Yadavendra Dutt Dube (7 December 1918 – 1999) was the 11th Maharaja of Jaunpur (1944-1971). He had been a member of the

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organisation

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since 1942 and became its (director) for the

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division. He was elected to the 6th (1977) and 9th (1989)

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from Jaunpur on a

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ticket. He was a member of

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for 17 years and served as its leader of opposition from 1962 to 1964.

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