Chaudhary Brahm Prakash (16 June 1918 – 11 August 1993) was an Indian politician, the first and youngest ever

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and a freedom fighter who played an important role in the individual

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Movement launched by

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in 1940. His father was a famous landlord, Ch Bhagwan Das , they hailed from Shakurpur village of Delhi. Ch Brahm Prakash was known as Sher e Dilli or Lion of Delhi due to his fierce way of fighting for peoples rights. He became CM at the young age of 34 and was a 4 time member of parliament while also being the union cabinet minister for agriculture,food, irrigation and cooperatives.He is also known as the father of the cooperative movement and founded the NUBC and Ch Brahm Prakash Comittee.

Career

Indian Independence movement

He was among the leaders of the underground activities in Delhi during the Quit India movement. He was imprisoned many times during the freedom struggle.

Post independence

Post-independence, Prakash served as Minister in charge of Planning and Development as well as the first

at the age of 34 years, the second-youngest Chief Minister in India in 1952–55. His stints in the Parliament twice won him accolades as an able parliamentarian. While he was with Congress Party, he was elected to Lok Sabha from Delhi Sadar constituency in 1957, and from Outer Delhi in 1962 and 1967. He joined Janata Party later, and was elected to Lok Sabha again in 1977 from Outer Delhi. When the party split in 1979, he joined the Charan Singh faction, and became a minister for a few months. He made noteworthy contributions as the Union Cabinet Minister for Food, Agriculture, Irrigation and Cooperatives. The cause of depressed sections of the society, rural development and empowerment of the weaker sections were issues, which were very close to the heart of Prakash. He was quick to realise the potential of cooperative societies in mitigating the hardships of the village folks. As early as in 1945, he started organising village and agriculture cooperatives. He was also a proponent of the Panchayati Raj institutions. He organised the National Union of Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Minorities in 1977 to work for the welfare of these weaker sections.Puri, Rajinder (13 June 2007
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boloji.com Prakash and Kurien of NDDB promoted the idea of Cooperative Companies to help free the cooperatives from the shackles of Government control through the Registrar of Cooperative Societies. It was a precursor to the present Producer Company model.

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