Nihalchand Meghwal
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| Union Minister of State Ministry of Panchayati Raj | |
| Member of Parliament for Ganganagar |
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In office 7 November 2014 – 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Bharat Ram Meghwal |
| Member of Parliament, 14th Lok Sabha | |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Constituency | Ganganagar |
| Member of Parliament, 13th Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1999–2004 |
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| Constituency | Ganganagar |
| Member of Parliament, 11th Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1996–1998 |
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| Constituency | Ganganagar |
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4 February 1971 Ganganagar, Rajasthan |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | BJP |
| Spouse(s) | Jyoti Chauhan |
| Children | 1 son and 1 daughter |
| Parents | Bega Ram, Surji Devi |
| Education | B.A. |
| Occupation | Agriculturist |
Nihal Chand (born 4 February 1971) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been elected as a Member of Parliament four times from the Ganganagar constituency. He is also known as Nihalchand Chauhan and Nihalchand Meghwal.
Nihal Chand was born in a Meghwal Scheduled Caste family. His father Bega Ram was a Swatantra Party MLA from Raisinghnagar. He married Jyoti in 1992; the couple has two children.
In 1995, at the age of 24, Nihal Chand was elected as the "Panchayat Director" of Nanuwala, Sardarpura Bika and Bagicha. He was also elected as the pradhan (chief) of the Raisinghnagar panchayat committee. In 1996, he became the youngest Member of Parliament (MP) from Rajasthan at the age of 25. He was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) on a BJP ticket from Ganganagar. In the next general election in 1998, he was defeated by Shankar Pannu of Congress.
After his defeat in the general election, Nihal Chand contested the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections. He was declared as BJP's candidate from Raisinghnagar. However, just before the elections, BJP formed an alliance with Haryana Rastriya Lokdal (HRLD), and gave that seat to HRLD. Nihal Chand was asked to withdraw his candidature, but he refused to do so. As a result, BJP expelled him. Contesting on the BJP election symbol, Nihal Chand won the seat and became an MLA from Raisinghnagar.
Subsequently, Nihal Chand won the 1999 and 2004 general elections from Ganganagar as a BJP candidate. In 2008, he lost the Assembly elections to Daulat Raj of Congress from Raisinghnagar by a margin of 5042 votes. In 2009, he lost the general elections to Bharat Ram Meghwal of Congress. In 2014, he defeated Bhanwarlal Meghwal of Congress on the same seat. He served as a Minister of state (MOS) in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from May 2014 to July 2016.
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