Yagya Datt Sharma (Madhya Pradesh politician)

Yagya Dutta Sharma (Hindi: यज्ञ दत्त शर्मा, 05 April 1936 – 20 May 2016) was an Indian politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh of India. He Started as an Advocate in Indore, Later he represented Indore-4 constituency to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time as an independent candidate in 1967,[1] Indore-2 in 1977[2] from Indian National Congress. He again represented Indore-4 in 1980.[3]

Yagya Dutta Sharma

In the early 1980s he became Speaker of the State lower house, and had retired from his speaker-ship and constituency. He retired on 19 July 1983; Arjun Singh was Chief Minister then.[4][5][6] People from Indore, Madhya Pradesh have built a monument in his remembering located in Indore his birthplace.

The Monument in Indore Located at MTH Compound, Maharani Road, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Early life

Born on 5 April 1936 in Jhalawar, Rajasthan


References
  1. "General Elections of MP 1967" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
  2. "General Elections of MP 1977" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
  3. "General Elections of MP 1980" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
  4. N. S. Gehlot (1985). Office of the speaker in India. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 107. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. N. S. Gehlot (1985). Office of the speaker in India. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 164. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. "Former MP assembly speaker Yagya Datt Sharma dead". The Times of India. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.


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