Kishan Chand Tyagi (born 10 December 1950) is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament in both the

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and

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, representing the

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. He served as the Chief General Secretary and National Spokesperson of the party, and was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry. He represented

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in the Ninth

(1989-1991) and was a Rajya Sabha member from

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from 2013 to 2016. He has also served as Chairman of the Committee on Papers Laid on the Table and of the

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Early life

Kishan Chand Tyagi was born in a farming family in the village of Morta in the

Ghaziabad district Ghaziabad district () is a largely suburban district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is also a core part of the National Capital Region. The city of Ghaziabad is the administrative headquarters of the district. This district is ...

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. His father was Jagram Singh Tyagi and his mother was Rohtash Tyagi. He completed his schooling in Muradnagar and earned a B.Sc. degree from

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Personal life

He is married to Pushpa Tyagi and has three sons: Rajeev, Amrish, and Vikas.

Elections

K. C. Tyagi has contested several parliamentary elections and served in both houses of Parliament. *Note: Tyagi won the

by-poll from Bihar following the resignation of

Upendra Kushwaha Upendra Kumar Singh, commonly known as Upendra Kushwaha (born 6 February 1960) is an Indian politician, and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as Minister of State for Human Resources ...

in January 2013.

References

External links

Profile on Lok Sabha Website
1950 births Living people India MPs 1989–1991 Janata Dal (United) politicians Politicians from Ghaziabad Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha members from Bihar Janata Dal politicians Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Janata Party politicians Bharatiya Lok Dal politicians People from Hapur district {{Bihar-JDU-politician-stub