Arjandas

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Arjandas Tulsidas Gajwani was a Sindhi politician in India.[1][2] He was born on January 3, 1915.[3] He became an advocate in 1936.[3] Arjandas was a member of the municipal council of Rohri from 1942 to 1944 and served as the president of the municipality.[3] He published the Sindhi language newspaper Hindu, founded in Ajmer in 1948.[4]

He was a member of the Working Committee of the political party Pursharathi Panchayat.[5] Arjandas was elected to the Ajmer Legislative Assembly in the 1952 election. He stood as a candidate of Pursharathi Panchayat in the two-member constituency Ajmer-I (South West). He obtained 5,549 votes (21.66%).[6] He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the 1957, standing as an independent candidate in the Ajmer City West constituency. He obtained 14,400 votes (52.42%).[7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Prakash Bharadwaj (1988). Sindhis Through the Ages: Far-East & South-East Asian countries. World-Wide Publishing Company. p. 220.
  2. ↑ India: A Reference Annual. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1956. p. 479.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 S. P. Singh Sud; Ajit Singh Sud (1953). Indian Elections and Legislators. All India Publications. p. 288.
  4. ↑ Press in India. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. 1964. p. 378.
  5. ↑ The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who. Times of India Press. 1955. p. 978.
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India. Ajmer, 1951
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. Rajasthan, 1957
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