| Gajendra Gurung | |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Kalimpong, West Bengal |
| Death Date: | 2005 |
| Party: | Congress (R) |
Gajendra Gurung (1937–2005) was an Indian politician. He was born in Kalimpong on 3 January 1937. He was the son of former Congress minister Nar Bahadur Gurung. His uncle had founded the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League.[1] Gajendra Gurung studied at Government High School and S.U.M.I. College in Kalimpong.[2]
Gurung won the Kalimpong seat in the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, standing as the Congress (R) candidate. He obtained 10,190 votes (37.60%).[3] In the Congress-CPI state government formed after the 1972 election, Gurung served as Deputy Minister for Department of Commerce of Industries, Department of Cottage and Small Scale Industries, Department of Co-operation (named on 15 December 1972), Tourism Branch of the Home Department (named on 20 March 1972) and Hill Affairs Branch of Department of Development and Planning.[4] [5] In 1975 he was named Minister of State.[6] [7] [8] Gurung lost the Kalimpong seat in the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, finishing in second place with 9,045 votes (27.61%).[9]
In the 1980s Gurung joined the Pranta Parishad of Madan Tamang,[10] and became part of the leadership of the movement.[1]
Gajendra Gurung died in 2005.[11]