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Sachin Pilot Age, Wife, Caste, Children, Family, Biography & More

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Age: 46 Years

Caste: Gurjar (OBC)

Marital Status: Divorced

Bio/Wiki
Full Name Sachin Rajesh Pilot
Profession Politician
Famous For Being the youngest Deputy CM of Rajasthan
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) in centimeters**- 178 cm**
in meters**- 1.78 m**
in feet inches**- 5’ 10”**
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Politics
Political Party Indian National Congress (INC)
Political Journey 2004: Elected to the 14th Lok Sabha and became a member of the Standing Committee of Lok Sabha on Home Affairs.
2006: Became a member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
2009: Defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Kiran Maheshwari by a margin of 76,000 votes in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections and won the seat of Ajmer and became Union Minister of State for Communications and IT.
2012: Became the Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs in 2012 and held the post till 2014.
2014: Lost his Lok Sabha seat from the Ajmer constituency to BJP's Sanwarlal Jat by a margin of 1,71,983 votes.
2018: Elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Tonk Constituency and became the Deputy Chief Minister of the state.
2020: On 14 July, he was dismissed from every office he held in Rajasthan.
2023: Contested and won the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections from the Tonk constituency by a margin of 29,475 votes
Personal Life
Date of Birth 7 September 1977 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2023) 46 Years
Birthplace Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Zodiac sign Virgo
Nationality Indian
Hometown Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
School Air Force Bal Bharati School, New Delhi
College/University • St. Stephens College, Delhi, India
• I.M.T. Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Educational Qualification(s) • B.A. from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi
• A Diploma in Marketing from I.M.T. Ghaziabad
• MBA in Multinational Management & Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Religion Hinduism
Caste Gurjar, Other Backward Class (OBC) check sources
The Print
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Amar Ujala
Food Habit Non-Vegetarian
Address B-5 Mla Quarter, Jalupura, Near M.I.Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan- 302001
Hobbies Watching Films, Reading
Controversy In October 2017, he challenged in the Rajasthan High Court BJP Government's controversial Ordinance from taking up cases against legislators, ministers and officials without the government’s sanctions and prevents media from naming public servants involved in corruption cases.
Relationships & More
Marital Status Divorced

Note: In 2023, Sachin's affidavit for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections stated his marital status as "divorced." check sources
India Today
Affairs/Girlfriends Sara Abdullah
Marriage Date 15 January 2004
Family
Wife/Spouse Sara Pilot
(ex-wife)
Children Son(s)
• Aaran Pilot
• Vehaan Pilot


Daughter
None
Parents Father- Late Rajesh Pilot aka Rajeshwar Prasad (former Indian Politician) check sources
The Indian Express

Mother- Rama Pilot


Father-in-law- Farooq Abdullah
(former Chief Minister of J&K)
Mother-in-law- Molly Abdullah
Siblings Brother- None
Sister- Sarika Pilot


Brother-in-law- Omar Abdullah
(former Chief Minister of J&K)
Favourite Things
Leader(s) Mahatma Gandhi
, Jawaharlal Nehru
Politician(s) Manmohan Singh
, Rajiv Gandhi
Money Factor
Assets/Properties Movable
• Jewellery: Worth ₹12,74,000 (including self and spouse)

Immovable
• An agriculture land worth ₹84 Lakh
• A Commercial Building worth ₹1.21 Crore (on his spouse's name)
• A Residential Building worth ₹1.38 Crore
Salary (as the Deputy CM of Rajasthan) Rs. 45,000/Month + Other Allowances check sources
Hindustan Times
Net Worth (approx.) Rs. 6.4 Crore (as in 2018) check sources
My Neta

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sachin Pilot

  • Sachin Pilot is best known as the son of the deceased Congress (I) leader, Rajesh Pilot.

  • Since his childhood, Sachin wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father and wanted to be an Air Force Pilot; but, because of his weak eyesight, he could qualify.

  • However, Sachin was so passionate about flying that he took a private flying license without telling his father.

  • After an MBA from Wharton Business School, he wanted to become a banker.

  • Although his professional education is enough to shed the stereotypical image of a politician, politics comes naturally to him; as he has grown up in that environment.

  • After he graduated from New Delhi’s St Stephens College, he started working at the Delhi Bureau of BBC.

  • Thereafter, Sachin Pilot went on to work for the General Motors Corporation.

  • While he was studying at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, he met his love life Sara Abdullah; the daughter of former Chief Minister of J&K Farooq Abdullah and the sister of former Chief Minister of J&K Omar Abdullah .

    Sachin Pilot With Sara

  • He co-authored a book titled “Rajesh Pilot: In Spirit Forever” along with his wife Sara Abdullah, which was published in 2000.

    Rajesh Pilot In Spirit Forever

  • In September 2012, Sachin Pilot became the first Union minister of India to be commissioned as an officer in the Territorial Army, fulfilling his desire to follow his father’s footsteps to be in the armed forces.

    Sachin Pilot Being Commissioned As An Officer In The Territorial Army

  • After the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Elections, Sachin Pilot became the youngest Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

  • On 12 July 2020, he claimed that he had the support of 30 MLAs and Ashok Gehlot ‘s government in Rajasthan was in minority. Following this claim, speculations became rife of joining him the BJP. check sources The Economic Times

  • After being sacked from every office he held in Rajasthan on 14 July 2020, he wrote on Twitter – “Truth only triumphs.”

सत्य को परेशान किया जा सकता है पराजित नहीं।

— Sachin Pilot (@SachinPilot) July 14, 2020

  • In August 2023, Sachin Pilot responded to BJP’s IT cell chief, Amit Malviya , who claimed on platform X that Pilot’s father had bombed Mizoram as an air force pilot on 5 March 1966. Malviya, through a post on X claimed,

    Rajesh Pilot and Suresh Kalmadi were flying the Indian Air Force planes that bombed Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, on 5 March 1966. Later both became MPs on Congress tickets and ministers in the government. It is clear that Indira Gandhi gave respect and a place in politics as a reward to those who carried out air raids on their own people in the North East”

    Sachin, however, countered this by sharing a certificate, dated 10 February 1970, on social media that his father received from President V. V. Giri on being appointed as a Pilot Officer in the Indian Air Force. Sachin underscored the discrepancy in Malviya’s claims, highlighting that his father’s bombing mission was over erstwhile East Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, not Mizoram. check sources Mint

.@amitmalviya – You have the wrong dates, wrong facts…
Yes, as an Indian Air Force pilot, my late father did drop bombs. But that was on erstwhile East Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and not as you claim, on Mizoram on the 5th of March 1966.
He was commissioned into the… https://t.co/JfexDbczfk pic.twitter.com/Lpe1GL1NLB

— Sachin Pilot (@SachinPilot) August 15, 2023

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