Yagya Datt Sharma ( hi, यज्ञ दत्त शर्मा, 1936 – 20 May 2016) was an Indian politician from the state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

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. He represented Indore-4 constituency to the

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 ''Vidhan ...

for the first time as an independent candidate in 1967, Indore-2 in 1977 from

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. He again represented Indore-4 in 1980. In the early 1980s he became

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of the State lower house, but had to quit from his speaker-ship on the proved charges of illegal land acquisition in his constituency. He resigned on 19 July 1983; Arjun Singh was

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then.

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1936 births 2016 deaths Speakers of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Politicians from Indore Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1967–1972 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985 Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh {{MadhyaPradesh-INC-politician-stub