Shivraj Singh Chouhan Age, Wiki and Bio

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth05/03/1959
Age65 years
BirthplaceBudhni, Madhya Pradesh, India
HometownBudhni, Madhya Pradesh, India
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Bio/Wiki

NicknameMama (fondly called in Madhya Pradesh)

Physical Stats & More

Height5' 9" (175 cm)
Eye ColorBrown
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

College/UniversityBarkatullah University, Bhopal
Educational QualificationM.A. (Philosophy)

Personal Life

Zodiac signPisces
ReligionHinduism
CasteOBC (Kirar)
AddressVillage-Jait, Post-Sardar Nagar, Budhni, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh
HobbySwimming

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/GirlfriendsSadhana Singh (Worked as secretary of Late Pramod Mahajan)

Family

FatherPrem Singh Chauhan
MotherSundar Bai Chauhan
SiblingsNarendra Singh Chouhan (Younger), Surjit Singh Chouhan (Younger, Politician)
SpouseSadhana Singh (m. 1992 - present)
ChildrenSons - Kartikey Chouhan (lawyer and founder and promoter of Sunder Dairy), Kunal Chouhan; Daughter - 1 (adopted)

Career

Political Journey
  • 1972: Joined the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)
  • 1975: Became the President of Students' Union of Model Higher Secondary School
  • 1978: Became the organizing secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
  • 1978: Became the Joint Secretary of ABVP
  • 1980: Became the General Secretary of ABVP
  • 1982: Became the member of National Executive at ABVP
  • 1984: Became the Joint Secretary of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)
  • 1985: Became the General Secretary of BJYM
  • 1988: Became the President of BJYM
  • 1990: Elected to the State Assembly from Budni Constituency
  • 1991: Became the Convener of ABVP
  • 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004: Elected as a Member of Parliament (MP)
  • 1992: Became the General Secretary of BJP in Madhya Pradesh
  • 1993: Became the Member of Consultative Committee on Labor and Welfare
  • 1994: Became the Member of Hindi Salahkar Samiti
  • 1996, 1997: Became the Member of Committee on Urban and Rural Development
  • 1997: Became the General Secretary of BJP in Madhya Pradesh
  • 1998: Became the Member of Committee on Urban and Rural Development and its Sub-Committee on Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment
  • 1999: Became the Member of Committee on Agriculture, and Public Undertakings
  • 2000: Became the National President of Yuva Morcha
  • 2000: Became the Chairman of House Committee and National Secretary, BJP
  • 2005, 2009, 2014: Became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
  • 2020: On 23 March, he again took the oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
  • 2023: Won the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections by a margin of 1,04,974 votes from the Budhni constituency on the BJP ticket
  • 2024: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he won the Vidisha seat against Congress' Pratap Bhanu Sharma by 8,21,408 votes.

Favourites

PoliticianNarendra Modi

Some Lesser Known Facts

Shivraj was born into a middle-class family with a farming background.
As a child, he enjoyed swimming in the river Narmada.
At the age of 9, he advocated for higher wages for agricultural laborers in his village.
He joined Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) as a teenager in the early 70s.
Known for his public speaking skills, he became a popular teenage leader.
He was imprisoned in Bhopal jail in 1976-77 for his involvement in an underground movement against Emergency.
Shivraj is a gold medalist in M. A. (Philosophy) and is an agriculturist.
He met his wife Sadhna Singh Chauhan during an election campaign and they later married.
Shivraj has been the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh since 2005.
He won awards for high wheat production and public service initiatives.
In 2023, Shivraj faced controversies related to certain scams.
A video showed Shivraj washing a tribal man's feet in response to a separate incident involving the man.
He announced his government bungalow's name 'Mama ka Ghar' on social media in 2023.

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