Harbans Kapoor

Harbans Kapoor (7 January 1946 – 13 December 2021) was an Indian politician who was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand State. He was Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012.[1] He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituency.[2] After the first defeat in 1985, he never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record eight terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and four as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun.

Harbans Kapoor
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Dehradun Cantonment
In office
1989–2021
Speaker
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2007–2012
Minister of State
Urban Development
Government of Uttarakhand
In office
2001–2002
Minister of State
Rural Development, Labour & Unemployment
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
17 July 1991 – 6 December 1992
Personal details
Born(1946-01-07)7 January 1946
Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India
(Present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died13 December 2021(2021-12-13) (aged 75)
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and education

Kapoor was born in Bannu, North-West Frontier Province in 1946 to a Hindkowan Hindu family. His family settled in Dehradun after Partition of India. He completed his early schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. He graduated in Law from D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Dehradun.

Politics

Starting as a grass root level politician, he joined the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1989 as a member of the 10th Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Dehradun constituency, followed by the 11th Vidhan Sabha, 12th Vidhan Sabha and the 13th Vidhan Sabha. He also maintained his victory in the first election of the new state of Uttarakhand in 2002 and continued his victory spree in all the elections after the inception. In 2007, he was unanimously elected the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly.[3] He was one of the oldest leaders in Uttarakhand BJP.

Later life

Kapoor died on 13 December 2021, at the age of 75 at his home in Dehradun from Heart Attack.[4]

Positions held
Year Description
1989 - 1991 Elected to 10th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
1991 - 1993 Elected to 11th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
  • Minister of State for Rural Development (1991-92)
1993 - 1996 Elected to 12th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
  • Member - Committee on Petitions (1993-95)
1996 - 2000 Elected to 13th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
  • Member - Public Accounts Committee (1997-98)
2000 - 2002 Elected to Interim Uttarakhand Assembly
  • Minister of State for Urban Development,
    Housing, Labour and Employment (2001-02)
2002 - 2007 Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly
  • Member - Public Accounts Committee (2002-04)
  • Member - Committee on Assembly Rules (2002-04)
  • Member - Committee on Housing (2004-07)
2007 - 2012 Elected to 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly
2012 - 2017 Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly
2017 - 2021 Elected to 4th Uttarakhand Assembly

Elections contested
Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1985DehradunLost22.85%Hira Singh BishtINC66.76%[5]
1989DehradunWon42.84%Hira Singh BishtINC31.11%[6]
1991DehradunWon54.14%Vinod ChandolaINC31.30%[7]
1993DehradunWon53.74%Dinesh AgrawalINC38.55%[8]
1996DehradunWon56.37%Dinesh AgrawalINC17.98%[9]
2002Dehradun CantonmentWonNASanjay SharmaINCNA[10]
2007Dehradun CantonmentWonNALal Chand SharmaINCNA[11]
2012Dehradun CantonmentWonNADevendra Singh SethiINCNA[12]
2017Dehradun CantonmentWon56.99%Suryakant DhasmanaINC33.90%[13]

References
  1. "Harbans Kapoor - Jivan Parichay".
  2. "Harbans Kapoor unanimously elected Uttarakhand Speaker – News Oneindia". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. Harbans Kapoor is new Uttarakhand Speaker The Times of India, 12 March 2007.
  4. "Harbans Kapoor: Senior BJP leader Harbans Kapoor dies at 75". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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  10. Page No 89
  11. Page No 13
  12. Page No 10
  13. Page No 9/27
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