Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
In office 13 October 1999 – 30 June 2002
Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by
Sharad Yadav
Constituency
Kangra
Minister of Rural Development
In office 1 July 2002 – 6 April 2003
Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by
Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded by
Kashiram Rana
Personal details
Born
(1934-09-12) 12 September 1934 (age 89) Kangra, Punjab, British India (now in Himachal Pradesh, India)
Political party
Bharatiya Jana Sangh(till 1977)
Janata Party(1977-1980)
Bharatiya Janata Party(1980-Present)
Spouse
Santosh Shailja
Residence(s)
Yamini Parisar, Palampur, Distt. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Shanta Kumar Sharma (born 12 September 1934) is an Indian politician who was the 3rd Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a Union Minister in the Government of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Kangra constituency in 1989. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2014 from the same constituency. He has written a number of books. He is the first and only person not of a Rajput background who has served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[1]
^"Jai Ram Thakur's Himachal cabinet has a distinctly Rajput flavour". 27 December 2017.
ShantaKumar Sharma (born 12 September 1934) is an Indian politician who was the 3rd Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a Union Minister in the Government...
170 phones. BJP's ShantaKumar also requested to disclose names of people whose phones were tapped during Dhumal's tenure. Prem Kumar Dhumal was born on...
ShantaKumar twice became Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. First time he was chief minister from 22 June 1977 to 14 February 1980. Second time he was...
Virbhadra Singh of the Congress and Prem Kumar Dhumal of the Bharatiya Janata Party. All chief ministers except ShantaKumar, belongs to the Rajput caste. The...
ShantaKumar twice became chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, India, the first time from 22 June 1977 to 14 February 1980. His ministry was: Cabinet ministers...
2024. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024. Kumar, Abhijeet (13 June 2024). "Who is Mohan Charan Majhi? Key details about...
Preceded by ShantaKumar Succeeded by Prem Kumar Dhumal In office 8 April 1983 – 5 March 1990 Preceded by Thakur Ram Lal Succeeded by ShantaKumar MLA, Himachal...
rulers. All of the Chief Ministers who served Himachal Pradesh except for ShantaKumar belong to the Rajput caste. The Rajputs of Himachal Pradesh fought battles...
National Congress 1989 ShantaKumar Bharatiya Janata Party 1991 D. D. Khanoria 1996 Sat Mahajan Indian National Congress 1998 ShantaKumar Bharatiya Janata...
Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023. Kumar, Devesh (12 December 2023). "Rajasthan news: Vasundhara Raje suggested Bhajanlal...
Janata Dal (LJD) in May 2018, after disassociating himself from the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) in the wake of its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata...
Janata Party won the popular vote and a majority of seats and its leader, ShantaKumar was appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for his second...
Arunachal in September 2016, and later defected to the BJP in December 2016. ShantaKumar became the chief minister for the first time (1977–1980) while being...
archived from the original on 13 July 2016, retrieved 13 July 2016 Uttam, Kumar (11 June 2020). "A disciple of Krishna, Sushma Swaraj played many roles"...
"M M Joshi, ShantaKumar reappointed chiefs of parliamentary panel". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Arora, Ramesh Kumar (1995). Indian...
state party lost in a landslide to the opposition Janata Party, with ShantaKumar becoming the state's 3rd Chief Minister. His ministry only lasted for...
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