Pt. Tarkeshwar Pandey
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Pt. Tarkeshwar Pandey was an India
n Member of Parliament
from 1952 to 1977. He was in jail from 1932 to 1939. He was the only Congress MP to have opposed the Hindu Code Bill in the Indian Parliament. He was MP from Salempur from 1972 to 1977 (http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lswb.htm). Strangely is associated more with Ballia politics than Salempur. He has a village named after him in Ballia and a colony in Varanasi.
India
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n Member of Parliament
Parliament of India
The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament of India comprises the President and the two Houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...
from 1952 to 1977. He was in jail from 1932 to 1939. He was the only Congress MP to have opposed the Hindu Code Bill in the Indian Parliament. He was MP from Salempur from 1972 to 1977 (http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lswb.htm). Strangely is associated more with Ballia politics than Salempur. He has a village named after him in Ballia and a colony in Varanasi.