Narayan Dutt Tiwari
Politician

Indian Baluti, United Provinces, British India (now in Nainital District, Uttarakhand)

Quick Info

Profession	Politician
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	18/10/1925
Age	93 years (died on 18, Oct, 2018)
Birthplace	Baluti, United Provinces, British India (now in Nainital District, Uttarakhand)
Date of Death	18/10/2018

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Bio/Wiki

Full Name	Narayan Dutt Tiwari

Physical Stats & More

Height	165 cm (5' 5")
Weight	70 kg (154 lbs)
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	White

Educational Qualification(s)

Qualifications	M. A. (Political Science) from Allahabad University LLB from Allahabad University

Personal Life

Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Brahmin
Address	C1/9, Tilak Lane , New Delhi 1 A, Mall Avanue , Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 1 A, Mall Avenue, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Relationships & More

Marital Status

Affairs/Girlfriends

Marriage Date

14/05/2014

Family

Wife/Spouse

Sushila Tiwari (m. 1953
died 1991)
Ujjwala Tiwari (m. 2013)

Children

Rohit Shekhar Tiwari (Politician)

Parents

Father	Poornanand Tiwari (an officer in the forest department)
Mother	Name

Career

Politics

Political Party	Indian National Congress (1963-1996 and 1998-2018)
Political Journey	1952: Elected an MLA from the Nainital constituency on Praja Samajwadi Party ticket. 1957: Elected an MLA from the Nainital constituency and became the leader of Opposition in the Assembly. 1963: Joined the Indian National Congress Party. 1965: Elected an MLA from the Kashipur constituency and appointed a minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1969-1971: First President of Indian Youth Congress. January 1976: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 1979-1980: Minister for Finance and Parliamentary Affairs in the Chaudhary Charan Singh Government. August 1984: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (second time) June 1988: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (third time) 1994: Resigned from the Indian National Congress and formed All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) Party. 1996: Elected to the 11th Lok Sabha. 1997: Rejoined Congress. 1999: Elected to the 13th Lok Sabha. 2002: Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. August 2007: Appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh. 21/01/1976 – 30/04/1977: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 03/08/1984 – 24/09/1985: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (second time) 22/10/1986 – 25/07/1987: Minister of External Affairs 25/07/1987 – 25/06/1988: Minister of Finance 25/06/1988 – 05/12/1989: Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (third time) 02/03/2002 – 07/03/2007: Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. 22/08/2007 – 27/12/2009: Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Other Political Affiliations	Praja Socialist Party (till 1963) All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (1996–1998) Bharatiya Janata Party (2017)

Favourites

Favourite Leader	Mahatma Gandhi
Favourite Politician	Jawaharlal Nehru

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. He was born in the village of Baluti, Nainital district, to a family of landlords.
2. His father, Poornanand Tiwari, worked as an officer in the forest department during the British Period.
3. He spent 15 months in jail as part of the Indian Independence Movement.
4. From 1945 to 1949, he served as the Secretary of All India Student Congress.
5. In the early 1990s, he was considered a leading candidate for the post of Prime Minister of India.
6. He was the first Indian Chief Minister to serve two different states (Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand).
7. In 1942, at age 17, he was arrested for writing anti-British propaganda material and spent time in Nainital Jail.
8. He was elected president of Allahabad University Students Union in 1947.
9. He is credited with conceiving the idea of NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority).
10. He established the Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre (JNNYC) in 1968.
11. He was the only Indian politician to accept a son after DNA testing.

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