1. Jagdish Mukhi was born on 1 December 1942 and is an Indian politician who served as the 28th Governor of Assam from 2017 to 2023 and the Governor of Nagaland from 2021 to 2023 and the Governor of Mizoram on 2019.
11 Facts About Jagdish Mukhi
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Jagdish Mukhi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
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Professor Jagdish Mukhi was born on 1 December 1942 in Dajal to a Saraiki Hindu family.
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Jagdish Mukhi was awarded a PhD in finance from Kurukshetra University in October 1995.
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Jagdish Mukhi married Prem Grover in 1970, who as Prem Mukhi is actively involved in social development works for women empowerment under the banner of Mahila Jagriti Sangh.
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Jagdish Mukhi has a son Atul and a daughter Latika.
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Jagdish Mukhi attended an RSS training camp while at school in Panipat in 1958, became the secretary of Alwar District RSS in 1964, and campaigned against the Emergency with the Delhi RSS in 1975.
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Jagdish Mukhi held the role of Minister of Higher Education, when he launched Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in the record time of 8 months.
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Jagdish Mukhi was awarded as best planning minister of the nation by the then Union planning minister Pranab Mukherjee.
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Jagdish Mukhi represented Janak Puri constituency continuously from 1980 and has won seven continuous Vidhan Sabha elections from the same constituency, until losing the 2015 election by 25000 votes to AAP leader Mr Rajesh Rishi.
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Jagdish Mukhi became Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in August 2016, then Governor of Assam in September 2017.