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Shanta Kumar
Kumar in 2006
3rd Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
In office
22 June 1977 ? 14 February 1980
Preceded by President's Rule
Succeeded by Thakur Ram Lal
In office
5 March 1990 ? 15 December 1992
Preceded by Virbhadra Singh
Succeeded by Virbhadra Singh
Member of Parliament
for Kangra
In office
16 May 2014 ? 23 May 2019
Preceded by Rajan Sushant
Succeeded by Kishan Kapoor
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
In office
13 October 1999 ? 30 June 2002
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by Sharad Yadav
Constituency Kangra
Minister of Rural Development
In office
1 July 2002 ? 6 April 2003
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded by Kashiram Rana
Personal details
Born ( 1934-09-12 ) 12 September 1934 (age 89)
Kangra , Punjab , British India
(now in Himachal Pradesh , India)
Political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (till 1977)

Janata Party (1977-1980)

Bharatiya Janata Party (1980-Present)
Spouse Santosh Shailja
Residence(s) Yamini Parisar, Palampur , Distt. Kangra , Himachal Pradesh , India

Shanta Kumar Sharma (born 12 September 1934) is an Indian politician who was the 3rd Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a Union Minister in the Government of India . He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party . He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Kangra constituency in 1989. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2014 from the same constituency. He has written a number of books. He is the first and only person not of a Rajput background who has served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. [1]

Early life [ edit ]

Shanta Kumar Sharma was born to Jagannath Sharma and Kaushalya Devi on 12 September 1934 in Garhjamula, Kangra district , Punjab Province . [2]

Political career [ edit ]

His political career began in 1963 when he was elected as a Panch in the Gram panchayat for Garhjamula. He was subsequently elected as a member of the Panchayat Samiti in Bhawarna and then was president of Zilla Parishad in Kangra from 1965 to 1970. [3]

He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1972. He remained a member till 1985. He was re-elected to the House again in 1990 and continued till 1992. He became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in 1977. [4] He held the post till 1980 and came back to head the Government again in 1990 and stayed till 1992. [5] He had enforced "No Work, No Pay" policy during his second term as Chief Minister for strongly dealing with the striking government employees. [4] He was the Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985. [6]

He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 from Kangra . He was re-elected twice in 1998 and 1999. He was a senior minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1999 to 2004. [4] He was Union Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution from 1999 to 2002 and Union Minister of Rural Development from 2002 to 2004. [4] [6]

He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in 2008. [7] In 2014, he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Kangra. [8] In 2014-15 he chaired a committee on the restructuring of the Food Corporation of India (FCI). [9]

Personal background [ edit ]

He was married to Santosh Shailja in year 1964. [10] [11] He has three daughters Indu Sharma,Renu Mujumdar,Shalini Sathyan and a son Vikram Sharma. [12] His wife died in December 2020 due to coronavirus at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College , Tanda. [11] She worked as teacher in initial years but later quit her job and switched over to writing and social work among women and underprivileged sections and also wrote some books. [10]

Election results [ edit ]

General Election, 2014 : Kangra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shanta Kumar 4,56,163 57.05 +8.37
INC Chander Kumar 2,86,091 35.79 -9.76
AAP Dr. Rajan Sushant 24,430 3.06 +3.06
NOTA None of the Above 8,704 1.09 +1.09
Majority 1,70,072 21.27 +18.13
Turnout 7,99,445 64.46 +9.31
BJP hold Swing +8.37

Writing [ edit ]

Kumar's books include: [13]

  • Dharti Balidan Ki , 1962
  • Himalaya Par Lal Chhaya , 1964
  • Vishwa Vijeta Vivekanand , 1968
  • Lajo , 1976
  • Man Ke Meet , 1976
  • Kaidi , 1976
  • Jyotirmayi , 1977
  • O Pravasi Meet Mere , 1977
  • Mrigtrishna , 1980
  • Kranti Abhi Adhoori Hai , 1985
  • Deewar Ke Us Paar , 1995
  • Rajneeti Ki Shatranj , 1997
  • Tumhare Pyar Ki Pati , 1999
  • Vrinda , 2007
  • A Patriot monk Swami Vivekananda, 2012

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Jai Ram Thakur's Himachal cabinet has a distinctly Rajput flavour" . 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament: 13th Lok Sabha" . parliamentofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013 . Retrieved 5 February 2013 .
  3. ^ "National Portal of India" . india.gov.in . Retrieved 5 February 2013 .
  4. ^ a b c d Bipin, Bhardwaj (24 March 2019). "After Advani, roads closed for veteran BJP leader Shanta Kumar too, party hunts for new face in Himachal" . National Herald . Retrieved 24 February 2021 .
  5. ^ "Shanta Kumar : Niti Central" . niticentral.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013 . Retrieved 5 February 2013 .
  6. ^ a b "13th Lok Sabha Member Profile" . Government of India . Retrieved 22 June 2014 .
  7. ^ Members Page
  8. ^ "Kangra(Himachal Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 with ..."
  9. ^ "Recommendations of High Level Committee on restructuring of FCI" . Press Information Bureau, Government of India . Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. 22 January 2015 . Retrieved 25 November 2021 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: others ( link )
  10. ^ a b "Former Himachal Pradesh CM Shanta Kumar's Wife Dies of Covid" . Outlook. 29 December 2020 . Retrieved 24 February 2021 .
  11. ^ a b "Former Union minister Shanta Kumar to undergo Covid treatment at Mohali hospital" . Hindustan Times . 30 December 2020 . Retrieved 24 February 2021 .
  12. ^ "Senior BJP leader Shanta Kumar, son admitted to Mohali hospital for Covid-19 treatment" . ANI News . ANI. 30 December 2020 . Retrieved 24 February 2021 .
  13. ^ "Kumar Shanta" . Retrieved 22 June 2016 .
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