Shanta Kumar was born on 12 September 1934 and is an Indian politician who was the 3rd Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a Union Minister in the Government of India.
16 Facts About Shanta Kumar
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Shanta Kumar was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Kangra constituency in 1989.
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Shanta Kumar was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998,1999 and 2014 from the same constituency.
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Shanta Kumar was born to Jagannath Sharma and Kaushalya Devi on 12 September 1934 in Garhjamula, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh.
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Shanta Kumar was elected as a member of the Panchayat Samiti in Bhawarna and then was president of Zilla Parishad in Kangra from 1965 to 1970.
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Shanta Kumar was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1972.
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Shanta Kumar was re-elected to the House again in 1990 and continued till 1992.
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Shanta Kumar became the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in 1977.
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Shanta Kumar held the post till 1980 and came back to head the Government again in 1990 and stayed till 1992.
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Shanta Kumar was the Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.
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Shanta Kumar was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 from Kangra.
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Shanta Kumar was a senior minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1999 to 2004.
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Shanta Kumar was Union Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution from 1999 to 2002 and Union Minister of Rural Development from 2002 to 2004.
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Shanta Kumar was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in 2008.
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Shanta Kumar was married to Santosh Shailja in year 1964.
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Shanta Kumar's wife died in December 2020 due to coronavirus at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda.