Kanhaiya Lal Balmiki (14 March 1919 — 2 September 1985) was an Indian politician. He along with
Raghubar Dayal Misra
Raghubar Dayal Misra was an Indian politician He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress. He and K.L. Balmiki were the 1st Lok Sabha
The First Lok Sabha was constitu ...
were the
1st Lok Sabha
The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. The First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952.
...
MP from the
Bulandshahr constituency of
Uttar Pradesh as a member of the
Indian National Congress.
K.L. Balmiki also remained as MP in the
3rd Lok Sabha
List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, (2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967) elected February–March 1962. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The election was held for 494 seats out of which Indian nati ...
representing
Khurja
Khurja is a city (and a municipal board) in Bulandshahr district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated around 20 km from Bulandshahr, 85 km from Delhi. Khurja supplies a large portion of the ceramics used in the country, henc ...
from 1962 to 1967.
Balmiki was born 14 March 1919 in the village of Khanai (
Baluchistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
). He was educated in
Government Intermediate College,
Allahabad
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...
and
Meerut College. Married to Ramavati Devi on June 15, 1941, they have two sons and two daughters.
Balmiki actively participated in the
Quit India Movement
The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in ...
. As a student, he participated several times in
Hartal and
Satyagraha
Satyagraha ( sa, सत्याग्रह; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone w ...
. He was imprisoned as a political detainee during 1943—1945.
References
External links
Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website
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1919 births
1985 deaths
Indian National Congress politicians
India MPs 1952–1957
India MPs 1957–1962
India MPs 1962–1967