Yagya Dutt Sharma (Punjab politician)

Yagya Dutt Sharma
Yagya Dutt Sharma
Governor of Odisha
	In office; 7 February 1990 – 1 February 1993
Preceded by	Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Succeeded by	Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Member of Lok Sabha
	In office; 1967–1971
Preceded by	Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Succeeded by	Durgadas Bhatia
Constituency	Amritsar
	In office; 1977–1980
Preceded by	Prabodh Chandra
Succeeded by	Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder
Constituency	Gurdaspur
Personal details
Born	21 September 1922; Takhatgarh Village, Punjab, British India
Died	4 July 1996 (aged 73); New Delhi
Spouse	Prakashwati Sharma
Children	Prem Dutt Sharma ; Aradhna Sharma
Profession	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 members 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} He was the Governor of Odisha from 1990 to 1993.^[1]^[2]^[3]

An ayurvedic physician by profession, he worked to improve indigenous system of medicine and to promote the ayurvedic system of medicine.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

He also worked for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees in 1947 and rendered medical assistance to the sick.^{[citation needed]}

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^ ^a ^b ^c "BIO - DATA OF GOVERNERS OF ORISSA" (PDF). Orissa Reference Annual - 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013.
^ "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
^ "Orissa Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.

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Preceded by Saiyid Nurul Hasan	Governor of Odisha Feb 1990– Feb 1993	Succeeded by Saiyid Nurul Hasan

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[:0-1] "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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