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| Office | Member of Ajmer Legislative Assembly |
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| Office | Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
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| Constituency | Ajmer-I (South West) |
| Born | 3 January 1915 |
| Born | Rohri, Sindh
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Arjandas Tulsidas Gajwani (Sindhi: ارجنداس تلسيداس گجواڻي) was a Sindhi politician.[1][2]
Life
Gajwani was born on 3 January 1915.[3] He became an advocate in 1936.[3] Arjandas was a member of the municipal council of Rohri from 1942 to 1944 and served as the president of the municipality.[3] He published the Sindhi language newspaper Hindu, founded in Ajmer in 1948.[4]
Political career
Gajwani was a member of the Working Committee of the political party Pursharathi Panchayat.[5] Arjandas was elected to the Ajmer Legislative Assembly in the 1952 election. He stood as a candidate of Pursharathi Panchayat in the two-member constituency Ajmer-I (South West). He obtained 5,549 votes (21.66%).[6] He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the 1957, standing as an independent candidate in the Ajmer City West constituency. He obtained 14,400 votes (52.42%).[7]
References
- ↑ Sindhis Through the Ages: Far-East & South-East Asian countries{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. World-Wide Publishing Company(1988)
- ↑ India: A Reference Annual{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.(1956)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Indian Elections and Legislators{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. All India Publications(1953)
- ↑ Press in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers.(1964)
- ↑ The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Times of India Press(1955)
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Ajmer, 1951
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Rajasthan, 1957