Arjandas
Arjandas Tulsidas Gajwani (Sindhi: ارجنداس تلسيداس گجواڻي) was an Indian Sindhi politician.[1][2]
Arjandas Tulsidas Gajwani | |
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| ارجنداس تلسيداس گجواڻي | |
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| Member of Ajmer Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 5 May 1952 – 1 November 1956 | |
| Constituency | Ajmer-I (South West) |
| Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1 April 1957 – 6 March 1962 | |
| Constituency | Ajmer City (West) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 January 1915 Rohri, Sindh |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
Life
[edit]Gajwani was born on 3 January 1915.[3] He became an advocate in 1936.[3] Arjandas was a member of the municipal council of Rohri from 1942 to 1944 and served as the president of the municipality.[3] He published the Sindhi language newspaper Hindu, founded in Ajmer in 1948.[4]
Political Career
[edit]Gajwani was a member of the Working Committee of the political party Pursharathi Panchayat.[5] Arjandas was elected to the Ajmer Legislative Assembly in the 1952 election. He stood as a candidate of Pursharathi Panchayat in the two-member constituency Ajmer-I (South West). He obtained 5,549 votes (21.66%).[6] He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the 1957, standing as an independent candidate in the Ajmer City West constituency. He obtained 14,400 votes (52.42%).[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Prakash Bharadwaj (1988). Sindhis Through the Ages: Far-East & South-East Asian countries. World-Wide Publishing Company. p. 220.
- ^ India: A Reference Annual. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1956. p. 479.
- ^ a b c S. P. Singh Sud; Ajit Singh Sud (1953). Indian Elections and Legislators. All India Publications. p. 288.
- ^ Press in India. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. 1964. p. 378.
- ^ The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who. Times of India Press. 1955. p. 978.
- ^ Election Commission of India. Ajmer, 1951
- ^ Election Commission of India. Rajasthan, 1957