Athai Ram Yadav (born 1 January 1926) was an Indian politician who was elected as Member of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...

from

Handia Assembly constituency Handia is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Handia in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Handia is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, ...

for three times. He was elected as an independent candidate in

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and in

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he represented Bharatiya Kranti Dal. He joined the newly formed

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and was elected for the third time from the same constituency. He was elected a member of the Zila Parishad, and later the head of Dhanupur block.

Early life and education

Athai Ram Yadav was born on 1 January 1926 in Jagdishpur village of Dhanupur block of Allahabad to Shivphal Yadav. He studied till middle school.

Personal life

Athai Ram Yadav was married to Ramraji Devi.

References

{{Reflist 1926 births Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 People from Prayagraj Janata Party politicians Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1967–1969 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1974–1977