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Kumari Selja
Selja Kumari (born 24 September 1962) is an Indian politician and a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India, Indian parliament. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has served as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, union minister of state (independent charge) for social justice and empowerment and Ministry of Tourism (India), tourism during Second Manmohan Singh ministry, Manmohan Singh's premiership. Selja was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 from Sirsa (Lok Sabha constituency), Sirsa, a constituency that she retained in the 1996 Indian general election, 1996 elections. Following her election in 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha, Lok Sabha from Ambala (Lok Sabha constituency), Ambala, she was appointed the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, minister of social justice and empowerment. Selja unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Indian general election, general elections in 2019 from Ambala, and following that made a return to ...
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Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha
A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha ( abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550. This includes the maximum 530 members to represent the constituencies and states and up to 20 members to represent the union territories (both chosen by direct elections). Between 1952 and January 25, 2020, two seats were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The current elected strength of the Lok Sabha is 543. The party—or coalition of parties—having a majority in the Lok Sabha chooses the Prime Minister of India. History The first instance of member of parliament equivalent in India dates back to 9 December 1946, the day Constituent Assembly of India was formed with the purpose of drafting a cons ...
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Ram Prakash
Ram Prakash (5 October 1939 – 13 December 2023) was a Vedic scholar, author, educationist and a member of the Parliament of India representing Haryana in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from 2007 to 2014. He authored and edited books on Vedic philosophy and was the second Chairperson of the 'Centre for Studies in Civilizations'. He was a professor of Chemistry, a Fulbright scholar, and the Chancellor of Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar. Early life Ram Prakash, son of Sh. Prabhu Dayal, was born on 5 October 1939, in the village of Tangore, Kurukshetra district of Haryana (formerly Punjab), India, of OBC (Other Backward Castes). Prakash gained his MSc and PhD degrees in Chemistry from the Punjab University, Chandigarh, and subsequently taught at the institution. Later, he joined the new Kurukshetra University as the Pro-Vice Chancellor for a while. Politics Prakash entered politics in 1990–1991 and in 1999 won the local elections on an Indian ...
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Second Manmohan Singh Ministry
The Second Manmohan Singh ministry came into existence after the general election in 2009. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009 and led to the formation of the 15th Lok Sabha. Manmohan Singh took the oath as the 13th Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2009, followed by the oath-taking ceremonies of the Council of Ministers in two phases. They remained in office until next election. List of Council of Ministers Cabinet Ministers !style="width:17em", Remarks Ministers of State (Independent Charge) A 'Minister of State with independent charge' is a junior Minister in the Federal (State) or Central Government of India but is in charge of a ministry, unlike ''Minister of State'' who is also a junior Minister but assists a cabinet minister. All the following ministers are from the Indian National Congress. ''Source: Council of Ministers'' Ministers of State !style="width:17em", Remarks ...
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Ministry Of Social Justice And Empowerment
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is a Government of India Ministry (government department), ministry. It is responsible for welfare spending, welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society, including scheduled castes (SC), Other Backward Classes (OBC), LGBT people, the Disability, disabled, the elderly, and the victims of drug abuse. It also helps in the enforcement of legislation with regards to these marginalized groups to better enforce anti-discrimination policies. The Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment holds Cabinet (government), cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of India, Council of Ministers. The current minister is Virendra Kumar Khatik, Virendra Kumar, who is assisted by two ministers of state, Ramdas Athawale and B. L. Verma (Uttar Pradesh politician), B. L. Verma. History In 1985–1986, the former Ministry of Welfare was divided into the Department of Women and Chi ...
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Parliament Of India
The Parliament of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Government of India, Government of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The president of India, President of the Republic of India, in their role as head of the legislature, has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha, but they can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the prime minister of India, Prime Minister of the Republic of India and the Union Council of Ministers. Those elected or nominated (by the president) to either house of the Parliament are referred to as member of Parliament (India), members of Parliament (MPs). The member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, members of parliament in the Lok Sabha are direct election, directly elected by the voting of Indian citizens in single-member districts and the member of Parliame ...
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha, constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the president of India on the advice of the Union Council of Ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the New Parliament House, New Delhi. The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552. (Initially, in 1950, it was 500.) Currently, the house has 543 seats which are filled by the election of up to 543 elected members. Between 1952 and 2020, Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha, two additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President ...
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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern Nationalism, nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other Decolonization, anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. The INC is a "big tent" party that has been described as sitting on the Centrism, centre of the Indian politics, Indian political spectrum. The party held its first session in 1885 in Mumbai, Bombay where Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, W.C. Bonnerjee presided over it. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress eme ...
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Hisar, India
Hisar also known as Hissar is the administrative headquarters of Hisar district in the state of Haryana in northwestern India. It is located to the west of New Delhi, India's capital, and has been identified as a counter-magnet city for the National Capital Region to develop as an alternative center of growth to Delhi. The city was ruled by several major powers, including the Mauryans in the third century BC, the Tughlaqs in the 14th century, the Mughals in the 16th century, and the British in the 19th century. After India achieved independence, it was unified with the state of Punjab. When the Punjab was divided in 1966, Hisar became part of Haryana. The current name was given in 1354 AD, as ''Hisar-e-Firoza'' by Firuz Shah Tughlaq, the Sultan of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. The Ghaggar and Drishadvati Rivers once flowed through the city, but they have now changed their course. Hisar has a continental climate, with very hot summers and relatively cool winters. The most c ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ...
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East Punjab
East Punjab was a state of Dominion of India from 1947 until 1950. It consisted parts of the Punjab Province of British India that remained in India following the partition of the state between the new dominions of Pakistan and India by the Radcliffe Commission in 1947. The mostly Muslim western parts of the old Punjab became Pakistan's West Punjab, later, renamed as Punjab Province, while the mostly Hindu and Sikh eastern parts remained with India. History Partition of India With the partition of India, the Punjab province was to be divided in two as per the Indian Independence Act 1947, passed by the parliament of the United Kingdom. The province was to cease to exist, and two new provinces were to be constituted, to be known respectively as West Punjab & East Punjab. All the princely states of the Punjab States Agency, except Bahawalpur, which acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan, acceded to the new Union of India and were combined into the Patiala and East Punja ...
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Parbhuwala
Parbhuwala is a large village in Hisar district, Haryana, India. This village has a total of 1,246 families residing. Parbhuwala has a population of 6,386 as per government records. Administration Prabhuwala village is administrated by Sarpanch through its Gram Panchayat, who is elected representative of village as per constitution of India and Panchyati Raj Act. Notable persons * Relu Ram Punia, former MLA Barwala * Chaudhary Dalbir Singh, former Member of Parliament * Kumari Selja Selja Kumari (born 24 September 1962) is an Indian politician and a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India, Indian parliament. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has served as the Ministry of Social Just ..., former Cabinet Minister References Villages in Hisar district {{Haryana-geo-stub ...
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Devender Yadav
Devender Yadav is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress (INC). He is currently the President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, a permanent invitee to Congress Working Committee (CWC), He is also a founder of the Nation First Foundation, an NGO focused on providing equal opportunities for the underprivileged. He has served as the INC in charge of Uttarakhand, the Working President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee under President Sheila Dixit and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ... from Badli constituency in Delhi from 2008-2013 and 2013-15. He was also an MC from Samaypur Badli for two terms from 2007 onwards. Political career He is a member of the INC Screening Committee and an ex-MLA o ...
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