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| Office | 13th Minister of Agriculture |
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| Office | Member of the Lok Sabha for Outer Delhi
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| Office | Member of the Lok Sabha for Delhi Sadar |
| Term start | 30 July 1979 |
| Term end | 14 January 1980 |
| Predecessor | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| Successor | Rao Birendra Singh |
| Predecessor | Chaudhry Dalip Singh |
| Successor | Sajjan Kumar |
| Constituency | Nangloi Jat
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| Born | 1918-06-16 |
| Born | Jaffarpur Kalan, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Delhi, India
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| Political party | Indian National Congress, Janata Party
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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 [1],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.[2]
Career
Indian Independence movement
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.[3][4]
Post independence
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.[5][6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9][10][11]
References
- ↑ कम उम्र में दिल्ली का मुख्यमंत्री बन गया था ये यादव नेता, लोग कहते थे शेर-ए-दिल्ली. hindi.news18.com.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ New Delhi News : Briefly. The Hindu (17 June 2006). Retrieved on 2018-11-21.
- ↑ Latest Releases. Pib.nic.in. Retrieved on 21 November 2018.
- ↑ History of Delhi Legislative Assembly. Legislative Assembly of Delhi website.
- ↑ Brahm Prakash: Delhi's first CM, ace parliamentarian. Hindustan Times(27 September 2013).
- ↑ Milkman from Anand: the story of Verghese Kurien{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Konark Publishers(1996). ISBN 9788122004137
- ↑ Puri, Rajinder (13 June 2007) Quota Quagmire.boloji.com
- ↑ Credit Cooperatives in India: Past, Present and Future{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge(2010). ISBN 9781136994036
- ↑ State of the Indian farmer, millennium study{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Academic Foundation in association with Dept. of Agriculture and cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India(2006). ISBN 9788171884940
- ↑ Towards a perspective on flow of credit to small and marginal farmers in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Allied(2012). ISBN 9788184247602
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