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'''Gajendra Gurung''' (1937-2005) was an [[India]]n politician. He was born in [[Kalimpong]] on January 3, 1937.<ref name="Assembly1974"/> He was the son of former Congress minister [[Nar Bahadur Gurung]].<ref name="Assembly1974"/><ref name="Kar1991"/> His uncle had founded the [[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]].<ref name="Kar1991">{{cite book|author=Chiranjib Kumar Kar|title=Sub-regional Movement in India: A Case Study : Political History of the Morkhas [i.e. Gorkhas] in Darjeeling Distric[t]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFw_AAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Kar|page=55, 599}}</ref> Gajendra Gurung studied at Government High School and S.U.M.I. College in Kalimpong.<ref name="Assembly1974">{{cite book|author=West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly|title=Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I78yAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat|page=28}}</ref>

Gurung won the [[Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalimpong seat]] in the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], standing as the [[Indian National Congress|Congress (R)]] candidate.<ref name=wb1972/> He obtained 10,190 votes (37.60%).<ref name=wb1972>Election Commission of India. ''[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3187-west-bengal-1972/ West Bengal 1972]''</ref> In the Congress-CPI state government formed after the 1972 election, Gurung served as Deputy Minister for Department of Commerce of Industries, Department of Cottage and Small Scale Industries, Department of Co-operation (named on December 15, 1972), Tourism Branch of the Home Department (named on March 20, 1972) and Hill Affairs Branch of Department of Development and Planning.<ref name="Assembly1974iii">{{cite book|author=West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly|title=Assembly Proceedings; Official Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O6seAQAAIAAJ|year=1974|page=iii}}</ref><ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The West Bengal Civil List|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCXNQzF-lk8C|year=1976|publisher=Superintendent, Government Print., West Bengal Government Press|pages=24, 57}}</ref> In 1975 he was named Minister of State.<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwUuAQAAIAAJ|year=1975}}</ref><ref name="Roy2003">{{cite book|author=Barun Roy|title=Fallen Cicada: Unwritten History of Darjeeling Hills|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QxKGBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|date=1 September 2003|publisher=Barun Roy|page=59|id=GGKEY:4FQ4EJGEKS0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Data India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=unpDAAAAYAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Press Institute of India|page=80}}</ref> Gurung lost the Kalimpong seat in the [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], finishing in second place with 9,045 votes (27.61%).<ref name=wb1977>Election Commission of India. ''[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3188-west-bengal-1977/ West Bengal 1977]''</ref>

In the 1980s Gurung joined the [[Pranta Parishad]] of [[Madan Tamang]],<ref>{{cite book|title=India Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gk9DAAAAYAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Living Media India Pvt. Limited|page=38}}</ref> and became part of the leadership of the movement.<ref name="Kar1991"/>

Gajendra Gurung died in 2005.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SECOAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=454}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1937 births]]
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1972–1977]]

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