Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (25 April 1919 – 17 March 1989) was an

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leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; he later joined

Bharatiya Lok Dal Bharatiya Lok Dal (English: Indian Peoples' Party) was a political party in India. The BLD or simply BL was formed at the end of 1974 through the fusion of seven parties opposed to the rule of Indira Gandhi, including the Swatantra Party, th ...

and worked with

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Personal life

He was born on 25 April 1919 in Bughani,

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in a

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family. The family later moved to Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. Little is known about his first marriage. His first wife always lived in his native village Bughani as a simple village woman. His second wife,

Kamala Bahuguna Kamala Bahuguna (30 December 1923 – 7 November 2001) was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh as member of the Janata Party in 1977. She is 2nd wife of Hemva ...

, lived with him in

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and was mother of their three children: :*Their eldest son

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served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was a former judge of Allahabad and

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. He is member of

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. Vijay's son Saurabh is a Member of the

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from BJP . He is currently serving as the Minister of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Skill development & Employment, Protocol and Sugarcane Development in the

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's cabinet of 2022. :*Second son Shekhar Bahuguna. :*The couple's daughter,

Rita Bahuguna Joshi Rita Bahuguna Joshi (born 22 July 1949) is an Indian politician and was cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. She was the president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee from 2007 to 2012. She is the daughter of Hemwati Nanda ...

was chief of UP Pradesh Congress committee. She also served as the Mayor of

. She is member of

Politics

Pre independence

Students Parliament

He studied in D.A.V. School and Messmore Inter College of Pauri Town. He passed 10th from Pauri and went to the

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in Allahabad in 1937 in the Bachelor of Science programme. He received an Arts degree in 1946.

In jail

He was jailed as a part of Quit India movement from 1942 to 1946.

Post independence

Union Cabinet

In 1971, he was made State Minister for Communication in the Union Cabinet.

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

In 1973, he was appointed the Chief Minister of

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, the most populous state in India. However, his tenure was short and he was forced to resign by Prime minister

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in 1975.

Parting of ways with the Congress

In early 1977, when Indira Gandhi lifted the state emergency and called for new elections to the Lok Sabha, Bahuguna left the ruling Congress party of Indira and formed a new group called

Congress for Democracy The Congress for Democracy (CFD) was an Indian political party founded in 1977 by Jagjivan Ram. It was formed after Jagjivan Ram, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, and Nandini Satpathy left the Indian National Congress of Indira Gandhi and denounced her ru ...

(CFD) with

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and

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. The CFD joined the Janata alliance to contest the elections. After the victory of the Janata alliance, Bahuguna joined the cabinet of Janata Prime Minister

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as the

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. In 1979, he became the Finance Minister under the short lived (August - December 1979) Charan Singh administration. During his term, Indian economy went into the last recession of the 20th century. Real GDP growth fell by massive 5.2% in 1979 due to the global energy crisis. Bahuguna withdrew from the government and joined hands with Indira Gandhi in October 1979. In the January 1980 Parliamentary elections he won from

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as Indira Gandhi's Congress(I) party candidate. But, he soon left the party and resigned his seat subsequently. He won the by-election for the seat in 1982.

1984 Lok Sabha Elections

He contested against the Congress candidate,

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, in 1984 Parliamentary elections from Allahabad constituency. Bachchan won the election by approximately 1,87,000 votes. Later his wife Kamla Bahuguna also stood for by-elections from Allahabad.

Electoral history

* 1971 : Elected to Lok Sabha from

as member of Congress * 1977 : Elected to Lok Sabha from Lucknow as member of 'Congress For Democracy', supported by Janata Party * 1980 : Elected to Lok Sabha from

as member of Congress, but soon quit both Congress and Lok Sabha * 1982 bypoll : Elected to Lok Sabha from Garhwal, defeating his Congress rival * 1984 : Lost to

in Prayagraj (Allahabad)

Death

Bahuguna fell ill in 1988 and flew to the United States for coronary bypass surgery. The surgery was unsuccessful and he died 17 March 1989 in a Cleveland hospital.

Legacy

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University(HNBGU) (formerly known as Garhwal University) is a Central University, established in 1973, located in Srinagar, Uttarakhand in Northern India. The university is named after Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, f ...

's largest university in

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Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University (HNBUMU), also known H.N.B. Uttarakhand Medical Education University, is a medical education state university located at Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. It was established in 2014 b ...

, in

Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...

, Uttarakhand

References

External links

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
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H.N.Bahuguna: A man who could have been Prime Minister
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