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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gulab Chand Kataria
| image = GC Kataria.jpg
| office = Leader of the Opposition<br/>[[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 17 January 2019
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| predecessor = [[Rameshwar Lal Dudi]]
| term_start1 = 21 February 2013
| term_end1 = 9 December 2013
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| predecessor1 = [[Vasundhara Raje]]
| successor1 = [[Rameshwar Lal Dudi]]
| term_start2 = 25 August 2002
| term_end2 = 4 December 2003
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| predecessor2 = [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
| successor2 = [[Bulaki Das Kalla]]
| office3 = [[Cabinet Minister]]<br/>[[Government of Rajasthan]]
| term_start3 = 20 December 2013
| term_end3 = 11 December 2018
| 1blankname3 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 1namedata3 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 2blankname3 = Minister of Home Affairs
| 2namedata3 = 28 October 2014 - 11 December 2018
| 3blankname3 = Minister of Rural Development
| 3namedata3 = 20 December 2013 - 28 October 2014
| term_start4 = 8 December 2003
| term_end4 = 13 December 2008
| 1blankname4 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 1namedata4 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 2blankname4 = Minister of Home Affairs
| 2namedata4 = 31 May 2004 - 13 December 2008
| 3blankname4 = Minister of Public Works Department
| 3namedata4 = 8 December 2003 - 30 May 2004
| term_start5 = 13 December 1993
| term_end5 = 30 November 1998
| 1blankname5 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 1namedata5 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 2blankname5 = Minister of Primary & Secondary Education
| 2namedata5 = 13 December 1993 - 30 November 1998
| office6 = Member of [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart6 = 2003
| constituency6 = [[Udaipur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Udaipur]]
| predecessor6 = Trilok Poorbiya
| term_start7 = 1993
| term_end7 = 2003
| predecessor7 = Chhagan Lal
| successor7 = Prakash Chaudhary
| constituency7 = [[Bari Sadri (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Bari Sadri]]
| term_start8 = 1977
| term_end8 = 1985
| predecessor8 = [[Bhanu Kumar Shastri]]
| successor8 = [[Girija Vyas]]
| constituency8 = [[Udaipur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Udaipur]]
| office9 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament<br/>Lok Sabha]]
| term_start9 = 1989
| term_end9 = 1991
| predecessor9 = [[Indubala Sukhadia]]
| successor9 = [[Girija Vyas]]
| constituency9 = [[Udaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udaipur]]
| office10 = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan]]
| term_start10 = 27 May 1999
| term_end10 = 19 June 2000
| predecessor10 = [[Raghuveer Singh Koshal]]
| successor10 = [[Bhanwar Lal Sharma (politician)|Bhanwar Lal Sharma]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Rajsamand]], [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British India]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Anita Kataria
| children = 5
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
}}

'''Gulab Chand Kataria''' is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]. He was the Home minister in [[Government of Rajasthan]] from 2014 till 2018. He is a senior leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in [[Rajasthan]] and is also a member of central working committee of the party. He hails from [[Udaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udaipur]] and has represented it in 9th [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of Indian Parliament. He was booked by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|C.B.I.]] in the [[Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh|Sheikh fake encounter killing]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=May 14|first1=PTI / Updated|last2=2013|last3=Ist|first3=21:05|title=Sheikh fake encounter case: CBI books BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria {{!}} India News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sheikh-fake-encounter-case-cbi-books-bjp-leader-gulab-chand-kataria/articleshow/20050548.cms|access-date=2021-05-13|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> He is the Leader of Opposition in the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=
Leader of the Opposition Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |url=https://rajassembly.nic.in/GCKataria.aspx |access-date=11 October 2021|website=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly}}</ref>

==Early life==
Kataria was born in [[Rajsamand]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-11-07|title=Kataria shift nudges caste equation|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kataria-shift-nudges-caste-equation/story-Mv0lJx4NNI1mpd5MlgqS0L.html|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> He is married to Anita Kataria and has 5 daughters.<ref name="Khan, 2016">{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Mohammad Hamza |title=Not many are surprised over Rajasthan minister Kataria's 'sa** Manmohan' remark |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/not-many-are-surprised-over-rajasthan-home-minister-gulab-chand-katarias-sa-manmohan-remark-2864416/ |accessdate=21 July 2018 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=20 June 2016 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180721205804/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/not-many-are-surprised-over-rajasthan-home-minister-gulab-chand-katarias-sa-manmohan-remark-2864416/ |archivedate=21 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Political career==
Kataria served as the Home Minister of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=JaipurMarch 27|first1=Dev Ankur Wadhawan|last2=March 27|first2=2017UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2017 17:29|title=Rajasthan: Congress seeks home minister's resignation over comments in Bikaner gangrape case|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bikaner-gangrape-congress-sachin-pilot-rajasthan-home-minister-gulab-chand-kataria-967946-2017-03-27|access-date=2021-05-13|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> Kataria served as education minister in [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] government between 1993 to 1998. He was [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Bari Sadri (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Barisadri]] from 1993 to 2003.

== Positions held ==

=== Departemental positions ===
{| class = "wikitable"
|-
! SI No.
! Post
! Department
! Government or Legislature
! Tenure
|-
| 1.
| Member
| Estimates Committee
| Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| 1980 - 1981
|-
| 2.
| Member
| Estimates Committee (A)
| Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| 1981 - 1985
|-
| 3.
| Member
| Committee on Papers laid on the Table
| Lok Sabha
| 1990
|-
| 4.
| Member
| Committee on Agriculture
| Lok Sabha
| 1990
|-
| 5.
| '''Minster'''
| Primary & Secondary Education and Bhasha
| Govt. of Rajasthan
| 1993 - 1998
|-
| 6.
| '''Minister'''
| Sanskrit Shiksha, Lingual Minority, Language (Bhasha Vibhag), Devasthan
| Govt. of Rajasthan
| 1993 - 1998
|-
| 7.
| Chairman
| Public Accounts Committee
| Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| 1999 - 2000
|-
| 8.
| Member
| House Committee
| Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| 1999 - 2000
|-
| 9.
| [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| Leader of the Opposition
| Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| 2002 - 2003
|-
| 10.
| '''Minister'''
| Home and Public Works Department
| Govt. of Rajasthan
| 2004
|-
| 11.
| '''Minister'''
| Home
| Govt. of Rajasthan
| 2004 - 2008
|-
| 12.
| '''Minister'''
| Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
| Govt. of Rajasthan
| 2013
|-
| 13.
| '''Minister'''
| Home
| Govt. of Rajasthan
| 2013 - 2018
|-
| 14.
| [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| Leader of the Opposition
| Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| [[Incumbent]]
|-
|}

===Memberships of Legislature===

{| class = "wikitable"
|-
! SI No.
! Legislature
! Post
! Tenure
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
| 1.
| '''6th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly'''
| [[Udaipur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|MLA]]
| 1977 - 1980
|[[Janata Party|JP]]
| width="15px" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 2.
| '''7th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly'''
| [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| 1980 - 1985
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 3.
| '''9th Lok Sabha'''
| [[Udaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|MP]]
| 1989 - 1991
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 4.
| '''10th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly'''
| [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| 1993 - 1998
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 5.
| '''11th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly'''
| Badi Sadri [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| 1998 - 2003
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 6.
| '''12th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly'''
| [[Udaipur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|MLA]]
| 2003 - 2008
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 7.
| '''13th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly'''
| MLA
| 2008 - 2013
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 8.
| '''14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly'''
| MLA
| 2013 - 2018
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 9.
| '''15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly'''
| MLA
| [[Incumbent]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
|}

===Party Posts Held===

{| class = "wikitable"
|-
! SI No.
! Post
! Tenure
! Organization
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
| 1.
| Vice President & General Secretary
| 1977 - 1980
| Janta Yuva Morcha
|[[Janata Party|JP]]
| width="15px" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 2.
| Secretary
| 1980 - 1985
| Rajasthan [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="15px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 3.
| General Secretary
| 1986 - 1993
| Rajasthan [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="15px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| 4.
| President
| 1999 - 2000
| Rajasthan [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="15px" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://rajassembly.nic.in/GCKataria.htm|name=Official website at Rajasthan Assembly}}

{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}

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