Bhanwar Lal Sharma (politician)

Not to be confused with Bhanwar Lal Sharma.

Bhanwar Lal Sharma (22 November 1924 – 29 May 2020) was an Indian politician and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan. He was a six-time elected Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Hawa Mahal constituency in Jaipur and held several cabinet portfolios in the Government of Rajasthan under Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.^[1]

Bhanwar Lal Sharma (BJP leader)
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 1977–2003
Preceded by	Girdhari Lal Bhargava
Succeeded by	Surendra Pareek
Constituency	Hawa Mahal
Cabinet Minister, Government of Rajasthan
In office 8 February 1978 – 16 February 1980
Chief Minister	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Ministries and Departments	Education Minority Affairs Language and Library Urban & Housing Development Self-governance Unit
In office 4 March 1990 – 14 December 1992
Chief Minister	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Ministries and Departments	Sports Department Self-governance Unit Urban & Housing Development Public Health Engineering
In office 11 December 1993 – 30 November 1998
Chief Minister	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Ministries and Departments	Youth Affairs and Sports Ground Water Department Public Health Engineering Urban & Housing Development Self-governance Unit
President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
In office 1986–1987
Preceded by	Hari Shankar Bhabhra
Succeeded by	Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi
In office 1989–1990
Preceded by	Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi
Succeeded by	Ramdas Agarwal
Personal details
Born	(1924-11-22)22 November 1924 Jaipur, Rajasthan, British India
Died	29 May 2020(2020-05-29) (aged 95) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Premkanta
Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
Parent	Nand Kishore Sharma (father)
Education	B.A., LL.B
Alma mater	S.S.G. Pareek College, Jaipur
Profession	Politician

He served as the President of the BJP’s Rajasthan unit three times and played a key role in strengthening the party organization during the 1980s and 1990s.^[2]

Political career

Bhanwar Lal Sharma began his political career during the Janata Party era and was first elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1977. He went on to represent the Hawa Mahal constituency for six consecutive terms until 2003.^[1]

He was considered a close aide of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and served in key ministerial roles during Shekhawat's tenure as Chief Minister. Sharma handled important departments such as Education, Urban Development, Self-Governance, Public Health Engineering, and Sports across different terms between 1978 and 1998.^[3]

As a senior organizational leader in the BJP, Sharma served as the President of BJP Rajasthan in 1986–87, again in 1989–90, and once more briefly in the early 1990s.^[4]

His long tenure and organizational leadership earned him recognition as a seasoned political strategist within the party, particularly in Jaipur and central Rajasthan.

Death

Bhanwar Lal Sharma passed away on 29 May 2020 in Jaipur at the age of 95.^[5][6][7]