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Shamsher Singh Manhas (4 January 1960 – 20 January 2025) was an Indian politician from Jammu & Kashmir and a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
.


Life and career

Manhas was the son of Janak Singh (not to be confused with
Janak Singh Major General Janak Singh (surname Katoch) CIE, OBI, (7 August 1872 – 15 March 1972) was an officer of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. After retirement, he briefly served as the prime ministe ...
). He was an agriculturist and a political and social worker by profession. He was known as the rejuvenator of Right-wing Hindu Political ideology in
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory since 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (prin ...
and has been an active Pracharak of
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for a long time. He was known to be a powerful politician in the region. He was also a sportsperson. Shamsheer Singh Manhas was a well-known personality in the politics of the J&K. He has served as the State President of BJP in the past. He was elected to
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from Jammu and Kashmir on the ticket of BJP in February 2015. Manhas retired from active politics on 9 February 2021. He died on 20 January 2025, at the age of 65.


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1960 births 2025 deaths People from Jammu district Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jammu and Kashmir 21st-century Indian politicians {{JammuKashmir-politician-stub