Chander Mohan

{{short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Chander Mohan

|native_name =

|native_name_lang= hi

| image = Chander mohan.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|09|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hisar, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)

| office = 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Bhupinder Singh Hooda

| predecessor = Hukam Singh

| successor = Dushyant Chautala

| term_start = March 2005

| term_end = 2008

| office1 = Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly

| term1 = 1993 – 2009

| predecessor1 = Purush Bhan

| succeeded1 = Pardeep Chaudhary

| constituency1 = Kalka

| term2 = 2024

| predecessor2 =Gian Chand Gupta

| constituency2 =Panchkula

| residence = Panchkula

| party = Indian National Congress

| parents = Bhajan Lal (father)
Jasma Devi (mother)

| spouse = Smt. Seema,
Fiza (Divorced)

| children = Siddhrath Bishnoi
Damini Bishnoi

}}

Chander Mohan Bishnoi is an Indian politician and former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana. He is the elder son of former Chief Minister of Haryana Bhajanlal Bishnoi. He is currently a member of the Indian National Congress, while previously he was a member of Haryana Janhit Congress.{{cite news |title=Remember Chand Mohammad He is back as Chander Mohan, for votes |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/remember-chand-mohammad-he-is-back-as-chander-mohan-for-votes/ |access-date= 11 June 2022 |work= IndianExpress |date= 9 October 2014 }} He has been elected as a member of Haryana's legislative assembly consecutively 4 times from Kalka Constituency. He was elected from Panchkula Constituency in October 2024. {{cite news |title=Panchkula Assembly Election Result 2024: Congress's Chander Mohan defeats BJP's Gian Chand Gupta by 1997 votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/panchkula-assembly-election-result-2024-vote-counting-today-bjps-gian-gupta-is-pitched-against-congresss-chander-mohan/articleshow/114012433.cms |work=Times of India|date=8 Oct 2024 |access-date= 15 Oct 2024}}

Early life and education

Bishnoi was born in a political family of Haryana. His father Bhajan Lal was a former Chief minister of Haryana, while his younger brother, Kuldip Bishnoi is also a politician.{{cite news |title=Former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal dies of heart attack |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-dies-of-heart-attack-457534 |access-date=18 April 2016 |work=NDTV |agency=Press Trust of India|date=3 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418101911/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-dies-of-heart-attack-457534 |archive-date=18 April 2016 |url-status=live}} Bishnoi was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar.{{cite news |title=Sanawar-alumni Lawrence School |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topiclist/Lawrence-School |access-date= 26 March 2012 |work= TOI |date= 25 March 2012 }}

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