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Sanganer is a town situated 16 km south of Jaipur, the capital of Indian state of Rajasthan. It is famous for textile printing, handmade paper industry, and for Jain temples. Sanganer prints are one of its own kinds, for the reason that patterns in bright colors are always printed on white backgrounds. Sanganeri Hand block printing received the geographical indication (GI) tag in 2010.
The handmade paper industry began with the idea of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1728. Around 10 handmade paper industries are present in Sanganer. Krishan Lal Balmiki the member of Rajya Sabha, was also from Sanganer (born 10 July 1942, died 21 April 2010). Sanganer is also a legislative assembly of Rajasthan and current MLA of Sanganer is Mr. Ghanshyam Tiwari he won with highest margin in Rajasthan Assembly election 2013 with a difference of 65350 votes.
The nearby located is one of the biggest Rajasthan housing board colony, Pratap Nagar. EPIP (Export Promotion Industrial Park) Sitapura is also located in this place. Muhana and Muhana Mandi is 6 km from town.
Sanganer (Assembly constituency) is one of constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the Jaipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Sanganer Constituency covers all voters from Jaipur Municipal Corporation Ward numbers 24 to 32.
Year
Name of Elected M.L.A.
Party Affiliation
1. 1977
Vidhya Pathak
Janata Party
2. 1980
Vidhya Pathak
Bharatiya Janata Party
3. 1985
Vidhya Pathak
Bharatiya Janata Party
4. 1990
Vidhya Pathak
Bharatiya Janata Party
5. 1993
Indira Mayaram
Indian National Congress
6. 1998
Indira Mayaram
Indian National Congress
7. 2003
Ghanshyam Tiwari
Bharatiya Janta Party
8. 2008
Ghanshyam Tiwari
Bharatiya Janta Party
9. 2013
Ghanshyam Tiwari
Bharatiya Janta Party