Kaptan Singh Solanki
Kaptan Singh Solanki is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the 17th governor of Tripura. From August 2009, he was the member of the parliament of India representing Madhya Pradesh State in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house until May 2014.
Early life
Kaptan Singh Solanki was born on 1 July 1939 in Garhpara, Madhya Pradesh. He studied at Vikram University, Ujjain, P.G.B.T. College, Ujjain and Maharani Luxmibai College, Jiwaji University, Gwalior. He was a teacher in Banmor, Morena district, from 1958 to 1965 and later became a professor at P.G.V. College, Gwalior from 1966 to 1999. He was appointed the governor of Haryana to replace Jagannath Pahadia, whose five year term ended on 26 July 2014.Personal life
He has been married to Shrimati Rani Solanki since 1959, with two daughters and three sons.Positions held
- Governor of Tripura, 22 August 2018 to 28 July 2019
- Governor of Punjab and administrator of Chandigarh, 21 January 2015 to 22 August 2016
- Governor of Haryana, 27 July 2014 to 21 August 2018
- August 2009: elected to Rajya Sabha
- August 2009 onwards: member, committee on food, consumer affairs and public distribution
- July 2010 onwards: member, consultative committee for the ministry of youth affairs and sports
- April 2012: re-elected to Rajya Sabha
- August 2012 to May 2014: member, committee on food, consumer affairs and public distribution