Shalabh Kumar was born in Ambala, in the state of Haryana, India, and graduated from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh with a BS in electronics engineering in 1969 and was a recipient of its prestigious Gold Medal.
12 Facts About Shalabh Kumar
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Shalabh Kumar's son, Vikram Shalabh Kumar, married Indian-born Miss Earth India Pooja Chitgopekar in 2007.
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Shalabh Kumar migrated to New Zealand with her parents in 2009, where she married Vikram Kumar in January 2011.
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Shalabh Kumar said he was approached by Nikki Haley's father Ajit Singh Randhawa in the summer of 2010 to support his daughter's campaign to run for governor of South Carolina; Shalabh Kumar became the largest donor for the Haley campaign.
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Right after Bin Laden was found hiding in Pakistan, during 2011 and 2012, Shalabh Kumar became an active citizen lobbyist on Capitol Hill to support Texas Congressman Ted Poe's bill to cut off foreign aid to Pakistan.
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In 2013, NIAPPI and Shalabh Kumar took Chairwoman of House Republican Conference Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Congressman Aaron Schock, and Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis to visit the then-Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat and future Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and invite him to the United States.
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In 2014, Shalabh Kumar worked with the National Republican Congressional Committee to encourage Indian Americans to run for office and get involved politically.
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Shalabh Kumar ran the Gingrich Presidential Campaign in Scott County, Iowa in 2012.
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Mr Shalabh Kumar has worked closely with Steve Bannon, former CEO of Trump 2016 campaign as well as the white house in 2017.
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In July 2016, Shalabh Kumar became a public supporter of the Republican candidate Donald Trump's candidacy in the 2016 Presidential Election, emerging as one of the biggest donors.
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Mr Shalabh Kumar founded the Republican Hindu Coalition in November 2015.
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In March 2022, President Trump reached out to Mr Shalabh Kumar asking him to re-engage as he was planning to run again in 2024.