Jagdish Mukhi is an Indian politician who is the Governor of

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. He is a member of the

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and the

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. Past positions have included Lieutenant Governor of

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, Minister of Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation and Higher Education in the Delhi government.

Early years and family life

Jagdish Mukhi was born on 1 December 1942 in Dajal to a Saraiki

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family. At age 4, during the partition of India, the family moved to

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. Mukhi gained a B.Com. from Raj Rishi College in Alwar, Rajasthan in 1965, followed by a M. Com. from the university of Delhi in 1967. Until entering politics he was a professor at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. He was awarded a PhD in finance from Kurukshetra University in October 1995. He married Prem Grover in 1970, who as Prem Mukhi is actively involved in social development works for women empowerment under the banner of Mahila Jagriti Sangh. He is blessed with a son Atul (BE, MBA) and a daughter Latika.

Political career

Mukhi attended an RSS training camp while at school in Panipat in 1958, became the secretary (''Karyawaha'') of Alwar District RSS in 1964, and campaigned against the

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with the Delhi RSS in 1975. Having moved to

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, Delhi in 1973, he became the General Secretary of the Janakpuri branch of the nascent

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in September 1977. His first election success was in a 1980 by-election for the advisory Delhi Metropolitan Council. He held the role of Minister of Higher Education, when he launched Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in the record time of 8 months. He was awarded as best planning minister of the nation by the then Union planning minister

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. Two times he was awarded best MLA award in Delhi Vidhan Sabha. He represented Janak Puri constituency continuously from 1980 and has won seven continuous Vidhan Sabha elections from the same constituency, until losing the 2014 election by 25000 votes to AAP leader Mr. Rajesh Rishi. He has worked at all levels in the BJP & given the best performance as president, BJP Mandal Janak Puri; General Secretary, BJP West District; President, BJP West District; General Secretary, BJP Delhi; Prabhari, BJP affairs Jammu & Kashmir; Prabhari BJP affairs Haryana. He became Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in August 2016, then Governor of Assam in September 2017.

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Prof. Jagdish Mukhi

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukhi, Jagdish 1942 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi Members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly State cabinet ministers of Delhi People from Dera Ghazi Khan District Delhi University faculty University of Rajasthan alumni Delhi University alumni Leaders of the Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly Delhi MLAs 2013–2015 Delhi MLAs 2008–2013 People from South Delhi district Lieutenant governors of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands