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Bhagraj Choudhary

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ4900659
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Bhagraj Choudhary (16 April 1936 – 10 February 2022) was an Indian politician from Barmer, Rajasthan. He served as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for six terms representing Raniwara and Ahore constituency. He was a member of Indian National Congress.

He also served as Minister of Forest, Environment and Climate Change in Government of Rajasthan.

Personal life

Choudhary born to Shri Modaram Choudhary on 16 April 1936 at Rakhi village near Siwana in Barmer district. He married Smt. Meera Bai. His educational qualifications are Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws and professionally he was an advocate. Choudhary died on 11 February 2022, at the age of 85.

Political career

Chaudhary has been elected twice from Raniwara, firstly in 1962 and then in 1972 and four terms from Ahore, are 1985, 1993, 1998 and 2008.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bhagraj Choudhary” as indian politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1936, 2022, 1962, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1936-04-16. The account is most persuasive where Bhagraj, Choudhary and Indian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as indian politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4900659. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1936, 2022, 1962 and 1972.

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This entry incorporates text from Bhagraj Choudhary” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.