Jitan Ram Manjhi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Chief Minister of the Bihar state of India
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Place of Birth: Gaya district, Bihar, India
About Jitan Ram Manjhi
- Jitan Ram Manjhi (born 6 October 1944) is an Indian politician from the eastern state of Bihar who served as its 23rd Chief Minister from 20 May 2014 to 20 February 2015.
- Previously, he had served as minister for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes welfare in Nitish Kumar's cabinet.
- He has been a minister in several Bihar state governments, under multiple chief ministers like Chandrashekhar Singh, Bindeshwari Dubey, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Jagannath Mishra, Laloo Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. Manjhi has been a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly since 1980.
- He was affiliated with several political parties, Indian National Congress (1980–1990), Janata Dal (1990–1996), Rashtriya Janata Dal (1996–2005) and JD(U) (2005–2015).
- He was expelled from JD(U) following the February 2015 political crisis and subsequently Jitan Ram Manjhi emerged as a major Dalit face in Bihar.
- In May 2015, he announced the new political party, Hindustani Awam Morcha.
- In July 2015, Jitan Ram Manjhi was accorded "Z"-plus security cover by the Union Home Ministry.
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