Govind Das Richharia (26 February 1920 – 18 March 1996) was an Indian politician who was a leader of

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. He was member of the Fifth

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representing the

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. He also served as a member of the

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 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 1980 to 1985. Richharia died on 18 March 1996, at the age of 76.

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1920 births 1996 deaths Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 1971–1977 People from Jhansi district Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub