Father's Name |
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Late Shri Manohar Lal Kohli |
Mother's Name |
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Late Shrimati Shiv Devi |
Date of Birth |
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August 9, 1935 |
Place Birth |
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Delhi |
Spouse's Name |
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Shrimati Avinash Kohli |
Children |
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Three : (Son : Vishu Kohli Daughters : Smt. Suparna Kohli and Ms. Ritu Kohli) |
Education |
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MA (Hindi) from University of Delhi
Prabhakar from Punjab University
Sahitya Ratna from Prayag |
Work Experience |
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Worked as a lecturer at Hansraj College & Deshbandhu College (University of
Delhi) for over 37 years. Retired as a Reader in 1994. |
Student activism |
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Was PM of Hansraj College (University of Delhi) Parliament
Was a Member of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU)
Executive
Was All India President of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi
Parishad (ABVP) for 3 consecutive terms. |
Teacher activism |
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Was President of Delhi University's Teachers Association
(DUTA) from 1973-79
Was elected member of Academic and Executive Councils of
the University of Delhi
Was President of National Democratic Teacher's Front
(NDTF), a nationalist organization of University Teachers |
Political activism |
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Was arrested under MISA for 19 months during the National Emergency and lodged
in Delhi, Agra and Varanasi jails. |
Years in Parliament |
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Was elected as a member of Rajya Sabha (1994-2000)
Chairman, Housing Committee, Rajya Sabha
Member, Committee on papers to be laid on the table of
Rajya Sabha
Member, Standing Committee on Urban & Rural Development
Member, Standing Committee on Finance
Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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Organizational responsibilities held |
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President of Delhi State BJP from 1991-95 and for the
second time in 2009-10
National Secretary, BJP
Incharge (Prabhari) of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab,
Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan
Secretary, Central Disciplinary Committee, BJP
President, Central Disciplinary Committee, BJP
BJP Headquarters Incharge
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Interests |
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Academics and educational activities |
As Governor |
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He resumed the office of the Governor of Gujarat on 16th July, 2014 and Madhya
Pradesh on 8th Sept, 2016. |
Address |
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Raj Bhavan, Bhopal (M.P.) |