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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi <br />
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| image = Dharamvir Gandhi Official portrait 2014.jpg<br />
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| office = [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]]<br />
| term_start = 2014<br />
| term_end = 2019<br />
| predecessor = [[Preneet Kaur]]<br />
| successor =[[Preneet Kaur]]<br />
| constituency = [[Patiala (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patiala]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|6|1|df=y}} <br />
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| nationality = {{flag|India}}<br />
| party = [[Nawan Punjab Party]] {{small|(since 2019)}}<br>[[Punjab Front]] {{small|(2016-2019)}}<br>[[Aam Aadmi Party]] {{small|(till 2016)}}<br />
| residence = [[Patiala]]<br />
| education = [[Doctor of Medicine|MD (Medicine)]]<br />
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| profession = Doctor, Politician<br />
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'''Dharamvir Gandhi''' (born 1 June 1951) is an Indian politician and was earlier a member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP). He was a [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Patiala (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patiala]].<br />
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During his college days, Gandhi was detained for a month in [[Amritsar]], for protesting against [[the Emergency (India)|the 1977 Emergency]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/chandigarh/dharamveer-gandhi-is-aaps-patiala-candidate.html| title = Dharamveer Gandhi is AAP’s Patiala candidate | newspaper = The Pioneer | date = 2014-02-28 | author = Monika Malik }}</ref> He went on to become a reputed [[cardiologist]] of Patiala. He also worked as a senior lecturer at the [[Government Medical College, Patiala]]'s Department of Cardiology.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://patialaheart.com/?page_id=15 | title = Our Team: Department of Cardiology | publisher = Patiala Heart Institute | accessdate = 2014-05-19 }}</ref><br />
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Gandhi joined politics inspired by the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement]], and campaigned for the AAP during the [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HT/2011/08/14/viewer.aspx?issue=87342014011600000000001001&page=4&article=6d315e69-548f-4461-8a5e-51125954f998&key=gQSnQf3AHaHeMV5JMuyMIw==&feed=rss | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140519074954/http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HT/2011/08/14/viewer.aspx?issue=87342014011600000000001001&page=4&article=6d315e69-548f-4461-8a5e-51125954f998&key=gQSnQf3AHaHeMV5JMuyMIw==&feed=rss | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 May 2014 | title = Dr Dharamveer Gandhi (62) | publisher = Hindustan Times | location = Chandigarh | date = 2014-01-16 | page = 2 }}</ref> He contested the [[2014 Indian general election]] from Patiala on an AAP ticket. During the campaign, he was assaulted in the Rasulpur Saidan area, allegedly by the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] Municipal Councillor Rajinder Singh Virk.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/suspected-activists-attack-patiala-s-aap-candidate-dharamvir-gandhi-516546 | title = Suspected Activists Attack Patiala's AAP Candidate Dharamvir Gandhi | publisher = NDTV | date = 2014-04-30 }}</ref> Gandhi defeated the incumbent MP [[Preneet Kaur]] by a margin of 20,942 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1913.htm?ac=13|accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:People from Patiala district]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
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