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Maneka Gandhi Age, Caste, Family, Husband, Biography & More

Full NameManeka Sanjay GandhiProfessionPolitician & Animal Rights ActivistPoliticsPolitical Party• Rashtriya Sanjay Manch (1983-1988)
• Janata Dal (1988-1996)

• Bharatiya Janata Party (2004-Present)
Political Journey• In 1983, Maneka Gandhi founded the Rashtriya Sanjay Manch
• Her party won four out of five seats in the 1983 Assembly Elections of Andhra Pradesh
• She contested the 1984 Lok Sabha Elections from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh but lost to Rajiv Gandhi
• In 1988, she merged her party with VP Singh's Janata Dal and was also made the General Secretary of the Janata Dal
• In November 1989, she won her first election and was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha
• She got appointed as the Minister of State for The Ministry of Environment in the VP Singh Government
• She served as the Environment Minister from 1989 to 1991
• In 1996 and 1998, she contested the Lok Sabha elections from Pilibhit as an independent candidate and won
• In 1999, she supported the BJP and was appointed as th

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Maneka Gandhi birthday: Lesser-known facts about the activist-politician

HomePolitics NewsManeka Gandhi birthday: Lesser-known facts about the activist-politician

Maneka Gandhi has written several books in the areas of etymology, law, and animal welfare. She turns 66 on August 26.

By CNBCTV18.com August 26, 2022, 7:35:52 AM IST (Published)

Politician, animal rights activist and environmentalist Maneka Gandhi is a member of Lok Sabha from the Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) constituency. She was married to Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi, who died in a plane crash in 1980. A few years after Sanjay's death, Maneka forayed into active politics. In her decades-long political career, she has served as a Union minister in four governments.

Maneka has written several books in the areas of etymology, law, and animal welfare. On her 66th birthday on August 26, here are some interesting facts about the activist-politician

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Maneka Gandhi
Indian politician (born 1956)
Maneka Gandhi (also spelled Menaka; néeAnand) (born 26 August 1956) is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the widow of Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi. Gandhi has held ministerial positions in four governments, most recently serving in Narendra Modi's government from May 2014 to May 2019.
In addition to her political work, Gandhi is an author, with several books on etymology, law, and animal rights.
Personal life
Maneka Anand was born on 26 August 1956 in Delhi, India, into a Sikh family. Her father, Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand, served as an officer in the Indian Army, and her mother, Amardeep Kaur Anand, was the daughter of Sir Datar Singh. Maneka attended The Lawrence School, Sanawar^[2] and later studied at Lady Shri Ram College for Women.^[3]^[4] She subsequently studied German at Jawaharlal Nehru University