Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Gajraj Bahadur Nagar’s DUSU Legacy Resurfaces After Delhi Elections
Gajraj Bahadur Nagar was the first elected leader of Delhi University’s student union.
He became president in 1954 and served for one year.
He came from a modest family in Bhowapur, Faridabad.
While studying law, he reportedly ran a canteen to help pay for school and support his family.
Later, he became a politician and won a Haryana Assembly seat in 1977.
He also served as Haryana’s Food and Supplies Minister.
Nagar died in 2001.
People are discussing him again because he was the grandfather of YouTuber CarryMinati, whose real name is Ajey Nagar.
Gajraj Bahadur Nagar was the first elected president of the Delhi University Students’ Union.
He served as DUSU president from 1954 to 1955 after contesting as an independent candidate.
Born in Bhowapur, Faridabad, Nagar reportedly ran a campus canteen to support his studies and family.
He later joined Delhi Congress, moved to the Janata Party, and won the 1977 Haryana Assembly election.
Nagar, who died in 2001, is the maternal or paternal grandfather of YouTuber CarryMinati, Ajey Nagar.
- Who
- Gajraj Bahadur Nagar, the first elected Delhi University Students’ Union president and grandfather of YouTuber CarryMinati.
- What
- His political and student-leadership career has drawn renewed attention after the Delhi University student elections.
- When
- Nagar led DUSU from 1954 to 1955, won the Haryana Assembly election in 1977, and died in 2001.
- Where
- He was born in Bhowapur village in Faridabad and represented Mewla Maharajpur in the Haryana Assembly.
- Why
- Social media users connected him to CarryMinati, prompting renewed interest in his own record as a student leader, lawyer, and politician.
- DUSU role
- First elected president of the Delhi University Students’ Union
- Term
- 1954–1955
- Birth
- 1 October 1928, Bhowapur village, Faridabad
- Education
- Studied law at Delhi University
- Assembly victory
- Won the Mewla Maharajpur seat in the 1977 Haryana Assembly election
- Ministerial post
- Haryana Minister of Food and Supplies
- Family connection
- Grandfather of YouTuber Ajey Nagar, known as CarryMinati