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{{Short description|Indian politician and lawyer born 1965}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Manish Tewari
| image = Manish Tewari.jpg
| image size =
| caption = Tewari in 2014
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1965|12|08}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Manish Tewari Biography|url=http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIcongressparty/Indian_Leaders/A_Z/T/Manish_Tewari/BIO/index.htm|publisher=NRIInternet.com|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Chandigarh]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Chandigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandigarh]]
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| predecessor = [[Kirron Kher]]
| constituency1 = [[Anandpur Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anandpur Sahib]]
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019
| term_end1 = 4 June 2024
| predecessor1 = [[Prem Singh Chandumajra]]
| successor1 = [[Malwinder Singh Kang]]
| constituency2 = [[Ludhiana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ludhiana]]
| term_start2 = 16 May 2009
| term_end2 = 18 May 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Sharanjit Singh Dhillon]]
| successor2 = [[Ravneet Singh Bittu]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge)]]
| predecessor3 = [[Ambika Soni]]
| successor3 = [[Prakash Javdekar]]
| primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start3 = 28 October 2012
| term_end3 = 26 May 2014
| office4 = President of [[Indian Youth Congress]]
| term_start4 = 1998
| term_end4 = 2003
| predecessor4 = Satyajit D. Gaekwad
| successor4 = [[Randeep Surjewala]]
| office5 = President of [[National Students Union of India]]
| term_start5 = 1986
| term_end5 = 1993
| predecessor5 = [[Mukul Wasnik]]
| successor5 = Saleem Ahmad
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Naznin Shifa Tewari
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]]
| education = [[Bachelor of Laws]]
}}
'''Manish Tewari''' (born 8 December 1965) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and represents [[Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency|Chandigarh]] in the current [[18th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sethi |first=Chitleen K. |date=2024-06-04 |title=Congress's Manish Tewari wrests Chandigarh from BJP after 10 yrs, Sanjay Tandon loses by slim margin |url=https://theprint.in/elections/congresss-manish-tewari-wrests-chandigarh-from-bjp-after-10-yrs-sanjay-tandon-loses-by-slim-margin/2116584/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> He represented [[Anandpur Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anandpur Sahib]] in the [[17th Lok Sabha]]. He was [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] from 2012 to 2014 and a [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] from [[Ludhiana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ludhiana]] from 2009 to 2014. He contested and won from [[Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency|Chandigarh]] in the [[2024 Indian general election in Chandigarh|2024 Indian general election]].<ref name="Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls">{{cite news|last1=The Economic Times|title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|accessdate=27 July 2024|date=6 June 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|archivedate=27 July 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Manish Tewari was born on 8 December 1965 in [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]<ref name="goi">{{cite web|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4430|title=Detailed profile: Shri Manish Tewari|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=16 October 2019}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> to [[Hindu]] [[Brahmin]] father [[V.N. Tiwari]], an author of [[Punjabi language]] and professor at the Panjab University; and [[Jat Sikh]] mother [[Amrit Tewari]], a dentist who worked as Professor and Head, Oral Health Sciences Center, and Dean at [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ManishTewari |number=1065193887461867520 |title=Actually Prabhu ji @PrabhuChawla "I am half a Jat Sikh too - from my mother's side & proud of the Hindu- Sikh syncretism that is my DNA. My Late Father called it Punjabiyat. While I was growing up religion, caste & the rest of it was alien to me. I discovered that I was a Hindu1/2" |date=Nov 21, 2018 |access-date=Sep 14, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Tribune_Jan2018"/> His father was killed by [[Khalistan|Khalistani]] [[Militancy in Punjab|militants]] in 1984. His mother died in 2018 following a cardiac arrest.<ref name="Tribune_Jan2018">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Robin |date=15 January 2018 |title=Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/prof-amrit-tewari-former-pgi-dean-passes-away-at-80-528752 |work=The Tribune |access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> Tewari's maternal grandfather, Sardar Tirath Singh was a lawyer and a minister in Congress' government in the state of Punjab.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

He studied from [[St. John's High School, Chandigarh|St. John's High School]], Chandigarh. Tewari attained a [[Bachelor's of Arts]] degree from [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]] and later a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from the [[University of Delhi]].<ref name="goi"/> During his time at the Panjab University, he led the sports teams in [[swimming]] and [[water polo]].<ref name="goi"/> Tewari married Naznin Shifa, a [[Parsi]] in March 1996 and now resides in [[Lodhi Gardens]], [[New Delhi]]. The couple has a daughter, Ineka Tewari.<ref name="goi"/>

==Career==
[[File:Manish Tewari addressing a Press Conference on ‘Digitization and related issues’, in New Delhi. The Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Uday Kumar Varma and the Principal Director General (M&C) (1).jpg|left|thumb|Manish Tewari addressing a Press Conference on ‘Digitization and related issues’, in New Delhi.]]
Tewari was the president of [[National Students' Union of India|National Students Union of India]] from 1988 to 1993<ref>{{cite web |title=Tewari, Shri Manish |url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4430 |website=Parliament of India |access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> and Indian Youth Congress(I) from 1998 to 2000. He lost the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok sabha elections]] but successfully contested the [[2004 Indian general election|2009 Lok Sabha elections]] by defeating [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]'s candidate Gurcharan Singh Galib by a margin of over 100,000 votes. In the [[2012 Indian cabinet reshuffle|2012 Indian Cabinet reshuffle]] he was made Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Manmohan Singh's new team a mix of youth and experience|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/the-list-of-new-ministers-in-manmohan-cabinet-119824-2012-10-27|website=India Today|date=2012-10-28|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en|last=PTI}}</ref>. Tewari, an advocate by profession, presently practices in the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts of Delhi as well as Punjab and Haryana.

As a member of parliament he has been active in drafting a Private member's Bill to bring the intelligence agencies under parliamentary oversight.<ref name=Intel>{{cite news|title=Indian spy agencies to come under parliament oversight? |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/indian-spy-agencies-to-come-under-parliament-oversight/articleshow/9601416.cms |access-date=20 April 2012 |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=14 August 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525222846/https://www.webcitation.org/674KI9B9H?url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/indian-spy-agencies-to-come-under-parliament-oversight/articleshow/9601416.cms |archive-date=25 May 2024 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While he was scheduled to contest polls from his constituency Ludhiana, in March 2014 he was admitted to hospital for heart ailment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/manish-tewari-unlikely-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/|title = Manish Tewari unlikely to contest Lok Sabha polls|date = 16 March 2014}}</ref> Days later he expressed his unwillingness to contest parliamentary elections owing to his ill health. He has been replaced by Ravneet Singh Bittu, the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/manish-tewari-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-polls/|title=Manish Tewari not to contest Lok Sabha polls|date=25 March 2014}}</ref>

Manish Tewari was a speaker at Bridge India's webinar on "India's foreign policy: Taking stock at the end of Year One".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bridge India's webinar series|url=https://www.bridgeindia.org.uk/event/our-covid-19-webinar-series/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Bridge India|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2022, it was reported that Tewari may be a candidate in the [[2022 Indian National Congress presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 22, 2022 |title=Kamal Nath, Manish Tewari may contest in Congress chief polls |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/madhya-pradesh-chief-minister-kamal-nath-mp-manish-tewari-may-contest-in-congress-chief-polls/cid/1888130 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
[[File:The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Manish Tewari addressing the gathering, at Mullanpur, Distt. Ludhiana of Punjab on October 23, 2013.jpg|thumb|Manish Tewari addressing the gathering, at Mullanpur, District. Ludhiana of Punjab on 23 October 2013]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091005000723/http://manishtewari.info/ www.manishtewari.info]
* {{Twitter}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=218JtyDtgTw HT Leadership Summit Discussion featuring Manish Tewari and Mahua Moitra]

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