Raj Kishore Mahato was an Indian politician and member of the

All Jharkhand Students Union All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU Party is a state political party of Jharkhand state, India. The party was founded on 22 June 1986, modelled after All Assam Students Union. AJSU was born out jharkhand separate statehood movement and portray ...

. Mahato was a member of the

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from 2014 to 2019 from the Tundi constituency in

Dhanbad district Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Jharkhand ...

Early life

Raj Kishore Mahato was born on 23 September 1946 to Binod Bihari Mahato and Fulmani Devi. He did his engineering degree from Indian School of Mining,

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur and a major financial hub of Jharkhand. In terms of economy, Dhanbad has the largest economy in the state of Jharkhand and it is often referred to as th ...

Career

Raj Kishore Mahato was government advocate in Patna High court from 1990 to 1991. Due to untimely death of his father, he became member of parliament from Giridih after winning election. He was president of Jharkhand ciliary sramik union from 1993. He was general secretary of

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from 1998. He was president of Akhil Bharatiya Rail Yatri Sammiti. He was elected to state legislative assembly from

Tundi Tundi is a village in Tundi CD block in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Tundi is located at . Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All ...

in 2014 in the ticket of Ajsu. He died on the 3 December 2020 from COVID-19, at the age of 75.https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/leaders-local-residents-pay-tributes-to-tundi-mla/cid/1799425

References

People from Dhanbad district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand All Jharkhand Students Union politicians 2020 deaths Jharkhand MLAs 2014–2019 1946 births Samata Party politicians India MPs 1991–1996 Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India {{Jharkhand-BJP-politician-stub