Rajiv Nandan also known as Rajiv Nandan Dangi is an Indian politician. He was elected to the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

from Gurua constituency in

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

in the

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group ...

as a member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. Dangi was a resident of Gaya district of Bihar. His ancestral home was near Gulariya Chak in the Tikari Police Station area of Gaya. He was a member of Dangi sub-caste of the dominant

Koeri The Koeri (spelt as Koiry or Koiri) and also referred to as Kushwaha and Maurya in several parts of North India are an Indian non-elite caste, found largely in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, whose traditional occupation was agriculture. Accordi ...

caste of Bihar. He contested legislative assembly election twice. In 2015, he became the MLA from Gurua constituency, but in 2020, he was unable to retain his seat. He came from a political family and his father Sachidanand Dangi was also a politician. Sachidanand Dangi represented

Belaganj Assembly constituency Belaganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Gaya district } Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. ...

. Rajiv Nandan was the personal assistant of parliamentarian Ramji Manjhi, which allowed him to begin his political career. He died in 2023 at Paras Hospital in

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

. He was suffering from prolonged illness before his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nandan, Rajiv 1966 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar People from Gaya district Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 2023 deaths