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Yamuna Prasad Shastri was a member of
Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...
from
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh Rewa is a city in north-eastern part of Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is the administrative center of Rewa District and Rewa Division. The city lies about northeast of the state capital Bhopal and north of the city of Jabalpur. The ma ...
. He was member of
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, ...
later on changed alliance with
Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...
. He was also a member of
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vidha ...
He participated in the Goa Liberation Movement in 1955 and lost his right eye vision due to torture by Portuguese police and later in March 1975 became totally blind. Many schools and colleges have been dedicated in his memory.


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1927 births Indian blind people Goa liberation activists India MPs 1977–1979 Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh People from Rewa district 1997 deaths India MPs 1989–1991 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1967–1972 Praja Socialist Party politicians Blind politicians Indian politicians with disabilities Janata Party politicians Janata Dal politicians Blind activists Indian activists with disabilities {{MadhyaPradesh-politician-stub