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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Om Birla was born on 23 November 1962, to Shrikrishna Birla and Late Shakuntala Devi in a Marwari Maheshwari family. He completed his master's degree in commerce from Govt. Commerce College, kota and Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, [[Ajmer]].{{fact|date=July 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blogger |first1=Branded |title=Om Birla Age, Wife, Caste, Education, Biography |url=https://www.brandedblogger.in/om-birla/ |website=Branded Blogger |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> | Om Birla was born on 23 November 1962, to Shrikrishna Birla and Late Shakuntala Devi in a Marwari Maheshwari family. He completed his master's degree in commerce from Govt. Commerce College, kota and Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, [[Ajmer]].{{fact|date=July 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blogger |first1=Branded |title=Om Birla Age, Wife, Caste, Education, Biography |url=https://www.brandedblogger.in/om-birla/ |website=Branded Blogger |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
== Political career == | |||
=== Legislative Assembly === | |||
Om Birla won his first assembly elections contesting from Kota South in 2003. He defeated Shanti Dhariwal from [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] by a margin of 10,101 votes. In the next assembly elections, he defended his seat with a comfortable margin of 24,300 votes to his nearest candidate Ram Kishan Verma from Congress in 2008. Before becoming a Member of Parliament, he won his third assembly election against Pankaj Mehta (Congress) by close to 50,000 votes in 2013. During his tenure in 2003–08, he was the [[Parliamentary Secretary]] (MoS rank) in Rajasthan Government.{{fact|date=July 2019}} | |||
=== Member of Parliament === | |||
As the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate for the [[Kota (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kota constituency]] Om Birla was elected to the [[16th Lok Sabha|16th]] & 17th [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile:Birla, Shri Om|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4716|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Lok Sabha|language=en}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||