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

shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; born Lal Bahadur Srivastava; 2 October 190411 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He previously served as Minister ...

. He was born in Alizai,

Kohat District Kohat District (, ) is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Kohat city is its district capital. History Mughal era From the early sixteenth century, the history of Kohat revolves around three ma ...

, the son of Pandit Harish Chander who settled in

Kohat Kohat (; ) is a city that serves as the capital of the Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is regarded as a centre of the Bangash tribe of Pashtuns, who have lived in the region since the late 15th century. With a population o ...

from

Khost Khōst () is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram Agency, Kurram i ...

, Afghanistan. His father was a landlord and a

Pandit A pandit (; ; also spelled pundit, pronounced ; abbreviated Pt. or Pdt.) is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-e ...

. Nand Lal Sharma studied at Sanatan Dharma College in

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...

and

Benaras Hindu University Banaras Hindu University (BHU), formerly Benares Hindu University, is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916. The university incorporated the Central Hindu College, ...

. 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

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

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

partition of India The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Dominion of India, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Paki ...

, 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

Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (RRP, "All India Council of Ram's Kingdom") was an Indian Hindu nationalist political party founded by Swami Karpatri in 1948. The RRP won three Lok Sabha seats in the 1952 elections to the national Parliament ...

. Sharma served as general secretary of the Rishikul Brahmacharyashram in Hardwar.Lok Sabha.
Members Bioprofile: SHARMA, SHRI NAND LAL
' He lived at the Rishikul Brahmacharyashram. Sharma was elected to the first

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

(lower house of the

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) from the Sikar constituency of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

in the

1952 Indian general election Year 195 (Roman numerals, CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The den ...

. 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

Jan Sangh The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...

) 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

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

in the

1957 Indian general election General elections were held in India between 24 February and 14 March 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. Elections to several state legislatures were held simultaneously. Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, ...

. 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, third Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide v ...

.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