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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]<br />
| name = Jagdeep Dhankhar<br />
| image = Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|5|18|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/jagdeep-dhankhar-takes-oath-as-west-bengal-governor/1586269|title=Jagdeep Dhankhar takes oath as West Bengal Governor|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=30 July 2019|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113064710/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/jagdeep-dhankhar-takes-oath-as-west-bengal-governor/1586269|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Jhunjhunu district|Jhunjhunu]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
| office = 28th [[Governor of West Bengal ]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = [[Mamata Banerjee]]<br />
| term_start = 30 July 2019<ref name="NDTV">{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jagdeep-dhankar-to-be-sworn-in-as-new-west-bengal-governor-on-july-30-2075543|title=Jagdeep Dhankar To Be Sworn In As New West Bengal Governor On July 30|work=[[NDTV]]|date=26 July 2019|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726105212/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jagdeep-dhankar-to-be-sworn-in-as-new-west-bengal-governor-on-july-30-2075543|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
| predecessor = [[Keshari Nath Tripathi]]<br />
| office1 = [[Minister of State]], [[Government of India]]<br />
| minister1 = [[Satya Prakash Malaviya]]<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Chandra Shekhar]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = [[Minister of State|MoS]] of<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Parliamentary Affairs]]<br />
| term1 = 1990–91<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member]] of [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term2 = 1993–1998<br />
| constituency2 = [[Kishangarh]], [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| office3 = Member of Parliament, [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term3 = 1989–1991<br />
| constituency3 = [[Jhunjhunu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhunjhunu]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Mohd. Ayub Khan]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Mohd. Ayub Khan]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| otherparty = <br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Rajasthan]]<br />
| profession = {{hlist|Advocate}}<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| website = {{URL|http://rajbhavankolkata.nic.in/|Governor's website}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jagdeep Dhankhar''' (born 18 May 1951) is an Indian politician and former leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. As of 2021, he is serving as the [[Governor of West Bengal]].<ref name="NDTV"/> He is an advocate at the [[Supreme Court of India]], and was a member of [[Lok Sabha]] from 1989 to 1991.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Our Governor: Raj Bhavan, West Bengal, India|url=http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/ourgovernor.html|url-status=live|access-date=15 May 2021|website=Raj Bhavan, West Bengal, India}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Dhankhar was born on 18 May 1951 in Kithana, a small village in the State of [[Rajasthan]]. He completed his school education from [[Sainik School, Chittorgarh]] and then graduated from the [[University of Rajasthan]], [[Jaipur]].<ref name="fb">{{cite web|title=Jagdeep Dhankhar|url=https://www.facebook.com/jagdeep.dhankhar.39|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref> Dhankhar completed his primary education in Kithana Village School.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He was a member of parliament from [[Jhunjhunu (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in Rajasthan during 1989–91 in the [[9th Lok Sabha]], representing [[Janata Dal]]. He also was former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from [[Kishangarh]], Rajasthan during 1993–98 in the 10th [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly Rajasthan]] and former President of [[Rajasthan High Court]] Bar Association, [[Jaipur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Governor: Raj Bhavan, West Bengal, India|url=http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/ourgovernor.html|url-status=live|access-date=15 May 2021|website=Raj Bhavan, West Bengal, India}}</ref> On 30 July 2019, President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] appointed him as [[Governor of West Bengal]].<ref name="NDTV" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of governors of West Bengal]]<br />
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