Captain (Retd.) Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu | |
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 Captain Abhimanyu | |
| Cabinet Minister Government of Haryana | |
| In office 26 October 2014 – 27 October 2019 | |
Ministry | Term |
| Minister of Finance Minister of Revenue Minister of Excise Minister of Planning Minister of Law Minister of Institutional Finance & Credit Control Minister of Rehabilitation | 26 October 2014 - 27 October 2019 |
| Minister of Industry Minister of Labour Minister of Environment | 26 October 2014 - 22 July 2016 |
| Minister of Forest Minister of Industrial Training | 26 October 2014 - 24 July 2015 |
| Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Saroj Mor |
| Succeeded by | Ram Kumar Gautam |
| Constituency | Narnaund |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1967 Khanda Kheri, Haryana, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Ekta Sindhu |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Rohtak, Haryana, India |
| Alma mater | Harvard Business School, Maharishi Dayanand University, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession |
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| Awards | Haryana Sahitya Akademi's Babu Bal Mukund Gupt award for Journalism |
| Website | captainabhimanyu |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Branch/service |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1987–1994 |
| Rank |  Captain |
| Unit | 7Mechanised Infantry Regiment |
As of 21 October, 2014 | |
Captain Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu (born 18 December 1967) is an Indian politician. He was cabinet minister with independent charge of eight departments in the Government of Haryana state in India in the first-ever government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana.
He is a former soldier, award-winning founder editor of Hari Bhoomi newspaper, entrepreneur, educationist and philanthropist.[1][2][3] He was BJP's Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Legislative Assembly of Haryana from Narnaund in Hisar district from 2014 to 2019.[4]
He served in the Indian Army for six years where he was decorated with Special Services Medal. He was then selected for the Civil Services of India (ICS) but chose not to join in favour of philanthropic and social service work.
As a trustee and/or chairman of various family-owned not-for-profit foundations, such as Param Mitra Manav Nirman Sansthan and Indus Group of Institutions of Sindhu Education Foundation, which owns more than dozen private colleges and schools in Haryana and Chhattisgarh.
Sindhu holds or has held several prominent BJP party positions including as National Spokesperson, National General Secretary, General Secretary in Haryana, in-charge of Punjab state, and co-in-charge of the state of Uttar Pradesh campaign during the Indian General Election, 2014.
In 2014, he won the election for the position of Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) as the BJP candidate from Narnaund in Haryana Vidhan Sabha constituency.
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- ^ Phadnis, Aditi (8 March 2014). "the BJP is not a dynasto-cracy, it's a democracy". Business Standard. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Press Statement issued by BJP National Spokesperson". BJP. www.bjp.org. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Partywise results". Election Commission of India. eciresults.nic.in. Retrieved 19 October 2014.