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Arvind Kejriwals biography is worth a read. He is the

most known name in India from last 3 years. He was the
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7th Chief Minister of Delhi and the founder of the Aam

Aadmi Party. He is a Ramon Magsaysay (Asias Nobel
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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
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Arvind Kejriwal is a pure vegetarian and practicing
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Date of Birth
16.08.1965
Place of Birth
Siwani, Haryana
Fathers Name
Gobind Ram Kejriwal
Mothers Name
Gita Kejriwal
Grandfathers Name
Mangal Chand Kejriwal
Spouse
Sunita Kejriwal
Daughter
Harshita Kejriwal
Son
Pulkit Kejriwal
Residence
Ghaziabad, UP
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Arvind Kejriwal was born on 16th August 1968 in Siwani,

Bhiwani district of Haryana. He belongs to a financially
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sound middle class family. His father, Mr. Gobind Ram

Kejriwal was an electrical engineer who got a lot of
transfers during his service period.
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Arvind changed
many schools because of his fathers professional
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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
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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,
AKs grandfather Mangal Chand Kejriwal wanted him to
be a doctor and even bought a land in Hissar,
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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.
Arvind Kejriwal in School Dress

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 didnt
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.
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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,
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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 movements 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
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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 Dixits 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
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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 CMs 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 didnt
have to pay bribes to get their work done.
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List of major work done by him in just 49 daysLowered 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
theyll 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 shouldnt have resigned. He decided to
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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.
As an MLA
Arvind Kejriwal worked a lot as an MLA. He held several
Mohalla
Sabhas
in
his
New
Delhi
legislative
constituency to know the problems of people and area.

He carried out 60 projects and many projects had been
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successfully implemented in a short time.

Here is the report card of Mr. Kejriwal showing how he
used his MLA local area development fund
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famous via #Mufflerman.
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 Indias Development
Distinguished Alumunus Awards in 2009 by IIT
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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 2013 for re-innovating
Indian politics
Named in leading Global Thinkers of 2013 by Foreign
Policy
Most Voted person in Times 100 most influential
person of 2014
Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave Awards in
2014 for notable leader in politics
Listed in Forbes 5 people who made an impact on
thinking of people
Asias most inspiring & young social change maker
at World Brands Summit.
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Curtis Anne September 4, 2014
Hats off to this man
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Bobby Malhotra September 16, 2014

Loved it.well written
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