Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday took oath as the 14th Vice President of India.

Jagdeep Dhankhar, a Jat by caste, was born in 1951 into a farmer's family in Kithana, a small village in Rajasthan.

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Dhankar completed his school education from Sainik School, Chittorgarh in Rajasthan.

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After finishing his graduation in physics, he pursued LLB from the University of Rajasthan.

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He started as a lawyer and has practised in the Supreme Court and the Rajasthan High Court. He was designated a senior advocate in 1990.

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He entered public life after getting elected as a Member of Parliament from Jhunjhunu in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections on a Janata Dal ticket.

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He also served as a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in 1990. His politics was initially influenced by former deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal.

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He joined the Congress in 1991 when PV Narasimha Rao became the prime minister. But with the rise of Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan politics,

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he shifted to the BJP and is said to have become close to Vasundhara Raje soon after.

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Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of Bengal in 2019 and was known for his frequent run-ins with the TMC government. Headed by Mamata Banerjee.

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He has a daughter, Kamna, with wife Sudesh Dhankhar.

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Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday took oath as the 14th Vice President of India.

Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday took oath as the 14th Vice President of India.

Jagdeep Dhankhar, a Jat by caste, was born in 1951 into a farmer's family in Kithana, a small village in Rajasthan.

Jagdeep Dhankhar, a Jat by caste, was born in 1951 into a farmer's family in Kithana, a small village in Rajasthan.

Dhankar completed his school education from Sainik School, Chittorgarh in Rajasthan.

Dhankar completed his school education from Sainik School, Chittorgarh in Rajasthan.

After finishing his graduation in physics, he pursued LLB from the University of Rajasthan.

After finishing his graduation in physics, he pursued LLB from the University of Rajasthan.

He started as a lawyer and has practised in the Supreme Court and the Rajasthan High Court. He was designated a senior advocate in 1990.

He started as a lawyer and has practised in the Supreme Court and the Rajasthan High Court. He was designated a senior advocate in 1990.

He entered public life after getting elected as a Member of Parliament from Jhunjhunu in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections on a Janata Dal ticket.

He entered public life after getting elected as a Member of Parliament from Jhunjhunu in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections on a Janata Dal ticket.

He also served as a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in 1990. His politics was initially influenced by former deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal.

He also served as a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in 1990. His politics was initially influenced by former deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal.

He joined the Congress in 1991 when PV Narasimha Rao became the prime minister. But with the rise of Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan politics,

He joined the Congress in 1991 when PV Narasimha Rao became the prime minister. But with the rise of Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan politics,

he shifted to the BJP and is said to have become close to Vasundhara Raje soon after.

he shifted to the BJP and is said to have become close to Vasundhara Raje soon after.

Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of Bengal in 2019 and was known for his frequent run-ins with the TMC government. Headed by Mamata Banerjee.

Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of Bengal in 2019 and was known for his frequent run-ins with the TMC government. Headed by Mamata Banerjee.

He has a daughter, Kamna, with wife Sudesh Dhankhar.

He has a daughter, Kamna, with wife Sudesh Dhankhar.

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