40 Facts about Arvind Kejriwal Short Biography of Arvind Kejriwal

40 Facts about Arvind Kejriwal Short Biography of Arvind Kejriwal

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Name – Arvind Kejriwal

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Birth Date -16 August 1968

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Born in - Hissar, Haryana

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Residence - They live in Ghaziabad near Delhi with their two children.

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His father was an engineer and he spent most of his childhood living in small northern Indian towns like Sonepat, Mathura and Hissar.

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He did his schooling from Campus School

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Education - B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

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He is married and he got 2 kids

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Kejriwal is married to Sunita, who is also an IRS officer and his batch mate from National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie

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Presently Sunita is working as an Additional Director in Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

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Alma mater - IIT Kharagpur

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Kejriwal graduated from IIT Kharagpur with a B.Tech. In Mechanical Engineering in 1989.

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He was a resident of Nehru Hall of Residence.

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Kejriwal joined Tata Steel right after his graduation from IIT Kharagpur.

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Kejriwal quit his job with Tata Steel in 1992

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After that he spent some time working with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, the Ramakrishna Mission in the North-East India and Nehru Yuva Kendra.

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Kejriwal joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1992 after qualifying through the Civil Services Examination.

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In February 2006, he voluntarily resigned from the IRS as Joint Commissioner in Income Tax Department

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After voluntary resignation from job, he founded Parivartan, a Delhi based citizens’ movement which works on ensuring a just, transparent and accountable governance

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Organization - Parivartan ,Public Cause Research Foundation, India Against Corruption

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Political movement     - Janlokpal Bill ,  Indian anti-corruption movement, 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, Right to Information

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Arvind Kejriwal is a former Indian civil servant

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IRS officer-turned-anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal won the Roman Magsaysay award in 2006 for his contribution to the enactment of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.

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In 2006 after resigning from IRS, he founded an NGO Public cause Research Foundation
Public Cause Research Foundation was set up on the 19th of December, 2006 by Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal, former journalist Manish Sisodia and Abhinandan Sekhri to ensure that society becomes more inclusive and that real power rests with the common citizens of India.
To this end, Mr Kejriwal donated the prize money of his Magsaysay award as corpus fund to PCRF.

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The Foundation works to collect, research, analyse, and disseminate information about various aspects of governance to ensure that rules and laws are enacted and enforced and policies implemented. For this, PCRF uses the RTI act extensively and promotes awareness of the act.

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Arvind Kejriwal joined Anna Hazare started fight for Janlokpal Bill  and a one team was formed known as Team Anna

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Team Anna got support from educated and politically aware Indian citizens but they did not get the support from any political party.

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It is very simple No criminal or thief will appoint a police officer to arrest him.  In simple language   Janlokpal law or bill means a appointment of police officer to arrest and control corruption  done by the politicians

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Arvind Kejriwal has written a book "Swaraj"

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Awards and Arvind Kejriwal

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Award -2004: Ashoka Fellow, Civic Engagement

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Award -2005: 'Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award', IIT Kanpur for his campaign for bringing transparency in Government.

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Award -2006: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Eminent Leadership.

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Award -2006: CNN-IBN, 'Indian of the Year' in Public Service


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Award -2009: Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur for Eminent Leadership.

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Award -2010: Policy Change Agent of the Year, The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence along with Aruna Roy.

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Award -2011: NDTV Indian of the Year along with Anna Hazare

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Award -Arvind Kejariwal has also won an IIM Gold Medal. 
About the Award i am not sure so i cannot confirm it if you know any link please mention it in the comment , about he won gold medal or he has not 


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October, 2 , 2012 Arvind Kejriwal Launched his own political party

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The name of the political party of Arvind Kejriwal is ------------

Party Name -  Aam Aadmi Party [ AAP ] 

The party will be christened on November 26.

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In Delhi Assembly elections Kejriwal defeated incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in her constituency of New Delhi  by a margin of 25,864 votes.

The party as a whole won 28 of the 70 available seats, finishing in second place

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Kejriwal was sworn in as the second-youngest chief minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013, after Chaudhary Brahm Prakash who became chief minister at the age of 34

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Kejriwal did not suspend Law Minister Somnath Bharati who is accused of Crime and FIR is filed against him

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Friday, February 14, 2014
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal resigned from the post of Delhi CM

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Delhi Assembly Elections 2015
AAP won 67 of Delhi's 70 seats.

Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as chief minister at the Ramlila grounds on  February 14
It was on February 14 last year that he had resigned after working for 49 days as CM


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Saturday, February 14, 2015
Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the eighth CM of Delhi on Saturday at the Ramlila Maidan

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