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| Father’s Name | : | Late Shri Manohar Lal Kohli |
| Mother’s Name | : | Late Shrimati Shiv Devi |
| Date of Birth | : | August 9, 1935 |
| Place Birth | : | Delhi |
| Spouse’s Name | : | Shrimati Avinash Kohli |
| Children | : | Three : (Son : Vishu Kohli Daughters : Smt. Suparna Kohli and Ms. Ritu Kohli) |
| Education | : | MA (Hindi) from University of Delhi Prabhakar from Punjab University Sahitya Ratna from Prayag |
| Work Experience | : | Worked as a lecturer at Hansraj College & Deshbandhu College (University of Delhi) for over 37 years. Retired as a Reader in 1994. |
| Student activism | : | Was PM of Hansraj College (University of Delhi) Parliament Was a Member of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Executive Was All India President of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for 3 consecutive terms. |
| Teacher activism | : | Was President of Delhi University’s Teachers Association (DUTA) from 1973-79 Was elected member of Academic and Executive Councils of the University of Delhi Was President of National Democratic Teacher’s Front (NDTF), a nationalist organization of University Teachers |
| Political activism | : | Was arrested under MISA for 19 months during the National Emergency and lodged in Delhi, Agra and Varanasi jails. |
| Years in Parliament | : | Was elected as a member of Rajya Sabha (1994-2000) Chairman, Housing Committee, Rajya Sabha Member, Committee on papers to be laid on the table of Rajya Sabha Member, Standing Committee on Urban & Rural Development Member, Standing Committee on Finance Member, Standing Committee on Finance |
| Organizational responsibilities held | : | President of Delhi State BJP from 1991-95 and for the second time in 2009-10 National Secretary, BJP Incharge (Prabhari) of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan Secretary, Central Disciplinary Committee, BJP President, Central Disciplinary Committee, BJP BJP Headquarters Incharge |
| Interests | : | Academics and educational activities |
| As Governor | : | He resumed the office of the Governor of Gujarat on 16th July, 2014. |
| Address | : | Raj Bhavan, Sector – 20, Gandhinagar – 382020. |
| Telephone | : | 079-23243171/72/73 |
| Fax | : | 079-23224268 079-23231121 |
