Abhimanyu Sindhu
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Captain Abhimanyu
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| Constituency | Rohtak Lok Sabha and Narnaund in Haryana Vidhan Sabha |
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| Born |
18 December 1967 Khanda Kheri village, Hisar district, Haryana, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Ekta Sindhu |
| Children | 2 sons and a daughter |
| Residence | Rohtak, Haryana) India |
| Alma mater | Harvard Business School, Maharishi Dayanand University, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Indian Army soldier, Journalist, Social Reformer |
| Religion | Hindu (reformist Arya Samaji) |
| Civilian awards | Haryana Sahitya Akademi's Babu Bal Mukund Gupt award for Journalism |
| Website |
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| Military awards | Indian Army Special Services Medal |
| As of 21 October, 2014 | |
Captain Abhimanyu (a.k.a. Abhimanyu Sindhu, Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu; born on 18 December 1967) is a Cabinet Minister with independent charge of 8 departments in Government of Haryana state in India in the first-ever government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state of Haryana.
He is a politician, decorated Indian Army soldier, award-winning newspaper editor, entrepreneur, educationist and philanthropist. Currently (19 October 2014), he is BJP's Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Legislative Assembly of Haryana from Narnaund in Hisar district.
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.
Before entering politics, Sindhu was a successful self-made entrepreneur as the founder-owner, director and chairman of several companies covering business empire across India in coal mining, power generation, transport, finance & share broking, education, media and newspaper. Among the businesses that he started is Hari Bhoomi, a Hindi-language newspaper of which he remains editor-in-chief.
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