Chhatrapal Singh, also known as Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar (), is an Indian politician currently serving as Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, and former minister of state for revenue of Uttar Pradesh.
He was a member of the
Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He represented the
Baheri Assembly constituency of
Uttar Pradesh
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and is a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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.
Early life
Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar was born on 20 January 1956 in Damkhoda,
Bareilly
Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city ...
, India, to a
Hindu
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family of Ramlal Singh Gangwar.
He completed his master's degree in 1979 at
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University,
Bareilly
Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city ...
. He is a member of
Kurmi caste.
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Political Career
Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar was a 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly member from the Baheri Assembly constituency from March 2017 to March 2022 (represented it once earlier also).In 2024, Bhartiya Janta Party
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announced his name as a Candidate for Lok Sabha for Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency.
Posts held
See also
* Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
* 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
* Baheri Assembly constituency
References
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Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022
People from Bareilly district
1956 births
Living people
Politicians from Bareilly
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Indian Hindus
Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
India MPs 2024–2029