Thawar Chand Gehlot

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Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 18 May 1948) is an Indian politician who is the current and 13th Governor of Karnataka, being the first person serving as the Governor of Karnataka from Madhya Pradesh.[1][2] He assumed office of the Governor of Karnataka on 11 July 2021.[3] He also served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of India from 2014 to 2021. He was also the Leader of the House in the upper house of Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Parliamentary Board and the Central Election Committee of the BJP.[4]

Early life

Gehlot was born in a Dalit family in the village of Rupeta in Nagda in the Central India Agency of the Dominion of India, which is in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India. He is a senior member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He had assumed ministerial berth a number of times in the union government.[5]

He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.[6]

Career

He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian Parliament representing the state of Madhya Pradesh. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences.[7] He formerly represented Shajapur in the lower house of Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009.[8] He served as the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, in Modi's 2nd cabinet. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was also the general secretary of the party.[9]

On 6 July 2021, Thawar Chand Gehlot was appointed the 13th Governor of Karnataka.

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