Shri Harish Rawat a politician from Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 party and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha

15th Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

. Previously he was a Member of the Parliament of India

Parliament of India

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 representing Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

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 in the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

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, the upper house of the Indian Parliament (2002–2008). He is currently a Minister of State in the Union Cabinet in the Ministry of Labor and Employment.

Early life and education

Harish Rawat was born in village Mohanari, near Chaunalia, Almora district, on April 27, 1947 to Rajendra Singh Rawat and Devaki Devi. he was very keen to join the politics.

He did his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 and LL.B. from Lucknow University, Lucknow

Lucknow

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 before joining politics

Career

Starting at village level politics, and after staying as a Trade Unionist and an Indian Youth Congress

Indian Youth Congress

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 member for many years, he joined the Indian Parliament in 1980 as a member of the 7th Lok Sabha

7th Lok Sabha

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 by defeating the BJP heavyweight Dr. murli manohar joshi from almora parliamentary constituency, followed by the 8th Lok Sabha

8th Lok Sabha

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 and the 9th Lok Sabha

9th Lok Sabha

List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1989. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:...

 in 1990.

In 2000, he was unanimously elected the President of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

 Pradesh Congress Committee

Pradesh Congress Committee

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 (PCC), and remained so until he was replaced by Yashpal Arya . In 2002, he was elected a member of the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

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.

In Indian general election, 2009

Indian general election, 2009

India held general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. With an electorate of 714 million , it was the largest democratic election in the world to date.By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be...

, he left his traditional stronghold of Almora after it became a reserved seat post-delimitation to contest from Haridwar (Lok Sabha constituency), and won the elections with 332055 votes.Presently he is union minister of state for labour.

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