Yagya Dutt Sharma (Punjab politician)

For the politician from Madhya Pradesh, see Yagya Datt Sharma (Madhya Pradesh politician).

Veer Yagya Dutt Sharma (21 October 1922 – 4 July 1996) (formerly known as Banarsi Dass Chandan) was an Indian politician.^[1] He was associated with RSS and was one of the founding members of Bhartiya Jan Sangh. He was a member of the fourth and sixth Lok Sabha representing the Amritsar and Gurdaspur parliamentary constituencies in Punjab during 1967-70 and 1977–79.^[1] He was also a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.^{[citation needed]} His memorable contribution in establishing Bhartiya Jan Sangh in the rural areas of hills of Punjab (Kangra Una Hamirpur & Shimla) which are presently the part of Himachal Pradesh deserves a special mention.^{[citation needed]} He was the Governor of Odisha from 1990 to 1993.^[1][2][3]

Yagya Dutt Sharma
Governor of Odisha
In office 7 February 1990 – 1 February 1993
Preceded by	Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Succeeded by	Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Member of Lok Sabha
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by	Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Succeeded by	Durgadas Bhatia
Constituency	Amritsar
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Prabodh Chandra
Succeeded by	Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder
Constituency	Gurdaspur
Personal details
Born	(1922-09-21)21 September 1922 Takhatgarh Village, Punjab, British India
Died	4 July 1996(1996-07-04) (aged 73) New Delhi
Spouse	Prakashwati Sharma
Children	Prem Dutt Sharma Aradhna Sharma
Profession	Politician

An ayurvedic physician by profession, he worked to improve indigenous system of medicine and to promote the ayurvedic system of medicine.^{[citation needed]} During the famines of 1943 in Bengal and Kangra-Kula valley in 1945–46, he along with a team of doctors from Punjab provided relief to the famine-stricken people.^{[citation needed]}

He also worked for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees in 1947 and rendered medical assistance to the sick.^{[citation needed]}