Anant Sharma

Anant Prasad Sharma
Governor of West Bengal
In office
10 October 1983 – 16 August 1984
Appointed byZail Singh
Chief MinisterJyoti Basu
Preceded byB. D. Pande
Succeeded bySatish Chandra (Acting)
Governor of Punjab
In office
21 February 1983 – 10 October 1983
Appointed byZail Singh
Chief MinisterDarbara Singh
Preceded bySurjit Singh Sandhawalia (Acting)
Succeeded byB. D. Pande
Minister of Communications
In office
2 September 1982 – 14 February 1983
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byC. M. Stephen
Succeeded byIndira Gandhi
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
In office
8 June 1980 – 2 September 1982
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byJanaki Ballabh Patnaik
Succeeded byIndira Gandhi
Minister of Shipping and Transport
In office
14 January 1980 – 19 October 1980
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byJaneshwar Mishra
(Minister of State, I/C)
Succeeded byVeerendra Patil
Minister of State for Industry
In office
9 August 1976 – 24 March 1977
Serving with Buddha Priya Maurya
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
MinisterT. A. Pai
Minister of State for Industry and Civil Supplies
In office
10 October 1974 – 9 August 1976
Serving with Buddha Priya Maurya and A. C. George
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
MinisterT. A. Pai
Personal details
Born(1919-12-25)December 25, 1919
DiedOctober 1988(1988-10-00) (aged 68)

Anant Prasad Sharma (25 December 1919 – October 1988) was an Indian Railway Union leader, politician who became Minister of State for Industry, and Union Minister of the government of India. He was also the Governor of the State of Punjab and the State of West Bengal. He was a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha and 5th Lok Sabha from Buxar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] He was a member of the Rajya Sabha three times, in 1968–1971, 1978–1983 and 1984–1988.[2]

  1. ^ a"MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA - A". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 -S: 109. Sharma Shri Anant Prasad". Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2014.