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Rao Inderjit Singh (born 11 February 1951) is an Indian politician, a serving member of the 15th Lok Sabha, the Lower house of the parliament of India. He represents Gurgaon in Haryana, having previously represented Mohindergarh, and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.

At the national level he has served as Cabinet Minister for the Environment, as Minister of State for External Affairs, and as Minister of State for Defence Production. Since 2009 he has Chaired the Parliamentary Information technology committee.

Early life[link]

Rao studied at the Lawrence School, Sanawar,^[1] and the University of Delhi, where he took an LL.B degree in law.

Political career[link]

Haryana assembly[link]

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Rao was an MLA in the Haryana assembly for four terms, beginning in 1977. From 1982 to 1987 he was a provincial Minister of State responsible for Food and civil supplies.

Member of Parliament[link]

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He was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament in 1998, serving in the parliaments of 1998-1999, 2000–2004, and 2004–2009. From 1991 to 1996 he served as Cabinet Minister for the Environment, Forest, Medical and Technical Education, then as Minister of State for External Affairs (2004–2006) and as Minister of State for Defence Production from 2006 to 2009. Since 2009 he has Chaired the Parliamentary Information technology committee.

Elections won

• 1998: elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Mohindergarh
• 2004: elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from Mohindergarh
• 2009: elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the new seat of Gurgaon, winning 278,516 votes in a contest with 23 other candidates.^[2]

Sportsman[link]

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• Rao Inderjit Singh was a member of the Indian shooting Team from 1990 to 2003 and won a Bronze Medal at the Commonwealth Shooting Championship. He was also a National Champion in Skeet for three consecutive years and won three gold medals in the SAF Games.

References[link]

Inderjit Singh can refer to:

• Inderjit Singh, member of the Parliament of Singapore
• Kunwar Inderjit Singh, former Prime Minister of Nepal
• Inderjit Singh Rao, Indian politician

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Rao Tula Ram राव तुला राम
Born	(1825-12-09)December 9, 1825 village Rampura, Rewari, Haryana
Died	September 23, 1863(1863-09-23) Kabul
Political movement	Indian Rebellion of 1857

Rao Tula Ram (Hindi: राव तुला राम) (c. 9 December 1825–1863) was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.^[1]

He is credited with having "obliterated every vestige"^{[citation needed]} of the British rule from the region that today is southwest Haryana during the Rebellion, and also helping rebel forces fighting in the historic city of Delhi with men, money and material. Noted as a good administrator and military commander, after the 1857 uprising ended, he left India, met rulers of Iran and Afghanistan and also established contacts with the Tsar of Russia, to seek their help to fight a war to free India from the British.^{[citation needed]} His plans were cut short by his death from dysentery in Kabul on September 23, 1863, at the age of 38.^[2]

Early life[link]

Rao Tula Ram was born on 9 December 1825 in a noble Rao Bahadur Nirpur^{[clarification needed]} Yadav family of Rao Bhadur Garhi-Bolni in the village of Rampura (Rewari).^{[citation needed]} His father was Puran Singh, his grandfather Rao Tej Singh and his mother's name was Gyan Kanwar, daughter of Rao Zahari Singh, a local jagirdar.^[3]

Rao Tula Ram's Istemraree estates were confiscated by the British in 1859, though proprietary rights of his two wives were retained. In 1877, his title was restored to his son Rao Yudhister Singh, who was made zaildar.^[4]

See also[link]

• Ahir
• Pran Sukh Yadav
• British East India Company
• Mufti Yaqinuddin
• Qazi Mir Imdad Ali
• Syed Mohammad Ashraf

Notes[link]

References[link]

• K.C. Yadav, Rao Tula Ram, National Book Trust of India (2008). ISBN 978-81-237-5110-8

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Robert Vadra
Born	Robert Vadra
Nationality	India
Occupation	Businessperson

Robert Vadra is an Indian businessman notable as the husband of Priyanka Vadra and also a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family by marriage. He was born to Rajinder and Maureen Vadra on 18 April 1969. Rajinder Vadra hails from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh and Maureen was of Scottish origin (maiden name: McDonagh).^[1]

Family[link]

His brother Richard Vadra was found dead in September 2003 at his Vasant Vihar residence, and his sister Michelle died in a car accident in 2001. His father Rajinder Vadra committed suicide^[2][3] on 2 April 2009.

Controversies[link]

Vadra has been exempted from frisking at airports when travelling with 'other SPG protectees^[4] presumably his wife or other family members. The list of such VIPs was compiled and forwarded to the concerned authorities by the Government of India on 26 September 2005. Others on the list include the President, the Prime Minister, former Presidents and PMs and SPG protectees.^[5][6] This move has come under scrutiny since more important entities on the warrant of precedence. BCAS Commissioner S. R. Mehra declined comment.^[7]

His bodyguard was prevented from carrying a pistol into Parliament.^[8]

Robert Vadra publicly disowned his father Rajendra Vadra following claims of misuse of Robert's proximity to the Gandhi clan.

Subramanian Swamy, an Indian politician claimed through his tweet that Vadra has migrated to Dubai and settled in a Rs. 50 Crore mansion.^[9]

Businesses[link]

• He owns, Artex, a small company specialising in jewellery and handicraft exports.
• His companies have received unsecured loans from DLF Limited, India's largest real estate conglomerate.^[10]
• Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd (owned by Vadra and his mother Maureen Vadra), is a partner in a firm that owns Hilton Garden Inn in the South Delhi business district Saket. As on March 2009, Sky Light Hospitality had received unsecured loans amounting to 25 crore from DLF Ltd.
• Blue Breeze Trading Pvt Ltd (aircraft chartering)
• North India IT Parks Pvt Ltd
• Real Earth Estates Pvt Ltd
• Sky Light Realty Pvt Ltd.
• India Today weekly has reported that he has a partnership and wide-ranging transactions with the country's biggest realty firm, DLF Limited.^[11]

Politics[link]

Robert Vadra has said that he will join politics at the "right time for the right cause" with the consent of his family and that his wife Priyanka Gandhi should also enter public life.

In an interview to Zee news, Vadra said just as in his case he would not be pushed, Priyanka's entry into politics will be decided according to the need to do so at a particular point in time.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sonpath, Rediff India
• The Rediff Interview with Rajinder Vadra, Rediff United States
• Don't know if I'll join politics, but I can win from anywhere, The Times of India, Oct 20, 2010.

Ashok Tanwar
Member of Parliament
In office 2009 - incumbent
Preceded by	Atma Singh Gill
Constituency	Sirsa
President Indian Youth Congress
In office 2005 - 2010
Preceded by	Randeep Surjewala
Succeeded by	Rajiv Satav
President NSUI
In office 2003-2005
Preceded by	Meenakshi Natarajan
Succeeded by	Nadeem Javed
Personal details
Born	(1976-02-12) February 12, 1976 (age 36)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Avantika Maken
Residence	New Delhi
Religion	Hinduism
As of March 20, 2010

Ashok Tanwar (Hindi:अशोक तंवर) (born 12 February 1976) is an Indian politician, a Member of Parliament from Sirsa and Secretary, All India Congress Committee. He is also a former president of Indian Youth Congress & NSUI. He was the youngest person to take over the prestigious position of president of Indian Youth Congress. He is valued as much for being a dalit as for his membership of the Jawaharlal Nehru University network.^[1]

Early life[link]

He was born in village Chimni of District Jhajjar area of Haryana to Dilbag Singh and Krishna Rathi.He did his BA from the Kakatiya University, Warangal. He went to Jawaharlal Nehru University's centre for Historical studies and completed his M.A., M.Phil Ph.D.(Medieval Indian History).

Political career[link]

Dr. Ashok Tanwar started his career as an activist of the NSUI in JNU.

Rise in Politics[link]

Tanwar is among the rising young leaders of Congress party.He is very close to Rahul Gandhi, Who is in charge of the Youth Congress.^[2] Tanwar’s USP is the JNU connection at a time the Congress’s student wing, the National Students Union of India, barely has a presence on the campus.Whenever he contested the president’s post in JNU, he got more votes than anyone else (from the NSUI).Tanwar took over as the NSUI secretary in 1999 and became its president in 2003.With two major straight wins in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections since he took over in 2003 and a major improvement in the NSUI performance in the Left dominated JNU, Tanwar had stressed the need for more discipline among NSUI activists during his tenure as its president.^[3]

Youth Congress Tenure[link]

In Ashok Tanwar’s term as president of Indian Youth Congress, the focus to strengthen the "IYC" had shifted to auditoriums, workshops and seminars. Stress on street plays and social work was put to highlight the problems faced by public. Under the leadership of Ashok Tanwar, several programmes highlighting social issues were taken up across the country. The concept of Aam Aadmi Ka Sipahi (AAKS) was implemented during his tenure. The programmes meant for empowering youth has been given special significance and as part of that Rahul ji's vision has been given shape through these programmes.Indian Youth Congress had progressed very much under his leadership.

A special aspect of the programmes undertaken during his tenure shows that they have been undertaken in a decentralized manner involving the block, district and state level youth congress. He had given special attention to meritocracy in the organization. This is reflected in the plans to hold organizational elections in all the states. Now, elections are already been held in Punjab and Gujarat, where youth in mass numbers irrespective of the walks of life have joined youth congress to strengthen the organization thus strengthening the base of Congress party in all the states.

2009 Lok Sabha Elections[link]

He was nominated by the Congress party to contest the Lok Sabha elections 2009 from Sirsa in Haryana^[4] and won the seat by defeating his nearst rival Dr. Sita Ram of INLD ^[5] by a margin of 35499 votes.^[6] This win was more significant than any other candidate in Haryana as Sirsa is home district to heavy weight leader of Haryana politics Chaudhary Om Prakash Chautala and Ashok Tanwar got less than a month time in constituency to win the battle. With this win, Ashok Tanwar has emerged himself as a leader of National repute as he was one of young candidates handpicked by congress's general secretary Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2009 Lok Sabha election.

Personal life[link]

In June 2005, Ashok Tanwar married Avantika Maken, daughter of Lalit Maken and maternal grand daughter of former Indian President, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. They have two sons and one daughter.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Indian Youth Congress
• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website