor Gravesham Borough Council
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'''Gurdip Ram Bungar''' is a British politician and [[mayor]] of the [[Gravesham Borough Council]].<ref name="mayor">{{Cite web |last=Mistry |first=Rahul |title=The Mayor |url=https://www.gravesham.gov.uk/councillors-meetings/mayor |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=[[Gravesham Borough Council]] |language=en}}</ref> He is the first [[Dalit]] mayor of Gravesham.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/nri-achievers/gravesham-council-uk-gets-first-ravidassia-deputy-mayor/articleshow/35175841.cms|title=Gravesham council, UK, gets first ravidassia deputy Mayor|date=16 May 2014|via=[[The Times of India]]|first=I P|last=Singh}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He was born and raised in the [[Ravidasia|Ravidasia Sikh]]<ref name="auto"/> family of [[Palahi]], a village in [[Jalandhar District]].

== Career ==
He is executive member of [[Gurdwara Guru Ravidass]], Gravesend and during the [[COVID pandemic]] period, he encouraged same Gurdwara, to donate 10,000 pounds to [[Darrent Valley Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/i-can-only-say-thanks-to-the-nhs-you-are-our-real-heroes-227075/|title='I can only say thanks to the NHS, you are our real heroes'|date=12 May 2020|website=Kent Online}}</ref>

He is affiliated with the Labour Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://democracy.gravesham.gov.uk/|title=Councillor details - Cllr Gurdip Ram Bungar|date=28 September 2023|website=democracy.gravesham.gov.uk}}</ref> In 2014, he was also elected deputy mayor of Gravesham,<ref name="auto"/> and then in 2019, he was elected mayor of Gravesham.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/new-mayor-humbled-by-role-204841/|title=New mayor 'humbled' by role|date=17 May 2019|website=Kent Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houseofmercygravesend.com/news-events/|title=House of Mercy Gravesend - Home - News & Events|website=www.houseofmercygravesend.com}}</ref>

He has been elected mayor of Gravesham for a second term in 2023.<ref name="mayor" />

==References==
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[[Category:Local politicians in England]]

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