Dimple Yadav Age, Wiki and Bio

Dimple Yadav

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth15/01/1978
Age46 years
BirthplaceAlmora, Uttarakhand, India
Net WorthRs. 37.78 Crore (as of 2019)
Zodiac signCapricorn
HometownAlmora, Uttarakhand
EducationB.Com

Physical Stats & More

Height5' 5" (165 cm)
Eye ColorBrown
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolArmy Public School, Lucknow
CollegeLucknow University
Qualifications
  • 12th Pass From Army Public School, Lucknow in 1995
  • B.Com From Lucknow University in 1998

Personal Life

Date of Birth15 January 1978 (Sunday)
BirthplaceAlmora, Uttarakhand, India
Zodiac signCapricorn
NationalityIndian
HometownAlmora, Uttarakhand
ReligionHinduism
CasteOther Backward Caste (OBC)
Hobbies
  • Horse Riding
  • Reading
  • Painting

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date24 November 1999
HusbandAkhilesh Yadav, Indian Politician
Children
SonArjun Yadav
Daughters
  • Aditi Yadav
  • Tina Yadav

Family

FatherRC Singh Rawat (Ex. Colonel Indian Army)
MotherChampa Rawat
SpouseAkhilesh Yadav
Children
SonArjun Yadav
Daughters
  • Aditi Yadav
  • Tina Yadav

Career

Political Journey
  • In 2009, unsuccessfully contested the by-election of Lok Sabha from Firozabad Constituency.
  • In 2012, she was elected Member of Parliament from the Kannauj Constituency.
  • In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, she was defeated by BJP's Subrat Pathak by a margin of more than 12,000 votes from Kannauj.
  • On 8 December 2022, she won the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by over two lakh votes, defeating her BJP rival Raghuraj Singh Shakya in a byelection.
  • She won the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the Mainpuri seat by a margin of 221,639 votes, defeating her nearest rival BJP's Jaiveer Singh.

Favourites

PoliticianRam Manohar Lohia

Some Lesser Known Facts

Dimple was born in the Almora district of Uttarakhand.
She received education in Bhatinda, Pune, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Currently, her parents reside in Kashipur, Uttarakhand.
She earned a degree in commerce from the University of Lucknow.
Dimple got married to Akhilesh Yadav at 21 years old.
Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan attended her wedding.
She is the daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Supremo of Samajwadi Party.
In 2009, she unsuccessfully contested against Raj Babbar in a Lok Sabha by-election.
In 2012, Dimple won the Lok Sabha by-election and became the only woman from Uttar Pradesh and the 44th person in India to be elected unopposed since independence.