Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan

Ashok Gehlot

Ashok Gehlot is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1998 to December 2003, then again from 2008 to December 2013, and later from 2018 to December 2023. He represents Sardarpura constituency of Jodhpur as Member of Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan since 1998. He was a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Jodhpur from 1991 to 1998 and from 1980 to 1989 and Union Minister of State for Textile from 1991 to 1993, Tourism and Civil Aviation from 1984 to 1984 and Deputy Union minister for Sports from 1984 to 1984. He was also a national General secretary of Congress Party, in-charge of organisations and training from March 2018 to 23 January 2019.

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1951

May 3

Died

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1951 Born

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752 Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.
996 German king Otto III chooses his cousin Bruno of Carinthia as pope following the death of Pope John XV. Bruno becomes pope under the name Gregory V.
1481 The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
1491 Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.

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The world in 1951

When Ashok arrived

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Amaro Pargo 1678–1747 Spanish corsair (died 1747) Bernhard von Bülow 1849–1929 German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1929) Dulé Hill 1975– American actor José de la Riva Agüero 1783–1858 Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (born 1783) Karl Allmenröder 1896–1917 German soldier and pilot (born 1896) Konstantine Gamsakhurdia 1893–1975 Georgian author (born 1893) Pete Seeger 1919–2014 American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (born 1919) Sanath Nishantha 1975–2024 Sri Lankan politician (born 1975) Stu Hart 1915–2003 Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (died 2003)

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Alley Mills 1951– American actress Andrei Kozyrev 1951– Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Bobby Jones 1951–1971 American basketball player Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Charly García 1951– Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player Chesley Sullenberger 1951– American airline pilot and safety expert Chris Cooper 1951– American actor Dan Fouts 1951– American football player and sportscaster

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