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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Balak Ram Kashyap
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| image = Balak Ram Kashyap.webp
| caption = Balak Ram Kashyap in 1977 during elections
| country = {{flag|India}}
| predecessor = [[Pratap Singh (Shimla)|Pratap Singh Kashyap]]
| president = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| prime_minister = [[Morarji Desai]]
| successor = [[Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri]]
| term_start = 24 March 1977
| term_end = 14 January 1980
| vice_president = [[B. D. Jatti]]
| source = https://datais.info/loksabha/members/Balak+Ram+%2C+Shri/ed18442ea2cf74176bb868a59e84dc64/
| party = [[Janata Party]]
| birth_name = Balak Ram Kashyap
| birth_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|1918|03|08}}
| birth_place = Kashyap Niwas, [[Kaithu, Shimla|Kaithu]], [[Annadale, Shimla|Annadale]], [[Shimla]], [[Shimla district]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Himachal Pradesh]]), [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2003|02|18|1918|03|08}}
| death_place = [[Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital|IGMC]], Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
| citizenship = {{flag|India}}
| spouse = Janki Devi (married: 1946)
| children = 4 sons, 5 daughters
| parents = Kesroo Ram Kashyap (father)
| occupation = *Army person
*Politician
| allegiance = *[[British Raj|British India]] (1941–1947)
*[[India]] (1947–1976)
| branch = *[[British Indian Army]] (1941–1947)
*[[Indian Army]] (1947–1976)
| service_years = *6 years in British Indian Army
*29 years in Indian Army
| rank = Civilian Staff Officer (1st Class)
| commands = [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|Integrated Defence Headquarters]], [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[New Delhi]]
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| title =
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the]] [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 19 May 1982
| term_end2 = 15 May 1985
| preceded2 = [[Roop Dass Kashyap]]
| successor2 = Shonkia Ram Kashyap
| constituency = [[Shimla Lok Sabha constituency|Shimla]]
| constituency_AM2 = [[Kasumpti Assembly constituency|Kasumpti]]
| country1 =
}}

'''Balak Ram Kashyap'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Himachal power base set for electrifying show with sitting lawmakers in fray |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/05/20/elx2-elections-hp-shimla-constituency.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref> (8 March 1918 – 18 February 2003) was an [[Politics of India|Indian politician]], [[social work]]er, former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Shimla Lok Sabha constituency]] and former [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kasumpti Assembly constituency|Kasumpti Vidhan Sabha Constituency]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 2012 |title="Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf |url-status=live |access-date= |work=Election Commission of India |pages=[[Kasumpti Assembly constituency]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114090530/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2012 }}</ref> as a member of [[Janata Party]] and an was army official in [[British Indian Army]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-04 |title=Shimla (SC) election results 2024 live updates: BJP's Suresh Kumar Kashyap wins with 5,19,748 votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/shimla-sc-election-results-2024-himachal-pradesh-shimla-sc-lok-sabha-elections-poll-result-updates-suresh-kumar-kashyap-bjp-vinod-sultanpuri-cong/articleshow/110673019.cms |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and retired Civilian Staff Officer (Class I) from [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loksabha members : Balak Ram, Shri - Data is Info: Data is more useful if it is made available in a better format. |url=https://datais.info/loksabha/members/Balak+Ram+,+Shri/ed18442ea2cf74176bb868a59e84dc64/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Data is Info |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Balak Ram Kashyap was born in a Agriculturist [[Koli people|Koli]] family to Kesroo Ram Kashyap on 8 March 1918 while India was colony of [[British Raj]]. He was born in Kashyap Niwas at [[Annadale, Shimla|Annadale]] locality in [[Shimla]] city. They were four brothers and two sisters, he was eldest of all. At the age of 23 he got recruited in Civilian Staff in Indian Army in 1941 and he served in [[Army Headquarters, India|Army Headquarters]] in [[New Delhi]] for 35 years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bisht |first=Gaurav |date=2014 |title=BJP aims to upset Congress' applecart in HP |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/bjp-aims-to-upset-congress-applecart-in-hp/story-EnyR1mvkCscpIrL1joWKgP.html}}</ref>

== Political career ==
He got elected in [[1977 Indian general election|1977 Lok Sabha Elections]]. He was one of the first and major leaders in the initial making of Janta Party which has now become the mainstream Indian political party i.e. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janata Party]]. He has worked for the party with senior leaders like [[Jayaprakash Narayan|Jayprakash Narayan]] and [[L. K. Advani|L.K. Advani]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-03-11 |title=BJP aims to upset Congress' applecart in HP |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/bjp-aims-to-upset-congress-applecart-in-hp/story-EnyR1mvkCscpIrL1joWKgP.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622093150/https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/bjp-aims-to-upset-congress-applecart-in-hp/story-EnyR1mvkCscpIrL1joWKgP.html |archive-date=22 June 2024 |access-date=2024-12-20 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us |url-status=live }}</ref>
*1977 - 1980: [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Shimla Lok Sabha constituency]]
*1982 - 1985: [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kasumpti Assembly constituency|Kasumpti Assembly Constituency]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]
[[Category:People from Shimla]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:India MPs 1977–1979]]
[[Category:Himachal Pradesh MLAs 1982–1985]]

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