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    Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the 11th Chief Minister of Bihar, first from December...
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  • Vidhan Sabha, the Janata Party secured 214 out of a total of 325 seats. Karpoori Thakur (जननायक) was elected as leader of the Janata party legislature, defeating...
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  • Lok Dal, with one faction of Charan Singh and another consisted of Karpoori Thakur, Madhu Limaye, Biju Patnaik, Devi Lal, George Fernandes, Kumbha Ram...
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  • portfolio in the state cabinet of Bihar and was a cabinet minister in Karpoori Thakur ministry in 1977. He was the father of Ravi Shankar Prasad, the current...
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  • Ram Nath Thakur (born 3 March 1950 in Karpoori Gram, Samastipur district, Bihar) a politician from Janata Dal (United) party, is a Member of the Parliament...
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    The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 October 2017. "Two-time Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur to be conferred Bharat Ratna posthumously". The Indian Express. 23...
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  • Jannayak Karpoori Thakur Medical College and Hospital, Madhepura, established in 2020, is a government medical college and hospital located at Madhepura...
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  • affirmative action against discrimination.[citation needed] In 1978, Karpoori Thakur introduced 26% reservation model in Bihar, for the backward classes...
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  • The party though headed in Bihar by a lower-backward caste leader Karpoori Thakur, consolidated the upper-backward castes. The latter were conspicuous...
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    Janata Dal (United). The party's ideology is based on the ideals of Karpoori Thakur. The foundation of the party was preceded by a two day conference organised...
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