Harsh Mahajan (ex-

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minister of

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), son of a former

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Speaker and

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Des Raj Mahajan and was born at Chamba on 12 December 1955. Completed schooling from St. Edwards School in 1971. He has a B. Com. and MBA. He studied at Sriram College of Commerce, New Delhi and at

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, New Delhi. He married Uma Singh on 7 June 1983. He was the

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of ''State Youth Congress'' from 1986 to 1995. He got elected to the State Legislative Assembly first in November 1993 and again in 1998 and 2003. He has been the ''Parliamentary Secretary'' from 1994 to 1998 and has served as

Minister (at the Cabinet level). He is also a native speaker of English and

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. On 28 September 2022, Himachal Pradesh state Congress working president and former cabinet minister Harsh Mahajan joined

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(BJP). On 27 February 2024, Mahajan was elected to the

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, India's upper house of Parliament, from Himachal Pradesh as a BJP candidate against the Congress'

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People from Chamba, Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians from Himachal Pradesh Living people 1955 births Himachal Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998 Himachal Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003 Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2003–2007 Rajya Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh {{HimachalPradesh-BJP-politician-stub