Kanhaiya Kumar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kanhaiya Kumar
Occupation	Political Leader
Date Of Birth	Jan 2, 1987(1987-01-02)
Age	37
Birthplace	Begusarai
Country	India
Birth City	Bihar
Horoscope	Capricorn

Kanhaiya Kumar Biography

Kanhaiya Kumar is one of the most popular and richest Political Leader who was born on January 2, 1987 in Begusarai, Bihar, India. Kanhaiya Kumar was born January 27th, 1987 and was raised within the town located in Bihat (near Barauni) in Begusarai district of Bihar. His family is part of the Bihar’s Bhumihar community. The village is located in the Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) which is known as an important base for the CPI. His father’s name is Jaishankar Singh. The mother of his son, Meena Devi, works as Anganwadi’s employee. He is the elder brother of Manikant who works as an executive with a firm located in Assam. His family has traditionally been staunch supporters for the CPI.

On March 28, 2016 Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena threatened to take over JNU’s campus JNU campus and kill Kumar Umar Khalid and Kumar Umar Khalid, unless the two were gone from Delhi before 31 March.

On 10 March 2016, it was revealed that in October 2015, Kumar was fined by the JNU administration for “misbehaving” with a girl student and “threatening” her. Kumar had allegedly been urinating in the open in June 2015 and became abusive and threatened the female student who objected against his behaviour. The AISF stated that the case was an attempt to defame Kumar.

On 8 March 2016, speaking at an International Women’s Day event, Kumar referred to the rape of Kashmiri women committed by personnel of the Indian Army. This was criticised as being “anti-national” by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). The BJYM filed a complaint against Kumar and JNU professor Nivedita Menon, alleging them of making “anti-national” statements. A sedition and defamation case was filed against Kumar in a civil court in Patna.

In September of 2015, Kumar became president of the JNU Students’ Union which represents the AISF.

Kanhaiya Kumar Net Worth

Kanhaiya Kumar is one of the richest Political Leader from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kanhaiya Kumar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kanhaiya Kumar was a student until the class of VI in Madhya Vidyalaya, Masnadpur, before he enrolled in R. K. C. High School in Barauni. In his school years, Kumar took part in various plays and other activities arranged through IPTA (Indian People’s Theater Association) which is a left-leaning culture group that dates back to the time of India’s independence struggle. Kumar passed the Class X board examinations in 2002, securing an A grade. After high school, Kumar joined the Ram Ratan Singh College in Mokama in the state of Mokama, where he studied sciences in the classes XI-XII. Then, he earned an education in geography from the College of Commerce, Arts and Science, Patna in 2007. He was awarded the distinction of “first class”.

While attending The Patna College of Commerce, Kumar started to get involved in politics for students. Kumar joined the AISF in the year 2000, and later, he was chosen as delegate for its meeting in Patna. After finishing his post- graduation by obtaining an MS in sociology at Nalanda Open University in Patna and again getting a top class, he relocated to Delhi and, after scoring first at the entrance exam in 2011, he enrolled at Jawaharlal Nehru University where he was awarded a doctorate on African study in the School of International Studies. The doctoral dissertation was completed in February, 2019, and was titled The Decolonisation Process and Sociological Transformation within South Africa, 1994-2015.

On 10 March 2016, Kumar was manhandled and abused on the JNU campus by a man who accused him of being a deshdrohi (transl. traitor ). Addressing students later in the day, Kumar said such incidents couldn’t scare him. “You can kill me, you can silence me but you cannot scare me. But before you kill me, think about Rohith Vemula. When you killed one Rohith, several Rohiths came forward. If you kill someone else now, many others will stand up. This is all happening as part of a plan.”

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In March 2016, Kumar stated in an interview, “the first inspiration who made me want to join politics was Bhagat Singh. Then the path continued into Ambedkar, Gandhi and Marx, and also to Birsa Munda and Jyotirao Phule….”

Facts & Trivia

Kanhaiya Ranked on the list of most popular Political Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Kanhaiya Kumar celebrates birthday on January 2 of every year.

Kumar contested from Begusarai on Communist Party of India’s ticket for the 2019 Indian general election. He lost the election, polling a total of 269,976 votes and 22.03% of vote share. He secured a distant second position after losing to Giriraj Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party by 422,217 votes. About his defeat, he told Aaj Tak in an interview, “I didn’t have anything directly to lose in these elections. I got support from the people for fighting against a big, rich and influential machinery and this is a message from democracy that a son of an Anganwadi worker can contest elections.”

What is the age of Kanhaiya Kumar?

35 years (January 2, 1987)

Where is Kanhaiya Kumar from?

Begusarai, India

What happened JNU 2016?

On 9 February 2016, some students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) held a protest on their campus against the capital punishment meted out to the 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, and Kashmiri separatist Maqbool Bhat.

What is Bharat Tere Tukde honge?

In a cellphone video that emerged after the protests, some protesters were heard shouting anti-national slogans such as “Bharat Tere Tukde Honge” (India, you will be divided into pieces).

What is the education of Kanhaiya Kumar?

Education