Banarasi Das, popularly known as Babu Banarasi Das (8 July 1912 – 3 August 1985) was an Indian
politician
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and
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was from
Janata Party
The Janata Party (JP, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu.
The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...
.
Career
Banarasi Das was a freedom fighter. He went to jail many times during
India's freedom struggle. He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1977 as member of Janata Party from Hapur or Khurja, both those seats having elected a member named Banarsi Das. He was
Chief Minister
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from 28 February 1979 to 17 February 1980. He joined Charan Singh's
Janata Party (secular) when the Janata Party split. He lost 1980 Vidhan Sabha election.
Personal life
Banarasi Das was born in Utarawli,
Bulandshahr,
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
.
Banarasi Das was married and had five sons and five daughters. Two of his sons followed his footsteps. The elder one Harendra Agarwal was the former member of legislative council & is active in Indian politics. The youngest son Late Dr
Akhilesh Das Gupta was a former
Rajya sabha
Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...
MP and ex national general secretary of
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...
and was Minister of State in
Manmohan singh government.
Cong MP quits party, attacks Rahul `coterie`
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Legacy
An Indian postal stamp featuring Das was issued in 2013. Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, and Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Uttar Pradesh are named in his honor.
References
External links
Short biography
Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
1912 births
1985 deaths
People from Bulandshahr
Chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980
Speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
Chief ministers from Janata Party
Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Janata Party politicians
Janata Party (Secular) politicians
Lok Dal politicians
Politicians from Varanasi
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