Pushyamitra Bhargav
Pushyamitra | |
|---|---|
| Additional Advocate General of Madhya Pradesh High Court | |
| In office 2020–2022 | |
| Mayor of Indore | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Malini Gaur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Education | Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Pushyamitra Bhargav is an Indian politician, lawyer and social activist from Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[1][2][3][4] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[5][6] He is currently serving as the 24th Mayor of Indore following a successful run against Sanjay Shukla during the 2022 Indore mayoral election.[7][8]
He has also served as the youngest Additional Advocate General of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.[9][10] As mayor, he requested that shops in Indore display replicas of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and warned that residents “know how to respond to those who fail to cooperate”.[7]
Pushyamitra Bhargav is regarded as one of the youngest mayors of Indore in the contemporary era, having assumed office at the age of 40 following his election as Mayor of Indore Municipal Corporation in 2022.[11][12]
Pushyamitra Bhargav is regarded as one of the youngest mayors of Indore in the modern period, having assumed office at the age of 40 after being elected Mayor of the Indore Municipal Corporation in 2022.[13][14]
In the city’s political history, a notable earlier example is Narayan Prasad Shukla, who became Mayor of Indore at the age of 27 in the mid-1960s, making him one of the youngest mayors in the history of the Indore Municipal Corporation. Shukla later served as a Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, and Minister of State, and was actively associated with major civic and developmental movements in Indore.[15][16]
References
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- ^ "Indore is committed to becoming a Solar City: Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav". Urban Update. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Election 2023 Archives - MP News in Hindi, मध्य प्रदेश समाचार, Latest MP Hindi News, मध्य प्रदेश न्यूज़ - MP Breaking News" (in Hindi). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Indore Municipal Election 2022 Live: इंदौर में बीजेपी को सबसे बड़ी जीत, 1,33,992 वोट से हारी कांग्रेस". Zee News (in Hindi). Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "BJP National Convention 2024: इंदौर महापौर पुष्यमित्र भार्गव ने सुझाए अमित शाह के प्रस्ताव पर संशोधन, जानें क्या कहा". www.naidunia.com. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "कौन हैं इंदौर महापौर पद के भाजपा प्रत्याशी पुष्यमित्र भार्गव?". m-hindi.webdunia.com. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Meet the Indore mayor who called for Ram Temple replicas in every shop – with a warning". The Indian Express. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Indore Mayor Election results 2022". www.naidunia.com. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "The High Court of Madhya Pradesh bench at Indore writ petition" (PDF). High Court of Madhya Pradesh. 1 (1): 1. 1 April 2024.
- ^ "BJP Fields Additional Advocate General Pradesh Pushyamitra Bhargava For Indore Mayor's Post". Outlook India. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Indore gets new mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav". The Times of India. 2022.
- ^ "Mayor profile – Indore Municipal Corporation". Indore Municipal Corporation.
- ^ "Indore gets new mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav". The Times of India. 2022.
- ^ "Mayor Profile". Indore Municipal Corporation.
- ^ "Narayan Prasad Shukla – Biography". Wikipedia.
- ^ "Veteran Congress leader Narayan Prasad Shukla passes away". The New Indian Express. 2014.