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Haribhau Upadhyaya

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Pt. Haribhau Upadhyaya
Chief Minister of Ajmer State
In office
24 March 1952 – 31 October 1956
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
ConstituencyShrinagar
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
1957–1967
ConstituencyKekri
Finance Minister Government of Rajasthan
In office
1957–1962
Minister of Education, Industries, Civil Supplies and Devasthan, Government of Rajasthan
In office
1962–1967
Personal details
Born1892
Bhaurasa, Central India Agency, British India
Died25 August 1972
(aged 79-80)
Hatundi Ajmer
PartyIndian National Congress
Awards
Padma Bhushan
NicknameDa Sahab

Haribhau Upadhyaya was an Indian politician and an Indian independence activist. He was the Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 1952 to 1956.

Life

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He was born in 1892 at Bhaurasa village in present-day Dewas of Madhya Pradesh into an Audumbar Brahmin family.[1][2] In 1952, he was elected to the Ajmer Legislative Assembly from Shrinagar constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate[3] and became the Chief Minister of Ajmer state from 24 March 1952 to 31 October 1956. He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1957 from the Kekri constituency and served as the Finance Minister in the Government of Rajasthan from 1957 to 1962. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 1962 and served as the Education Minister from 1962 to 1967. During this period, he also held charge of the Industries (excluding large-scale and mineral-based industries), Civil Supplies and Devasthan departments.[4] He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1966.[5] He died on 25 August 1972.[6]

Works

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  • Swatantrta Ki Aur (स्वतंत्रता की ओर) (in Hindi)
  • Durvadal (दूर्वादल) (in Hindi)
  • Durvadal (in English)
  • Yug Dharm (युगधर्म) (in Hindi)
  • Bapu ke Ashram Mey (बापू के आश्रम में) (in Hindi)
  • Sadhana ke Path Par (साधना के पथ पर) (in Hindi)
  • Bhagwat Geeta (in Hindi)

References

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  1. ↑ Paṅkaja, Vishṇu (1966). Haribhāū Upādhyāya : vyaktitva aura krtitva (in Hindi). Durlabha Prakāśana Mandira.
  2. ↑ Caturvedī, Banārasīdāsa (1969). Samanvayī sādhaka Śri Haribhāu Upādhyāya abhinandana grantha (in Hindi). Rājasthāna-Saṃskr̥ta-Saṃsad.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Ajmer" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Rajasthan Year Book and Who's Who, 1963 (PDF). Government of Rajasthan. 1963. p. 75. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pandit Haribhau Upadhyaya :: Da'Sahab". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2011.


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