Aug 24 -2014 Time-1.00 P.M AAP News & Update— Arvind Kejriwal’s Complete Biography till date – Rare Facts To Know. letuspublish/arvind-kejriwal-biography-rare-facts-know/ Arvind Kejriwal’s biography is worth a read. He is the most known name in India from last 3 years. He was the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and the founder of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a Ramon Magsaysay (Asia’s Nobel Prize) award winner and also declared as the Indian of the year by NDTV and CNN-IBN. In 2014 elections, surveys showed that he was the second choice for Prime Minister after Narendra Modi. He was an RTI activist and regarded as one of the best social activist against corruption and crony capitalism. Arvind Kejriwal is a pure vegetarian and practicing Vipassana. He used all his Magsaysay Award money to improve his NGO “Parivartan”. Date of Birth---16.08.1965 Place of Birth---Siwani, Haryana Father’s Name ----Gobind Ram Kejriwal Mother’s Name--Gita Kejriwal Grandfather’s Name--Mangal Chand Kejriwal Spouse--Sunita Kejriwal Daughter ---Harshita Kejriwal Son---Pulkit Kejriwal Residence----Ghaziabad, UP Early Childhood & Family:----- Arvind Kejriwal was born on 16th August 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district of Haryana. He belongs to a financially sound middle class family. His father, Mr. Gobind Ram Kejriwal was an electrical engineer who got a lot of transfers during his service period. Arvind changed many schools because of his father’s professional transfers. His mother, Gita Kejriwal is a housewife and played a vital role in shaping his ethics and career. Arvind has a younger brother and a sister. His brother also donated a lot during formation of the Aam Aadmi Party. Arvind Kejriwal Childhood:------ He is married to Sunita Kejriwal, who is also an IRS officer. The two were batch mates in civil services training period and joined IRS together and later decided to marry. The couple has one girl and a boy. Harshita Kejriwal is the elder child of AK and qualified IIT exams like his father, while his son Pulkit Kejriwal is still studying in school. Education:--- He was born on Janmashtami (birth day of Lord Krishna) and one day after the Independence day of India. He was also called as Munna by his parents. Arvind was a very well known scholar from his schooldays. He did his schooling form Siwani and Ghaziabad. According to his mother, Kejriwal was so focused towards his studies that he even did his studies in bathroom if any guest arrived at home. After seeing his zeal and commitment, AK’s grandfather Mangal Chand Kejriwal wanted him to be a doctor and even bought a land in Hissar, Haryana where he could build a hospital for Arvind to practice. But Arvind was inspired more from his seniors who joined IITs and finally he decided to do engineering from IIT only. He qualified JEE and got a seat in IIT Kharagpur. Arvind also played a vital role to stop ragging in his college. AK was a big movie lover and one of his colleague used to buy tickets on Friday for the whole group of friends. Career:----- Arvind Kejriwal joined IIT Kharagpur and did his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. Tata Steel hired him in 1989 to work as Mechanical Engineer in Jamshedpur. He worked there for around 3 years. He wanted to work in Social welfare department of Tata Steel but officials didn’t allow him to do so. Thus finally he resigned from Tata Steel in 1992 and decided to prepare for IAS exams. In 1995, he cleared Civil Service Exams to join the public service. In 2000, he took a paid leave for 2 years to pursue higher education. He later joined in 2003 but resigned after 18 months with a zeal of doing something for nation. Everybody was quite shocked in his family and relatives when they came to know that this young man left the post of Joint Commissioner of Income tax in New Delhi. Social Activities Kejriwal was a social activist from the very beginning. He even met Mother Teresa and wanted to work for this society. He worked in RamaKrishna Ashram, Kolkata for few days. He spent few days in Nehru Yuva Kendra as well. He started an NGO named “Parivartan” with few other social activists. He developed a website for the same and invited people to take part in this initiative. The first man to join him with the help of this site was none other than Manish Sisodia. They together helped a lot of people to get rid off from the problems of ration, electricity, pensions and corruption. In beginning, they used banners to spread more about their social NGO “Parivartan”. He protested several times in various ways against the wrongdoings of government. In 2011, he directed the Anna Movement against corruption which had shaken the whole country. The whole parliament was shocked by the power of Aam Aadmi. The movement’s main aim was to curb high rate of corruption in India via JanlokPal Bill. The movement was a success as it touched the hearts and minds of Indians and the government got ready to pass JanlokPal Bill but due to many issues, the bill could never be passed. He also fasted and gave Dharnas to force government to take steps on corruption but never achieved success. Politics and Aam Aadmi Party:---- Finally after trying each and every tactics, Arvind Kejriwal decided to form a political party. The party was formed on 26 November 2012 and named after a lot of consultations. Finally his party got the name on Aam Aadmi or common man- Aam Aadmi Party. He even fasted against Delhi Congress government of Sheila Dixit in March 2013. He opened a revolutionary campaign against Sheila Dixit’s government and MCD ruled BJP. The selfless volunteers and AK online supporters helped him a lot to present AAP as an alternative of BJP and Congress. He organized a lot of Nukkad Sabhas and promised to deliver on many things which any government is unable to do till date. His speeches were very motivational and inspired a lot of Indians. Finally on 4th December 2013, Delhi Elections took place in which Arvind Kejriwal was standing against 3 times Delhi CM Sheila Dixit fr0m New Delhi constituency. On 8th December, Arvind Kejriwal defeated the CM Sheila Dixit by a huge margin and the Aam Aadmi Party won 28 seats. Both BJP and Congress who won 32 and 8 seats motivated AAP by giving constructive and unconditional support respectively. Thus AAP finally made government in Delhi on 28th December 2013 with the support of Congress. Arvind Kejriwal took oath in Ramlila Maidan as 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. He became the second youngest person to get the thrown of CM’s chair. He fulfilled the promise of electricity and water bills. As soon as he became CM, many officers got transfers and many corrupt officers burnt scam files and reports. The weaker section of society got a big relief as they didn’t have to pay bribes to get their work done. List of major work done by him in just 49 days- Lowered the rates of electricity Lowered the rates of water consumption Simplified the VAT for Delhi businessmen Played a vital role to curb corruption Played a vital role to curb inflation launched anti-corruption helpline Gave an amount of 1 Crore to a martyr policemen Arvind Kejriwal also gave an order to power authorities to fulfill the electricity needs of country otherwise they’ll bring some other power companies in Delhi. The party decided to pass JanLokpal Bill but was failed as Congress and BJP stood together against the bill passing procedure. Finally Arvind Kejriwal resigned in 49 days on 14th Februry 2014 since he failed to get the JanLokPal Bill passed because of BJP and Congress. According to many surveys people still believe that 49 days were best but Arvind Kejriwal shouldn’t have resigned. He decided to fight elections in Lok Sabha 2014 against Narendra Modi (PM candidate from BJP) but was could not get succeeded. After Lok Sabha elections, some former members left the party and Arvind Kejriwal even went to jail in a case of defamation against Nitin Gadkari. Everyone thought this party is going to finish soon but then Arvind decided to open Mission Vistaar to work again from grass root level. On 3rd August, Arvind Kejriwal organized a rally against BJP on Jantar Mantar demanding fresh elections in Delhi. This rally was a huge success for AAP as around 9K people took part in it. Awards and Accolades Ashok Fellow Award in 2004 for Civic Engagement Satyendra K Dubey Award in 2005 for trying to bring governance transparency CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in 2006 for his work in Public Service Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2006 for Emerging leader Grant & Fellowship Accolade in 2009 by Association of India’s Development Distinguished Alumunus Awards in 2009 by IIT Kharagpur for Eminent Leadership Economic Times Award in 2010 for Policy Changing Agent of Year NDTV Indian of the Year in 2011 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in 2012 for re-innovating Indian politics Most Voted person in Time’s 100 most influential person of 2014 Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave Awards in 2014 for notable leader in politics Note-All AAP Volunteers , AAP supporters , Indian Citizens , NRI’s , who are ready to accept AAP’s Ideology of “Self Governance “are welcome & hence are requested to kindly join the Political revolution of AAP to make India “A Corruption free Country”. 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