Harbans Kapoor

( Jan 07 1946 - Dec 13 2021 )

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Harbans Kapoor (7 January 1946 – 13 December 2021) was an Indian politician who was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand State. He was Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituency. After the first defeat in 1985, he never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record eight terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and four as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun. Kapoor was born in Bannu, North-West Frontier Province in 1946 to a Punjabi Hindu family. His family settled in Dehradun after Partition of India. He completed his early schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. He graduated in Law from D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Dehradun. Kapoor died on 13 December 2021, at the age of 75 at his home in Dehradun.

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