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List Of People From Pratapgarh
This is a list of notable personalities from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Literature and science * Harivansh Rai Bachchan * Sumitranandan Pant * Imran Pratapgarhi * Nazish Pratapgarhi * Nirjhar Pratapgarhi * Swadesh Bharti * Jumai Khan Azad * Bhikhari Das * Deepak Dhar Independence activists * Baba Ram Chandra * Lal Pratap Singh * Pandit Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay * Roop Nath Singh Yadav * Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru * Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya * Rajaram Kisan Saints and religious icons * Swami Karpatri * Jagatguru Kripalu Maharaj * Ram Vilas Vedanti Politicians * Pandit Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay * Ajit Pratap Singh * Deenanath Sewak (Ex. M.L.A. and Ex. Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh) * Dinesh Singh * Swami Karpatri * Brajesh Singh * Roop Nath Singh Yadav * Feroze Gandhi * Ram Vilas Vedanti * Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya * Rajkumari Ratna Singh * Akshay Pratap Singh * Pramod Tiwari * Nagendra Singh Munna Yadav * Shyama Charan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh
The Pratapgarh district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Pratapgarh city is the district headquarters. Pratapgarh district is a part of Allahabad division. The total area of Pratapgarh district is 3730 Sq. Km. Wildlife The district has Ganga Dolphins in its river. History The City pratapgarh is named by famous King of Somvanshi Dynasty, Raja pratap bahadur singh a rajput ruler who made a castle named pratapgarh After time around the areas of the castle was also known by, pratapgarh; In 1928, the arrival of Simon Commission in India led to widespread agitations against the British government. Many of the Talukdars took the lead in the movement and openly displayed their opposition against the Imperial Government. On July 10, the Congress politician Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohanlal Saxena, visited the Pratapgarh district to address a public meeting at Hadi Hall (in Bela Pratapgarh), they were welcomed by Brajesh Singh. The district was also visite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roop Nath Singh Yadav
Roop Nath Singh Yadav (Hindi:रूप नाथ सिंह यादव) was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament of 6th Lok Sabha, belongs to Janata Party representing Pratapgarh Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He was a veteran freedom fighter who took an active part in the Quit Indian independence movement and was imprisoned. Life Roop Nath Singh Yadav left practice of Law after he was elected to the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh and inducted in the council of minister headed by Late Chaudhary Charan Singh and was a member of legislative assembly for two terms and a member of Lok Sabha for one term. Roop Nath Singh Yadav, Member of Parliament (6th Lok Sabha) in which capacity he moved the private member Bill. The Indian Social Disparity Removal Bill, 1979 The discussion on the Bill in the House led to Constitution of the All India Backward Class Commission headed by Late B.P. Mandal of which Roop Nath Singh Yadav was a co-opted Member for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Bhaiya
Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh (born 31 October 1969), popularly known as Raja Bhaiya, is an Indian politician. He is an MLA in the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from his native local assembly constituency Kunda on Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) ticket. On 16 November 2018, Singh announced he is forming his own party, the Jansatta Dal Loktantrik. Early life and education Raja Bhaiya was born on 31 October 1969 in Kolkata, West Bengal. His father is Uday Pratap Singh and hails from the royal Bhadri (estate) of Oudh. His grandfather Bajrang Bahadur Singh was the founder vice-chancellor of Pant Nagar Agriculture University and later the second governor of Himachal Pradesh state. Raghuraj was the first in his family to enter politics; his father is largely a recluse. Bajrang Bahadur Singh had no child, so he adopted his nephew Uday Pratap Singh as his son. Raghuraj Singh graduated from University of Lucknow in 1989. He married Bhanvi Kumari Singh on 15 February 1995, with whom he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghuraj Pratap Singh
Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh (born 31 October 1969), popularly known as Raja Bhaiya, is an Indian politician. He is an MLA in the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from his native local assembly constituency Kunda on Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) ticket. On 16 November 2018, Singh announced he is forming his own party, the Jansatta Dal Loktantrik. Early life and education Raja Bhaiya was born on 31 October 1969 in Kolkata, West Bengal. His father is Uday Pratap Singh and hails from the royal Bhadri (estate) of Oudh. His grandfather Bajrang Bahadur Singh was the founder vice-chancellor of Pant Nagar Agriculture University and later the second governor of Himachal Pradesh state. Raghuraj was the first in his family to enter politics; his father is largely a recluse. Bajrang Bahadur Singh had no child, so he adopted his nephew Uday Pratap Singh as his son. Raghuraj Singh graduated from University of Lucknow in 1989. He married Bhanvi Kumari Singh on 15 February 1995, with whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feroze Gandhi
Feroze Gandhi (born Feroze Jehangir Ghandy;: "Feroze Gandhi was also from the Nehrus' home town, Allahabad. A Parsi by faith, he at first spelt his surname 'Ghandy'. However, after he joined the national movement as a young man, he changed the spelling to bring it in line with that of Mahatma Gandhi." 12 September 1912 – 8 September 1960) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist. Gandhi published the newspapers ''The National Herald'' and '' The Navjivan''. He served as a member of the provincial parliament between 1950 and 1952, and later a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of India's parliament. Gandhi's wife, Indira Nehru (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India), and their elder son Rajiv were both prime ministers of India. Early life Feroze Jehangir Ghandy was born on 12 September 1912 to a Parsi family at the Tehmulji Nariman Hospital in the Fort district of Bombay; his parents, Jehangir Faredoon Ghandy and Ratim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brajesh Singh
Brajesh Singh ( hi, ब्रजेश सिंह, Kunwar Brijesh Singh or Brajesh Singh Lal; died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (CPI). He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar near Allahabad and his nephew Dinesh Singh was a minister in the Indian cabinet. His first wife was Kunwarani Laxmi Devi, followed by Leela, an Austrian woman with whom he had a son named Victor Singh. Victor later moved to England where he became a photographer. In 1963, while recuperating from bronchitis, Singh met Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of Joseph Stalin. The two fell in love while Singh was critically ill with bronchiectasis and emphysema. The romance deepened while the couple were recuperating in Sochi near the Black Sea. Singh returned to Moscow in 1965 to work as a translator, but he and Alliluyeva were not allowed to marry. He died the following year, on 31 October 1966. In an interview on 26 April 1967, she said that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh Politician)
Dinesh Singh (19 July 1925 – 30 November 1995) was an Indian politician. His family is from Kalakankar. He served as a Member of Parliament on several occasions, and twice served as the Minister of External Affairs of India. Early life and education Dinesh Singh was born on 19 July 1925, to Raja Awadhesh Singh, the taluqdar, or landed nobleman, of Kalakankar in Uttar Pradesh. He was educated at The Doon School, Dehradun and at Lucknow University. Political career In 1962-66 he was Deputy Minister in the Ministry of External Affairs 1962–66, Minister of State 1966–67, and Minister of Commerce 1967-69 and 1988–89, Minister of Industrial Development and Internal Trade 1970–71. He was Minister of External Affairs 1969-70 and 1993–1995. He was elected from Pratapgarh for seven terms from the Second Lok Sabha (1957–62), to the Fifth Lok Sabha (1971–77), and then again for the Eighth and Ninth Lok Sabha 1984–1991, serving in the Rajya Sabha in the interregnum. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deenanath Sewak
Deenanath Sewak (also known as Dina Nath) was a politician from the Raebareli district of Uttar Pradesh. Early life and family He was born at Baraut in the Meerut district in a lower-middle-class family, where his father Ram Harsha Chaudhary was a head mason at a brick factory. He was originally resident in Atheha village of Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. He was married to Rajkumari and had two children, Prakash Nath Sewak and Ravindra Nath Sewak. Political career He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Salon Constituency of Raebareli for two times, once from Bhartiya Kranti Dal in 1974 and once from Janta Party in 1977. He also served as Minister of Social Welfare and Minister of Rural Industries in the then Government of Uttar Pradesh. Later, he joined the Indian National Congress and was appointed as the chairman of Uttar Pradesh Rajya Bhandaragar Nigam Limited and Uttar Pradesh Upbhokta Sahkari Sangh Limited. He contested the State Legisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajit Pratap Singh
Ajit Pratap Singh (14 January 1917 – 6 January 2000) was an Indian politician of Indian National Congress party from Pratapgarh, who was cabinet minister of Government of Uttar Pradesh (1969–77) and also the member of Lok Sabha twice from Pratapgarh constituency in 1962 and 1980. Early life and education Born in the ruling family from princely state of Pratapgarh, established in the 17th century, Raja Ajit Pratap Singh was educated at St. Joseph's College, Allahabad, Senior Cambridge. Career He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1946–52 and again 1967–77, during this period he was Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh 1969–77. Thereafter remained member of the Rajya Sabha, 1958–62. He was elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha, 1962–67 (this time as a Jan Sangh candidate, opposing Congress), later he joined Congress and was elected again to the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980. He was the Minister for Excise 1985, Minister for Excise and Forests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Vilas Vedanti
Dr. Ram Vilas Vedanti (Hindi:डॉ राम विलास वेदांती; born 7 October 1958) is an Indian politician, Hindu religious leader and Member of Parliament of 12th Lok Sabha, affiliated to Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ... serving Pratapgarh (UP) Lok Sabha Constituency.He is member of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust.he is member of Vishwa Hindu Parshad References People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Indian socialists 1958 births Living people India MPs 1998–1999 People from Rewa district Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 1996–1997 People from Jaunpur district Vishva Hindu Parishad members {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kripalu Maharaj
Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj (IAST: '; 5 October 1922 – 15 November 2013) the fifth original Jagadguru in Indian history, the embodiment of the nectar of divine love, was one of the foremost rasik saints who showered the bliss of raganuga bhakti on souls the world over. Supreme Spiritual Master of the World, Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj was the Descension of Divine Love and Bliss, Propounder of Eternal Vedic Philosophy and Reconciler of all Philosophies. He was the founder of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), a worldwide Hindu non-profit organization with five main ashrams;Walker, J.K. 2007. ''The Concise Guide to Today's Religions and Spirituality''. Harvest House Publishers. four in India and one in the United States.Radha Madhav Dham'. The Harvard Pluralism Project. He was awarded the title of Jagadguru (world teacher) at the age of 34 by Kashi Vidvat Parishat (Body of 500 topmost revered scholars of Vedic literature who collectively represented the seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swami Karpatri
Dharm samrat swami Hariharanand Saraswati (1907–1980) popularly known as Swami Karpatri (so called because he would eat only what would come in his palm 'kara', as the bowl 'pātra'), was born as Hari Narayan Ojha into a Saryupareen Brahmin family of a village called Bhatni in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a sannyasi in the Hindu Dashanami monastic tradition. Childhood As a child, Swami Karpatri had no interest in worldly matters. He was married to Srimati Mahadevi at the age of 9 in the year 1916. Even after his marriage, he tried to leave his home in search of truth but failed. His father said "I would allow you to leave home only if you become father of child and give us a grandchild"; a girl child was born, and Karpatri left his home at the age of 19. Education He went to Sangved Vidyalaya and started his Sanskrit grammar education in 1926. After this, he studied Vedanta and other darshanas from Swami Vishveshvarashrama. After his years of learning, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
