Inder Singh Namdhari

Inder Singh Namdari
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 17 May 2014
Preceded byDhirendra Agarwal
Succeeded bySunil Kumar Singh
ConstituencyChatra
1st Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office
22 November 2000 – 29 March 2004
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byBagun Sumbrai
In office
4 June 2004 – 11 August 2004
Preceded byBagun Sumbrai
Succeeded byMrigendra Pratap Singh
In office
15 March 2005 – 14 September 2006
Preceded bySaba Ahmad
Succeeded byAlamgir Alam
Member of the
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2000–2009
Preceded by(Himself)
constituency was situated in Bihar
Succeeded byKrishna Nand Tripathi
ConstituencyDaltonganj
Member of the
Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
1990–2000
Preceded byIshwar Chandra Pandey
Succeeded by(Himself)
constituency switched to new state of Jharkhand
ConstituencyDaltonganj
In office
1980–1985
Preceded byPuran Chand
Succeeded byIshwar Chandra Pandey
ConstituencyDaltonganj
State President of Bharatiya Janata Party - Bihar
In office
1988–1990
Preceded byKailashpati Mishra
Succeeded byTarakant Jha
Personal details
Born (1942-09-11) 11 September 1942
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations

Inder Singh Namdhari (born 11 September 1942) is an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian Parliament, and represented Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency).[1][2]

He won the 2009 Indian general election as an Independent candidate, with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party and was first Vidhan sabha speaker of Jharkhand.[3] He was prominent leader of Vanachal state movement which demanded separate state for south Bihar.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Profile of Members". Government of India. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in.
  3. ^ Sudhir Kumar Mishra (9 June 2009). "JD-U divided over ally BJP". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. quote:Despite an "air-tight" pre-poll alliance, the BJP had backed Independent candidates Inder Singh Namdhari and Brij Mohan Ram in Chatra and Palamau Lok Sabha constituencies, respectively. Consequently, JD(U) candidates were defeated in both these seats.
  4. ^ "वनांचल की रूपरेखा, झारखंड का नाम". jagran. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2022.