Shakuni Choudhary - Age, Wiki and Bio

Physical Stats & More

School	R.N.P.R. High School Jalalabad Asarganj Nagar, Bihar
Qualification	Diploma in Automobile Engineering

Date of Birth	04/01/1936
Birthplace	Lakhanpur, Munger district, British India
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Caste	Koeri
Controversies	The Launa-Parsa Massacre Case Criminal proceedings against Shakuni Choudhary: Charges related to False statement in connection with an election (IPC Section-171G), Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs (IPC Section-295A), Disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant (IPC Section-188), Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention (IPC Section-34), Wearing garb or carrying tokens used by public servants with fraudulent intent (IPC Section-171), wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341), voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323), Uttering, words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person (IPC Section-298)

Marital Status	Widower
Marriage Date	01/07/1958

Father	Pyare Chaudhari
Mother	Name not known
Spouse	Parvati Devi (died in September 2022 after suffering from an illness)
Children	5
Son(s)	Samrat Choudhary (politician) Rohit Choudhary (politician)
Daughter	Name not known

Political Party	Indian National Congress (1990-1995) Samata party (1995-2000) Rashtriya Janata Dal (2000-2014) Janata Dal (United) (2014-2015) Hindustani Awam Morcha (2015) Bharatiya Janata Party (2019-present)
Political Journey	1985 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Tarapur constituency as an independent candidate 1990 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Tarapur constituency on a ticket of the Indian National Congress 1995 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Tarapur constituency on a ticket of the Samata Party 1996 - Health minister of Bihar in Lalu Prasad Yadav’s cabinet 1998 - Elected to the Lok Sabha from Khagaria constituency of Bihar on a ticket of the Samata Party 2000 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Tarapur constituency on a ticket of the Rashtriya Janata Dal 2009 - Deputy speaker of the Bihar Assembly

Political Party

Political Journey

1985 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Tarapur constituency as an independent candidate
1990 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Tarapur constituency on a ticket of the Indian National Congress
1995 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Tarapur constituency on a ticket of the Samata Party
1996 - Health minister of Bihar in Lalu Prasad Yadav’s cabinet
1998 - Elected to the Lok Sabha from Khagaria constituency of Bihar on a ticket of the Samata Party
2000 - Elected to the Bihar Assembly from the Tarapur constituency on a ticket of the Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 - Deputy speaker of the Bihar Assembly

Car Collection	Marshall Jeep Scorpio Military Disposal Jeep

Shakuni Choudhary became Deputy Speaker in the 2009 Bihar Assembly.
He has been a Member of the Bihar Assembly seven times and a Member of Parliament in the 12th Lok Sabha.
Shakuni Choudhary was a founding member of the Samata Party.
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly elections, he contested in the Tarapur constituency but lost.
Before politics, he served in the Indian Army for fifteen years and fought in the wars of 1962, 1965, and 1971.
In March 2014, Shakuni Choudhary left the RJD and joined the Janata Dal (United).
He later joined Jitan Ram Manjhi's party, Hindustani Awam Morcha, after a rebellion.
In 2015, he became the Bihar State President of Hindustani Awam Morcha but later resigned.
Shakuni Choudhary founded The International School in Munger, Bihar in 2017.
In 2019, he hinted at resuming his political career with the BJP.
On his 88th birthday in January 2024, he celebrated the establishment of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.