Ajit Jogi
Politician
1946 –
Who is Ajit Jogi?
Ajit Jogi was the first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. He is a practising scheduled tribe Christian and currently represents the Marwahi Scheduled Tribe constituency in the state assembly and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party.
Jogi studied Mechanical Engineering at the Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal, winning the University Gold Medal in 1968. After having worked briefly as a lecturer at the Government Engineering College, Raipur, he was selected for the Indian Police Service and Indian Administrative Service.
On April 20, 2004 Ajit Jogi was seriously injured in car accident at Gariabandh, 130 km from Raipur and had to be flown to Mumbai. He has become a specially abled wheelchair user since then. Yet he has not yet quit from active politics.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1946
Bilaspur - Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Christianity
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Chhattisgarh
- Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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