Dhani Ram Shandil has served in elite Dogra Regiment of Indian Army and is a Bharat Jyoti Award winner.

Shandil belongs to the Koli caste of Himachal Pradesh.

He was re-elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 from the same constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate.

He is the MLA from Solan and previously served as Social Justice and empowerment minister in the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet.

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