Dhaniram Verma

Dhaniram Verma was an Indian politician from Samajwadi Party who served as the 13th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 1995. He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Dhaniram Verma
Leader of the Opposition Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 21 April 1997 – 15 September 2001
Chief Minister	Mayawati Kalyan Singh Ram Prakash Gupta Rajnath Singh
Preceded by	Mulayam Singh Yadav
Succeeded by	Swami Prasad Maurya
Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 15 December 1993 – 20 June 1995
Chief Minister	Mulayam Singh Yadav Mayawati
Preceded by	Keshari Nath Tripathi
Succeeded by	Barkhuram Verma
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2007–2009
Preceded by	Vinay Shakya
Succeeded by	Mahesh Chandra Verma
Constituency	Bidhuna
In office 1989–2002
Preceded by	Ausan Singh
Succeeded by	Vinay Shakya
Constituency	Bidhuna
In office 1980–1985
Preceded by	Bharat Singh Chauhan
Succeeded by	Kamlesh Pathak
Constituency	Auraiya
Personal details
Born	(1930-10-07)7 October 1930 Purwasujan, United Provinces, British India
Died	12 December 2012(2012-12-12) (aged 82)[1] Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bahujan Samaj Party (2008-12)[2]
Other political affiliations	Samajwadi Party (till 2008)
Spouse	Smt. Ram Devi ​ (m. 1946⁠–⁠2012)​
Children	4 sons & 3 daughters
Parent	Ram Prasad Verma (father)
Education	M.A.
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