Yagya Dutt Sharma (Punjab politician)
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He also worked for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees in 1947 and rendered medical assistance to the sick.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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