Dorjee Khandu: Difference between revisions

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1955|3|19|df=y}}<ref name=express>{{cite news|title=A state politics veteran|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-state-politics-veteran/27943/|accessdate=5 May 2011|newspaper=Indian Express|date=10 April 2022}}</ref>

Dorjee Khandu was born in Gyangkhar Village in [[Tawang]] district, [[North East Frontier Agency]], India to Leki Dorjee.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dorjee Khandu to be new Arunachal CM|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200704091873.htm|accessdate=5 May 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 April 2022}}</ref>

* 2004, he was re-elected unopposed from [[Mukto (Assembly constituency)|Mukto constituency]] in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections and became the minister for Power, NCER, and relief and rehabilitation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Rajeev|title=Arunachal Pradesh to ask Centre for relief|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040427/asp/northeast/story_3137518.asp|accessdate=5 May 2011|newspaper=Telegraph|date=26 April 2022}}</ref>

On 9 April 2007, he became the sixth Chief Minister of the state, replacing [[Gegong Apang]].<ref name="Dorjee Khandu Reference2">{{cite news |title=Factfile: Dorjee Khandu |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/factfile-dorjee-khandu/story-w1kusXYOOFZCAZBDIaJo2O.html |access-date=19 February 2021 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=4 May 2011 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=360e14e1-e618-49ad-a9a4-36fd203fd259&MatchID1=4443&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1104&PrimaryID=4443|title=Khandu Dorjee becomes Arunachal Chief Minister|date=9 April 2007|work=Hindustan Times|location=India|accessdate=25 October 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228182839/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=360e14e1-e618-49ad-a9a4-36fd203fd259&MatchID1=4443&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1104&PrimaryID=4443|archivedate=28 December 2022}}</ref> Again in 2009, he was elected unopposed from the same constituency and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state on 25 October 2009.<ref name="Dorjee Khandu Reference2" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dorjee-Khandu-sworn-in-as-chief-minister-of-Arunachal/articleshow/5159323.cms|title=Dorjee Khandu sworn in as chief minister of Arunachal|date=25 October 2009|work=The Times of India |location=India|accessdate=25 October 2022}}</ref>

On 30 April 2011, the helicopter carrying Khandu and four other people on a trip from [[Tawang]] to [[Itanagar]] disappeared.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1980769.ece|title=Arunachal Pradesh CM's helicopter goes missing|date=30 April 2011|first=Sushanta|last=Talukdar|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |location=[[Paris]]|accessdate=2 May 2022}}</ref> On 2 May, the aerial search for Khandu was halted due to inclement weather, necessitating a move to ground search by the [[Indian Army]], police, [[Sashastra Seema Bal|SSB]] and the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Weather hurdle shifts focus on ground ops|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-02/guwahati/29495549_1_operation-tashi-yangshi-district-ground-search|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105085935/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-02/guwahati/29495549_1_operation-tashi-yangshi-district-ground-search|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|accessdate=2 May 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 May 2022}}</ref> Personnel were searching a heavily forested 66 square kilometer section of [[West Kameng district]], where satellites detected possible plane remnants. Witnesses said they heard a large explosion on the morning of 30 April, almost around the same time when the helicopter went missing.<ref>{{cite news|title=Khandu's chopper search confined to 66 sq km|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Site-for-chopper-crash-identified/Article1-692461.aspx|accessdate=2 May 2011|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=2 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504230125/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Site-for-chopper-crash-identified/Article1-692461.aspx|archivedate=4 May 2022}}</ref>

On 4 May 2011, at around 11 am, remnants of the crashed helicopter were found by a group of locals. Although the crash has been blamed on the poor condition of the helicopter, a single engine four seater [[Eurocopter]] B8 provided by [[Pawan Hans]], the helicopter was only put into service in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Will government overhaul Pawan Hans?|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/will-government-overhaul-pawan-hans/151264-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015064013/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/will-government-overhaul-pawan-hans/151264-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2012|accessdate=5 May 2011|newspaper=CNN IBN|date=4 May 2022}}</ref>

[[P Chidambaram]], [[Home Minister]] of India confirmed the news of the death of Dorjee Khandu on the morning of 5 May.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arunachal CM Dorjee's body recovered: Chidambaram|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/NewDelhi/Arunachal-CM-Dorjee-s-body-recovered-Chidambaram/Article1-693607.aspx|accessdate=5 May 2011|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=5 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508100556/http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/NewDelhi/Arunachal-CM-Dorjee-s-body-recovered-Chidambaram/Article1-693607.aspx|archivedate=8 May 2022}}</ref> Earlier in a briefing [[Minister of External Affairs]], [[SM Krishna]] said he is deeply pained by the demise of Dorjee Khandu.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arunachal CM Dorjee Khandu killed in chopper crash|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/india/29508455_1_chopper-crash-handique-helicopter-crash|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105091239/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/india/29508455_1_chopper-crash-handique-helicopter-crash|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|accessdate=5 May 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 May 2022}}</ref>