19 Facts About Kirti Azad

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Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad is an Indian politician and former cricketer and who played seven Test matches and 25 One Day International for the India national cricket team between 1980 and 1986.

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Kirti Azad is the son of former Chief Minister of Bihar Bhagwat Jha Kirti Azad.

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Kirti Azad was an aggressive right-hand batsman and a quickish offspinner.

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Kirti Azad was part of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

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Kirti Azad won the 2014 Lok Sabha election for Darbhanga, Bihar.

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Kirti Azad joined Trinamool Congress after meeting TMC chief Mamta Banerjee in Delhi on Nov 23,2021.

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Kirti Azad attended Modern School in Delhi where he was part of the school cricket team.

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Kirti Azad, a nonconformist in many ways, was a stalwart allrounder for Delhi for many years, and in 95 Ranji Trophy matches he scored 4867 runs at an average of 47.72 and took 162 wickets at and average of 28.91.

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Kirti Azad picked 3 and 7 wickets in the two forms, respectively.

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Kirti Azad followed his father Bhagwat Jha Azad, former Chief Minister of Bihar, into politics and was elected to Parliament on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Darbhanga, Bihar.

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Kirti Azad served his second term in the Lok Sabha representing Darbhanga.

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Kirti Azad was previously an MLA from Delhi's Gole Market constituency.

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Kirti Azad won the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections from Darbhanga.

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Kirti Azad joined the Indian National Congress on 18 February 2019.

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Kirti Azad fought General Election from Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency for 2019 representing Indian National Congress, against BJP candidate Pashupati Nath Singh and lost it with a margin of 4.8 lakhs.

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In November 2021, Kirti Azad joined the All India Trinamool Congress ahead of the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election and said that he will work under Mamata Banerjee till retirement from politics.

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Ex IPS officer and ex Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Kirti Azad is his elder brother.

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Kirti Azad further said that he felt agitated and ashamed to be associated with the BCCI in the wake of the IPL controversy.

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Kirti Azad played himself in the lead role of the 2019 Indian film Kirket.