1. Manish Tewari was born on 8 December 1965 and is an Indian lawyer and politician.
15 Facts About Manish Tewari
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Manish Tewari is a member of the Indian National Congress and represents Chandigarh in the current 18th Lok Sabha.
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Manish Tewari represented Anandpur Sahib in the 17th Lok Sabha.
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Manish Tewari was Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 2012 to 2014 and a Member of Parliament from Ludhiana from 2009 to 2014.
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Manish Tewari contested and won from Chandigarh in the 2024 Indian general election.
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Manish Tewari's father was killed by Khalistani militants in 1984.
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Manish Tewari's mother died in 2018 following a cardiac arrest.
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Manish Tewari's maternal grandfather, Sardar Tirath Singh was a lawyer and a minister in Congress' government in the state of Punjab.
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Manish Tewari attained a Bachelor's of Arts degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh and later a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Delhi.
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Manish Tewari married Naznin Shifa, a Parsi in March 1996 and now resides in Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi.
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Manish Tewari was the president of National Students Union of India from 1988 to 1993 and Indian Youth Congress from 1998 to 2000.
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Manish Tewari lost the 2004 Lok sabha elections but successfully contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections by defeating Shiromani Akali Dal's candidate Gurcharan Singh Galib by a margin of over 100,000 votes.
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Manish Tewari has been replaced by Ravneet Singh Bittu, the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
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Manish Tewari was a speaker at Bridge India's webinar on "India's foreign policy: Taking stock at the end of Year One".
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In 2022, it was reported that Manish Tewari may be a candidate in the 2022 Indian National Congress presidential election.