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Shashi Tharoor Biography

In today’s article we will talk about Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. He is a Lok Sabha MP from Kerala. He is a prominent face of Congress not only in Kerala but in the country. Shashi Tharoor is among the educated and good English speaking parliamentarians. Shashi Tharoor has also held the post of Union Minister during the Manmohan Singh government.

In this article we will talk about Shashi Tharoor’s political life and things related to his personal life. We will know who is Shashi Tharoor?, Who is Shashi Tharoor’s wife?, Shashi Tharoor’s education and also talk about his political career. So, let’s start the life introduction of Shashi Tharoor.

Shashi Tharoor Biography

Shashi Tharoor was born on 9 March 1956 in a Malayali family in London, England. His father’s name is Mr. Chandran Tharoor. Shashi Tharoor’s mother’s name is Mrs. Lily Tharoor. Shashi Tharoor’s father has worked in many places including London, Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta during his career.

Education

Shashi Tharoor has completed his schooling from Campion School in Mumbai and Collegiate School in Calcutta. After this he did his graduation from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Shashi Tharoor did his PhD in 1978 from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Shashi Tharoor has also been awarded the Robert B. Stewart Award for Best Student.

Career (Shashi Tharoor Biography)

Shashi Tharoor has worked in the United Nations for nearly 29 years. Shashi Tharoor first started working as a staff member in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1978. After this, in the year 1989, Shashi Tharoor got appointment as Special Assistant Commissioner to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. He then became the Executive Assistant to the UN Secretary-General in 1996. In 2001, Shashi Tharoor was appointed Secretary General of Communications and Public Information. In 2006, the Government of India nominated Shashi Tharoor for the post of UN Secretary General, but later Shashi Tharoor withdrew his candidature after the victory of South Korea’s Ban Ki-moon was assured.

Shashi Tharoor Political Career

After this Shashi Tharoor ended his diplomatic career and started his political career. Shashi Tharoor was initially approached by leaders of Congress, Communists and BJP to include him in their party, but he decided to join the Congress party considering the ideology.

In the year 2009, Shashi Tharoor contested the Lok Sabha elections from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala and became an MP by winning. After this he became a minister in the Manmohan Singh government. First Shashi Tharoor gets appointment as the Union Minister of State for External Affairs. In the year 2012, Shashi Tharoor became the Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development. After this, Shashi Tharoor contested the Lok Sabha elections from Thiruvananthapuram in the year 2014 and won. After this, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shashi Tharoor once again won and became an MP.

knowledge of four languages

Shashi Tharoor Biography, Apart from English, Hindi, Shashi Tharoor also has a good hold on French and Malayalam. Shashi Tharoor used social media well for political dialogue after joining politics. In the year 2013, Shashi Tharoor was the most followed Indian leader on Twitter. Later Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his record.

Shashi Tharoor Wife

He has married thrice in his life. His first wife’s name is Tilottam Mukherjee. Shashi Tharoor and Tilottam Mukherjee have two sons, Kanishk and Ishaan. After this Shashi Tharoor married a Canadian diplomat, Christa Giles, although the two later parted ways. Shashi Tharoor Biography

After this, Shashi Tharoor married Sunanda Pushkar in the year 2010 at his ancestral home in Ilavcheri village of Palakkad district of Kerala. In 2014, Sunanda Pushkar was dead in a five-star hotel in Delhi. Earlier this case was considered to be a suicide, but later the needle of suspicion had turned towards Shashi Tharoor as well. Shashi Tharoor has three sons Ishaan, Kanishk and Shiva. Shashi Tharoor Biography

Controversy

Shashi Tharoor has faced controversy over the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. In this case, the needle of suspicion has also revolved on Shashi Tharoor.

Shashi Tharoor has also been in discussion about his affair with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar. However, both had denied the affair. Shashi Tharoor Biography

He had given a controversial statement regarding the construction of Ram temple, saying that, ‘No good person would like to build a Ram temple on the place of worship demolished by others.’

Shashi Tharoor once criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying, ‘Narendra Modi is like a scorpion sitting on a Shivling, which can neither be removed by hand nor can be killed with slippers’.

In the year 2014, Shashi Tharoor had praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after which the Congress removed Shashi Tharoor from the post of party spokesperson. Shashi Tharoor Biography