Brahm Prakash (politician)

Brahm Prakash
13th Minister of Agriculture
In office 30 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime Minister	Charan Singh
Preceded by	Surjit Singh Barnala
Succeeded by	Rao Birendra Singh
Constituency	Nangloi Jat
Member of the Lok Sabha for Outer Delhi
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Chaudhry Dalip Singh
Succeeded by	Sajjan Kumar
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	Chaudhry Dalip Singh
In office 1962–1967
Preceded by	Naval Prabhakar
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of the Lok Sabha for Delhi Sadar
In office 1957–1962
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Shiv Charan Gupta
1st Chief Minister of Delhi
In office 17 March 1952 – 12 February 1955
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Gurumukh Nihal Singh
Personal details
Born	Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav (1918-06-16)16 June 1918 Kenya, British India
Died	11 August 1993(1993-08-11) (aged 75) Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress, Janata Party
Residence(s)	Delhi, India

Brahm Prakash Yadav (1918–1993) was an Indian politician, the first Chief Minister of Delhi and a freedom fighter who played an important role in the individual Satyagraha Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1940. His ancestors were from Haryana but his father a famous landlord, Chaudhary Bhagwan Das Yadav shifted to shakurpur village of Delhi and later moved to Kenya so Brahm Prakash was born in Nairobi, Kenya itself.^[1]