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Rajiv Gumber

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ20177279 ↗
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Rajiv Gumber is an Indian politician and a member of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He was also member of Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Gumber represented the Saharanpur Nagar constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.

Early life and education

Rajiv Gumber was born in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1970. Gumber's highest attained education is intermediate. Before entering politics, he was a businessperson.

Political career

Gumber won the Saharanpur Nagar (Assembly constituency) election in 2022. He was an MLA for one term from 2014 to 2017. He represents the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected during the by-election held on 13 September 2014 after the sitting MLA Raghav Lakhanpal resigned in May 2014 after getting elected to 16th Lok Sabha.

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

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1970, 2022, 2014, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1970-09-01. The account is most persuasive where Rajiv, Gumber and Indian can be independently traced.
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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 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20177279. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1970, 2022, 2014 and 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rajiv Gumber” 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.