Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Tejpal Singh Rawat is an Indian politician belonging to the

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in the state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

. He was a member of 14th

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. He was elected from Garhwal Parliamentary constituency of Uttarakhand in 2008 by-poll election. He is a retired Lt. Gen. from the

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. He was decorated with

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and VSM. After his retirement in 2000, he joined politics and was elected to

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in 2002 from Dhumakot Assembly constituency from

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Positions held

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