Sarjoo Pandey () (19 November 1919 – 25 August 1989) was an Indian politician,

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and a leader of the

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, who was born in Urha and died in

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Life

Pandey was born in Urha (small village in Kasimabad) on 19 November 1919 in the family of a

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farmer Mahaveer Pandey. He was in the 8th standard when he joined the Indian independence movement. He was ordered to be shot on sight for his activities against the British rule.. A number of sections of the Indian Penal Code were leveled against him. He was the only independence activist from Ghazipur who accepted the charges in the court and sought punishment from the court. Pandey was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the 2nd and 3rd Lok Sabha from

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constituency in 1957 and 1962 and to the 4th and 5th

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from Ghazipur constituency in 1967 and 1971. When he was elected to the Lok Sabha,

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in the Parliament presented him a rose, which he then carried in his coat.Like or Hate, Sarjoo Pandey
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Position held

*Vice-President,

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*General Secretary, All India Cane Growers' Association *Member, National Council of

*Deputy Leader, Communist Party of India group in

*Second Lok Sabha, 1957–62 *Third Lok Sabha, 1962–67 *Fourth Lok Sabha, 1967–70

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Sarjoo People from Ghazipur India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 1989 deaths 1919 births Communist Party of India politicians from Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh