Nandlal Sharma (born 2 May 1911) was an Indian politician and

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. He was born in Alizai,

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, the son of Pandit Harish Chander who settled in

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from Khost, Afghanistan. His father was a landlord and a

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. Nand Lal Sharma studied at Sanatan Dharma College in

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and

Benaras Hindu University Banaras Hindu University (BHU) IAST: kāśī hindū viśvavidyālaya International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: /kaːʃiː hɪnd̪uː ʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/), is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Re ...

. He obtained M.A. and LL.B. and Vedant Shastri degrees from BHU. In Benaras, he became the general secretary of the Benaras Hindu Sabha. Sharma joined the

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and was active in the 1930

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. After graduation Sharma passed the All India Audits and Accounts Competition, but was not selected due to his involvement in the nationalist movement. He married Krishna Devi in 1932, the couple had two sons and one daughter. He entered the Bar and began practicing law in

. He soon gave up legal practice and dedicated himself to religious service, becoming general secretary of the Punjab Pratinidhi Mahasabha. He served as the first secretary of the Sanatan Dharma Degree College in Rawalpindi and as the general secretary of the Sanatan Dharma Pratinidhi Mahasabha. In 1939, he opposed the Hindu Religious Endowment Bill, that was debated in the

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assembly. Sharma authored 'Criticism of Hindu Code Bill', and opposed divorce rights, arguing that marriage was ''samskara''. Sharma co-founded the All India Anti-Hindu Code Bill Committee. In 1947 he campaigned against the

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, cow slaughter and the Hindu Code Bill, being jailed during the latter movement. In 1950 he was again arrested during campaign against cow slaughter. He also served as the secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Dharmasangh. He was the Chief Organizer of the

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. Sharma served as general secretary of the Rishikul Brahmacharyashram in Hardwar.Lok Sabha.
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' He lived at the Rishikul Brahmacharyashram. Sharma was elected to the first

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(lower house of the

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) from the Sikar constituency of

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in the

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. He obtained 52,980 votes (39.49%).Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
' In the midst of the Jammu Parishad agitations, Sharma was arrested in Delhi on 6 March 1953, along with Syama Prasad Mookherjee, Guru Dutt (head of the Delhi

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) and N.C. Chatterjee and 18 others for defying court order banning processions. They were released on 12 March 1953. Sharma unsuccessfully contested the Durg constituency of

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in the

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. He finished in third place with 37,324 votes (21.73%).Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
' As of 1961 Sharma was reportedly the President of the Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad. Sharma finished in third place with 39,798 votes (18.76%) for the Durg seat in the

1962 Indian general election General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the 3rd Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his th ...

.Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1962 TO THE THIRD LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
' At the time he was living in

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{{reflist 1911 births Indian people of Afghan descent India MPs 1952–1957 Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad politicians Year of death missing People from Khost People from Kohat District People from Sikar district