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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chaudhary Dilip Singh Chaturvedi
| image = File:Chaudhary Dilip Singh Chaturvedi.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = At a public rally in December 1982
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1932|1|11}}
| birth_place = [[Auraiya district|Sahabda]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1990|2|9|1932|1|11}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] {{nowrap|(1980–1990)}}
| other_party = [[Praja Socialist Party]] {{nowrap|(1952–1972)}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Smt Sharda Devi|1947}}
| parents = Chaudhary Kalicharan Singh <br> Smt Suraj Kunwar
| children = 3 daughters and 2 sons <br /> [[Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi]] <br /> [[Chaudhary Mukesh Singh Chaturvedi]]
| profession = Politician, lawyer and [[agriculturist]]
| education = [[Master of Arts| M.A]], [[LLB]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Lucknow]]
}}
'''Chaudhary Dilip Singh Chaturvedi''' (11 January 1932 – 9 February 1990) was an Indian politician and an eminent lawyer from the central Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. He became a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate for the [[Bhind (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhind]] constituency following the [[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980 elections]].<ref name="proceedings">{{Cite book|last=Sabha|first=Madhya Pradesh (India) Vidhan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__ArOn7JMlsC|title=Karyavahi; Adhikrta Vivarana [Proceedings]|date=1982|language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1980|url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1980-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.elections.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPNWAAAAMAAJ|title=Bihāra, Gujarāta, Kerala, Madhya Pradeśa, Mahārāshtra, Maṇipura, Uṛīsā, Pañjāba, Rājasthāna, Sikkima, Uttara Pradesá, Tamilanāḍū, Aruṇācala Pṙadeśa, Govā, Damaṇa Aura Dīva, Mijorama, Aura Pāṇḍicerī Kī Vidhāna Sabhāoṃ Ke Lie Sādharaṇa Nirvācana, 1979-80 Kī Riporṭa|date=1900|publisher=Election Commission of India|language=hi}}</ref> He was a socialist leader.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last1=Pran|first1=Sabharwal|url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000006319184-00?ar=4e1f|title=Little Bandung : a report on Asian African Students Conference (May-June, 1956) / by Pran Sabharwal|last2=Indonesia)|first2=Asian African Student Conference (1956 : Bandung|date=1956|publisher=University Press|location=Delhi|language=en}}</ref>

Fiery, stalwart socialist leaders like [[Narendra Deva|Acharya Narendra Dev]] (then vice-chancellor, [[University of Lucknow]]) and [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] were his mentors and a major influence on his political and social ideology.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Sayeed|first=S. M.|date=1973|title=POLITICIZATION OF THE STUDENT LEADERS—A STUDY OF THE LEADERS OF THE LUCKNOW UNIVERSITY UNION SINCE INDEPENDENCE|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41854556|journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science|volume=34|issue=1|pages=86–101|jstor=41854556|issn=0019-5510}}</ref> He joined the socialist movement in student life and became actively involved in the [[Praja Socialist Party]]. He was known as a firebrand in student politics and started his political career with [[Chandra Shekhar]] and Dr. [[Ram Manohar Lohia]].<ref name=":2" />

Chaudhary was the father of two politician sons, [[Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi]] and [[Chaudhary Mukesh Singh Chaturvedi]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Padalkar|first=Ravindra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLEcEAAAQBAJ|title=Ruling Dynasties of Independent India - Volume 2|date=2021-02-14|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-63781-546-5|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Biography of Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi|url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/13thvs/13-10.PDF|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085848/http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/13thvs/13-10.PDF |archive-date=2019-03-27 }}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Chaudhary was born on 11 January 1932 in a [[Brahmin]] family at Sahabda, [[Auraiya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=":1" /> He completed his primary education from Sahabda, middle education from [[Muradganj]], high school from [[Bhind]] and higher secondary from SD Inter College, [[Etawah district|Etawah]] before pursuing a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the [[University of Lucknow]] and graduated in 1953.<ref name="proceedings" /> Further, in 1955, he received a [[Master of Arts]] in [[Political science|Political Science]] and [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LL.B) from the [[University of Lucknow]].<ref name=":1" />

He married Smt. Sharda Devi in 1947 and the couple had three daughters and two sons. The hereditary title of [[Chaudhary]] – recognising the tutelary lordship, was conferred on his grandfather.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfeBAAAAMAAJ&q=chowdhury+title+brahmin|title=The Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India|date=2002|publisher=The Survey|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA501|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|last2=Coates|first2=Richard|last3=McClure|first3=Peter|date=2016-11-17|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-252747-9|language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== Socialism and student politics ===
Chaudhary was the President of the [[University of Lucknow]]'s Students' Union in 1955–56.<ref name=":2" /> He also served as President of the Political Science Association at the [[University of Lucknow]].<ref name=":2" /> At Lucknow, he was also the captain of the university's [[Kabaddi|Kabbadi]] team.

[[University of Lucknow]]'s vice-chancellor [[Radhakamal Mukerjee|Radhakamal Mukherjee]] noticed Chaudhary's leadership potential and encouraged it further by personally mentoring him.<ref name=":7" /> On his invitation [[Jayaprakash Narayan|Jayprakash Narayan]] (Chapra, Bihar) commenced the university's annual celebration day. His hostel room, Room 51, Subhash Hostel at the university became frequently visited by [[Chandra Shekhar]] and Dr [[Ram Manohar Lohia]] on their trips to [[Lucknow]].<ref name=":2" />

Chaudhary was a member of the Indian National Union of Students' delegation to the historic Afro-Asian Students Conference held at [[Bandung]], [[Indonesia]] in 1956.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Windmiller|first=Marshall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAFBW743Bi4C&dq=lucknow+university+bandung+conference+1955&pg=PA400|title=Communism in India|date=2011|publisher=University of California Press|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|author1-link=Willard A. Hanna|last=Hanna|first=Willard A.|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101805921|title=The Little Bandung Conference: a letter from Willard A. Hanna.|date=1956|publisher=American Universities Field Staff|series=Southeast Asia series; v. 4, no. 9|location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kompasiana.com|date=2014-01-04|title=Bandung 1956 (4) Konferensi Internasional CAFEA dan Konferensi Mahasiswa Asia-Afrika|url=https://www.kompasiana.com/jurnalgemini/551fca3fa333118940b65df3/bandung-1956-4-konferensi-internasional-cafea-dan-konferensi-mahasiswa-asiaafrika|access-date=2021-05-04|website=KOMPASIANA|language=id}}</ref> Under the leadership of [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], his colleagues in the delegation were Pran Nath Sabharwal (President, Delhi University's Students' Union; led the delegation), Chandra Bhal Tripathi (President, GIC Lucknow), [[Samarendra Kundu]] (former [[Minister (government)|Minister]], [[Government of India]]) and Rajendra Nath Madan.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7" />

=== Praja Socialist Party, Bharatiya Janta Party and state politics ===
Chaudhary was jailed multiple times during the socialist movement. After the [[Praja Socialist Party]] dissolved, Chaudhary joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janta Party]] under Rajmata [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]. Chaudhary attended the first national convention of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janta Party]] held at [[Mumbai]] in December 1980.

Hailing from the [[Chambal River|Chambal]] region, he represented [[Bhind (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhind]] in the 7th [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] as a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] after the 1980 elections as a [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7pAAAAAMAAJ|title=Sandarbha, 1982, Madhyapradeśa|date=1982|publisher=Lābhacanda Prakāśana|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nftd94sRUi4C|title=Vidhāyinī|date=1985|publisher=Madhyapradeśa Vidhāna Sabhā Sacivālaya|language=hi}}</ref> in the same year when the party was formed. He was elected from [[Bhind]] on June 2, 1980.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=भिण्ड के कद्दावर भाजपा नेता चौधरी राकेशसिंह चतुर्वेदी कांग्रेस में हुए शामिल, भाजपा संकट में|url=https://www.patrika.com/bhind-news/bhind-bjp-leader-rakesh-choudhary-join-congress-4455601/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Patrika News|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sabha|first=Madhya Pradesh (India) Vidhan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-l4dAAAAIAAJ|title=Karyavahi; Adhikrta Vivarana [Proceedings]|date=1982|language=hi}}</ref> Chaudhary served actively as a member in the Chairman's committee and the Law committee in the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].

Chaudhary was the vice-president of district Bar Association, Bhind. He also served as the president and vice-president of Bhind marketing society and co-operative bank. Chaudhary was elected for two consecutive terms from 1972 to 1980 as the Bhind Janpad president.<ref name=":2" />

Alongside, practising law in the [[Chambal division]], Chaudhary also established the first all-girls school in the division, Janta School in [[Bhind]] and promoted various educational institutions intending to provide better access to quality education in the [[Chambal division]], with a special effort on education for females up to college level.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Choudhari Dilip Singh Girls College, Bhind (M.P.)|url=http://www.cdsgcbhind.org/founder.htm|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.cdsgcbhind.org}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-13|title=अंतरराष्ट्रीय नर्सिंग डे पर सीएमएचओ को दी 50 पीपीई किट ताकि संक्रमण से बचें कोरोना यौद्वा|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/bhind-bhind-news-5546370|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Nai Dunia|language=hi}}</ref>

== Death and legacy ==
Chaudhary succumbed to a cardiac arrest at an age of 58 on February 9, 1990, in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-07-12|title=Cong calls Choudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi a traitor, expels him for 6 years|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/cong-calls-choudhary-rakesh-singh-chaturvedi-a-traitor-expels-him-for-6-years-623074.html|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Taking their father's legacy forward, his sons, administer the Chaudhary Dilip Singh Foundation.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" />

== See also ==
* [[Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi]], son
*[[Chaudhary Mukesh Singh Chaturvedi]], son
*[[Bhind (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]

== References ==
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