Shri Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

SHARMA, SHRI  BHAGWAT DAYAL, M.A., Janata, (Haryana—Karnal—1977):  s. of Shri Murali Lal; b.  at Beri, Rohtak District; January 26, 1918; ed. Banaras  Hindu University; m. Smt. Savitri Devi; 3 s. and 3 d.; Trade Unionist; Previously associated with (i) Congress and (ii) Congress  (Organisation); Participated in Freedom Movement and was imprisoned, 1941—46; Secretary, Indian National Trade Union Congress (Regional), Punjab, Himachal  Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and its President, 1959—61, Member, National Executive, Indian National Trade Union Congress, 1959—65; Member, Working Committee, Indian National Trade Union Congress, 1959 and its Organising Secretary, 1960-61; President, (i) Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, 1963, and 1964—66, and (ii) Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee 1966; elected Leader of the United Front in Haryana, 1968; Member, Working Committee, All-India Congress Committee (Organisation), 1970-71; Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly, 1962—66; Minister of State for Labour and Cooperation, Government of Punjab, 1962—66; Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly, 1966-67; Chief Minister, Haryana Suite, 1966-67; Member, Rajya Sabha, 1968—74; Member, Sixth Lok Sabha, March—September, 1977, appointed Governor of Orissa in September 1977; Represented Indian Workers twice, 1957 and 1958, in the International Labour Organisation (Geneva), Switzerland; Member, Delegation of Trade Unionists to United Kingdom, 1963-64.

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Reading and Chess.

Travels abroad:  Switzerland, United Kingdom, U.S.S. R., Germany and other European countries.

Permanent address:  7-B, Janpath, New Delhi.