Yagya Dutt Sharma (Punjab politician)

Veer Yagya Dutt Sharma (21 October 1922 – 4 July 1996) (formerly known as Banarsi Dass Chandan) was an Indian politician.[1] He was associated with RSS and was one of the founding member of Bhartiya Jan Sangh. He was a member of the fourth and sixth Lok Sabha representing the Amritsar and Gurdaspur parliamentary constituencies in Punjab during 1967-70 and 1977–79.[1] He was also a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. His memorable contribution in establishing Bhartiya Jan Sangh in the rural areas of hills of Punjab (Kangra Una Hamirpur & Shimla) which are presently the part of Himachal Pradesh deserves a special mention. He was the Governor of Odisha from 1990 to 1993.[1][2][3]

For the politician from Madhya Pradesh, see Yagya Datt Sharma (Madhya Pradesh politician).

Yagya Dutt Sharma
Governor of Odisha
In office
7 February 1990 – 1 February 1993
Preceded bySaiyid Nurul Hasan
Succeeded bySaiyid Nurul Hasan
Member of Lok Sabha
In office
1967–1971
Preceded byGurmukh Singh Musafir
Succeeded byDurgadas Bhatia
ConstituencyAmritsar
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byPrabodh Chandra
Succeeded bySukhbans Kaur Bhinder
ConstituencyGurdaspur
Personal details
Born(1922-09-21)21 September 1922
Takhatgarh Village, Punjab, British India
Died4 July 1996(1996-07-04) (aged 73)
New Delhi
SpousePrakashwati Sharma
ChildrenPrem Dutt Sharma
Aradhna Sharma
ProfessionPolitician

An ayurvedic physician by profession, he worked to improve indigenous system of medicine and to promote the ayurvedic system of medicine. During the famines of 1943 in Bengal and Kangra-Kula valley in 1945–46, he along with a team of doctors from Punjab provided relief to the famine-stricken people.

He also worked for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees in 1947 and rendered medical assistance to the sick.

References
  1. "BIO - DATA OF GOVERNERS OF ORISSA" (PDF). Orissa Reference Annual - 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013.
  2. "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly Since 1937". ws.ori.nic.in. 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2012. NAME OF THE GOVERNORS OF Odisha
  3. "Orissa Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.


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