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| name = Brahm Prakash<br />
| title = <br />
| image = Chaudhary Brahm Parkash.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1918|06|16}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jaffarpur Kalan]], [[British India]]<br />
| residence = [[Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1993|8|11|1918|06|16}}<br />
| death_place = [[Delhi]], India<br />
| constituency = [[Nangloi Jat (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Nangloi Jat]]<br />
| order5 = 1st<br />
| office5 = Chief Minister of Delhi<br />
| term_start5 = 17 March 1952 <br />
| term_end5 = 12 February 1955<br />
| 1blankname5 = [[Lieutenant Governor of Delhi|Chief Commissioner]]<br />
| 1namedata5 = Shankar Prasada<br>Anand Dattahaya Pandit <br />
| predecessor5 = ''Office Established''<br />
| successor5 = [[Gurumukh Nihal Singh]]<br />
| office4 = [[Member of the Lok Sabha]] for<br>[[Delhi Sadar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Delhi Sadar]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1957<br />
| term_end4 = 1962<br />
| predecessor4 = ''Constituency Established''<br />
| successor4 = [[Shiv Charan Gupta]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1962<br />
| term_end3 = 1967<br />
| predecessor3 = Naval Prabhakar<br />
| successor3 = ''Vacant''<br />
| term_start2 = 1967<br />
| term_end2 = 1971<br />
| predecessor2 = ''Vacant''<br />
| successor2 = Chaudhry Dalip Singh<br />
| office1 = [[Member of the Lok Sabha]] for [[Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Outer Delhi]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1977<br />
| term_end1 = 1980<br />
| predecessor1 = Chaudhry Dalip Singh<br />
| successor1 = [[Sajjan Kumar]]<br />
| office = 13th [[Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare|Minister of Agriculture]]<br />
| term_start = 30 July 1979 <br />
| term_end = 14 January 1980<br />
| primeminister = [[Charan Singh]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]<br />
| successor = [[Rao Birendra Singh]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]],<br />[[Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
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'''Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav''' (1918–1993) was an Indian politician, the first [[Chief Minister of Delhi]], also Called as '''sher-e-delhi''' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/knowledge/chaudhary-brahm-prakash-became-first-cm-of-delhi-at-the-of-34-knowat-2840959.html|title= कम उम्र में दिल्ली का मुख्यमंत्री बन गया था ये यादव नेता, लोग कहते थे शेर-ए-दिल्ली| website=hindi.news18.com| accessdate=11 February 2020}}</ref>,and a freedom fighter who played an important role in the individual [[Satyagraha]] Movement launched by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1940. He hailed from Shakurpur, a village in south-West Delhi.<ref>[https://m.hindustantimes.com/india/brahm-prakash-delhi-s-first-cm-ace-parliamentarian/story-uClZvLM4Ku9yuRtSCYBEnL.html]</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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=== Indian Independence movement ===<br />
He was amongst the leaders of the underground activities in Delhi during the [[Quit India]] movement. He was imprisoned many times during the freedom struggle.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107015945/http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/17/stories/2006061716020400.htm New Delhi News : Briefly]. ''The Hindu'' (17 June 2006). Retrieved on 2018-11-21.</ref><ref>[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/raug2001/11082001/r110820013.html Latest Releases]. Pib.nic.in. Retrieved on 21 November 2018.</ref><br />
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=== Post independence ===<br />
Post-independence, Prakash served as Minister in charge of Planning and Development as well as the first [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] at the age of 34 years, the second-youngest Chief Minister in India in 1952–55.<ref name=hist>{{cite web |title=History of Delhi Legislative Assembly|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/history_assembly.htm|date= |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Delhi website |page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Brahm Prakash: Delhi's first CM, ace parliamentarian | publisher = Hindustan Times | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-delhi/brahm-prakash-delhi-s-first-cm-ace-parliamentarian/sp-article10-1127703.aspx | date = 27 September 2013 | accessdate = 22 January 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140301071356/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-delhi/brahm-prakash-delhi-s-first-cm-ace-parliamentarian/sp-article10-1127703.aspx | archivedate = 1 March 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> 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.<ref name="milkm">{{cite book|last1=Kamath|first1=M. V.|title=Milkman from Anand: the story of Verghese Kurien|date=1996|publisher=Konark Publishers|page=386|isbn=9788122004137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGjtAAAAMAAJ&q=Chaudhary+Brahm+Prakash}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>Puri, Rajinder (13 June 2007) [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014215403/https://www.boloji.com/myword/mw082.htm Quota Quagmire].boloji.com</ref><br />
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Prakash and Dr. 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.<ref name="coopbp">{{cite book|last1=Misra|first1=Biswa Swarup|title=Credit Cooperatives in India: Past, Present and Future|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136994036|year=2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7yHJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT58|page=2.3}}</ref><ref name="stcoop">{{cite book|title=State of the Indian farmer, millennium study|date=2006|publisher=Academic Foundation in association with Dept. of Agriculture and cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788171884940|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85ffW3cNfwQC&pg=PA90}}</ref><ref name="topersp">{{cite book|last1=Sriram|first1=Samar K. Datta, M.S.|last2=Sriram|first2=M. S.|title=Towards a perspective on flow of credit to small and marginal farmers in India|date=2012|publisher=Allied|location=New Delhi [etc.]|isbn=9788184247602|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irO-BkxmbIYC&pg=PA48}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/raug2001/11082001/r110820013.html COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP RELEASED]<br />
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070808/delhi.htm#12 Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Delhi Rajkiya Charak Ayurvedic Sansthan]<br />
* [http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=20643 Leaders pay tribute to Delhi’s first CM]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* [[Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Outer Delhi]]<br />
* [[Delhi Sadar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Delhi Sadar]]<br />
* [[List of chief ministers of Delhi]]<br />
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