Yagya Datt Sharma (politician)

Yagya Datt Sharma (Hindi: यज्ञ दत्त शर्मा, 1936 – 20 May 2016) was an Indian politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh of India. He represented Indore-4 constituency to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time as an independent candidate in 1967,^[1] Indore-2 in 1977^[2] from Indian National Congress. He again represented Indore-4 in 1980.^[3] In the early 1980s he became Speaker 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 Chief Minister then.^[4][5][6]

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1. "General Elections of MP 1967" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
2. "General Elections of MP 1977" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
3. "General Elections of MP 1980" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
4. N. S. Gehlot (1985). Office of the speaker in India. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 107. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
5. N. S. Gehlot (1985). Office of the speaker in India. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 164. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
6. "Former MP assembly speaker Yagya Datt Sharma dead". The Times of India. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.