Yagya Dutt Sharma | |
Office: | Governor of Odisha |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
Term Start: | 7 February 1990 |
Term End: | 1 February 1993 |
Predecessor: | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
Successor: | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
Office1: | Member of Lok Sabha |
Term Start1: | 1967 |
Term End1: | 1971 |
Predecessor1: | Gurmukh Singh Musafir |
Successor1: | Durgadas Bhatia |
Constituency1: | Amritsar |
Term Start2: | 1977 |
Term End2: | 1980 |
Predecessor2: | Prabodh Chandra |
Successor2: | Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder |
Constituency2: | Gurdaspur |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1922 |
Birth Place: | Takhatgarh Village, Punjab, British India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Death Place: | New Delhi |
Profession: | Politician |
Spouse: | Prakashwati Sharma |
Children: | Prem Dutt Sharma Aradhna Sharma |
Veer Yagya Dutt Sharma (21 October 1922 - 4 July 1996) (formerly known as Banarsi Dass Chandan) was an Indian politician. 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. 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]
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.