Pabubha Manek (born 2 July 1956) is a politician from

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, India. He has served as the

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from Dwarka constituency for 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Gujarat legislative assembly.

Biography

Manek was born in 1956 in Vachu village near

Dwarka Dwarka () is a town and municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat. It is located on the western shore of the Okhamandal Peninsula on the right bank of the Gomti river at ...

to Virambha Hakbha Manek. He had seven brothers. He studied till 8th grade. On insistence of his community, he joined politics. He contested and won the

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

and 1998 Gujarat legislative assembly elections as an independent candidate from Dwarka constituency. He joined the

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(INC) and contested and won the

2002 Gujarat legislative assembly election The 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections were held in December 2002; they necessitated by the resignation of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the dissolution of the legislative assembly in July 2002, 8 months before its term was due to ex ...

from the same constituency. He left INC and joined

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and won

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly elections from the same constituency. He has also served as health minister in Government of Gujarat. He was disqualified from assembly by the

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in April 2019 ruling due to improper filing of the nomination affidavit in 2017 election. Later the ruling was stayed by the

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. A video went viral across the Saurashtra region in mid-2019 in which he was allegedly threatening RTI activists with dire consequences. He again contested the

2022 Gujarat legislative assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Gujarat, Gujarat from 2022 elections in India, 1 to 5 December 2022 in two phases, to elect List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, 182 members of 15th Gujarat Assembl ...

from Dwarka.

Personal life

Manek has married Parmaben Manek. They have three sons; Sahdevsinh, Chandrasinh and Nilesh; and a daughter. His son Chandrasinh Manek died from Cholera in 2019.

References

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