Harbans Kapoor

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Harbans Kapoor
Harbans Kapoor during a Protest.jpg
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Dehradun Cantonment
In office
1989–2021
Speaker
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2007–2012
Minister of State
Urban Development
Government of Uttarakhand
In office
2001–2002
Minister of State
Rural Development, Labour & Unemployment
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
17 July 1991 – 6 December 1992
Personal details
Born(1946-01-07)7 January 1946
Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India
(Present day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died13 December 2021(2021-12-13) (aged 75)
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party
WebsiteOfficial website

Harbans Kapoor (7 January 1946 – 13 December 2021) was an Indian politician who was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand State. He was Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012.[1] He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituency.[2] After the first defeat in 1985, he never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record eight terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and four as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun.

Early life and education[edit]

Kapoor was born in Bannu, North-West Frontier Province in 1946 to a Punjabi Hindu family. His family settled in Dehradun after Partition of India. He completed his early schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. He graduated in Law from D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Dehradun.

Politics[edit]

Starting as a grass root level politician, he joined the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1989 as a member of the 10th Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Dehradun constituency, followed by the 11th Vidhan Sabha, 12th Vidhan Sabha and the 13th Vidhan Sabha. He also maintained his victory in the first election of the new state of Uttarakhand in 2002 and continued his victory spree in all the elections after the inception. In 2007, he was unanimously elected the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly.[3] He was one of the oldest leaders in Uttarakhand BJP.

Later life[edit]

Kapoor died on 13 December 2021, at the age of 75 at his home in Dehradun.[4]

Elections contested[edit]

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1985 Dehradun Lost 22.85% Hira Singh Bisht INC 66.76% [5]
1989 Dehradun Won 42.84% Hira Singh Bisht INC 31.11% [6]
1991 Dehradun Won 54.14% Vinod INC 31.30% [7]
1993 Dehradun Won 53.74% Dinesh Agrawal INC 38.55% [8]
1996 Dehradun Won 56.37% Dinesh Agrawal INC 17.98% [9]
2002 Dehradun Cantonment Won NA Sanjay Sharma INC NA [10]
2007 Dehradun Cantonment Won NA Lal Chand Sharma INC NA [11]
2012 Dehradun Cantonment Won NA Devendra Singh Sethi INC NA [12]
2017 Dehradun Cantonment Won 56.99% Suryakant Dhasmana INC 33.90% [13]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.harbanskapoor.com/about.html
  2. ↑ Harbans Kapoor unanimously elected Uttarakhand Speaker - News Oneindia
  3. ↑ Harbans Kapoor is new Uttarakhand Speaker The Times of India, 12 March 2007.
  4. ↑ "Harbans Kapoor: Senior BJP leader Harbans Kapoor dies at 75". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Page No 594
  6. ↑ Page No 600
  7. ↑ Page No 629
  8. ↑ Page No 669
  9. ↑ Page No 577
  10. ↑ Page No 89
  11. ↑ Page No 13
  12. ↑ Page No 10
  13. ↑ Page No 9/27
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