Buddha Priya Maurya | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1971–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Prakash Vir Shastri |
| Succeeded by | Kunwar Mahmood Ali Khan |
| Constituency | Hapur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bhagwati Dewi Prasad 1 May 1926 Khair, Aligarh District |
| Died | 27 September 2004 (aged 78) Ghaziabad |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Scheduled Castes Federation Republican Party of India |
| Spouse | Kanta Maurya |
| Children | 5 |
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| Residence(s) | Misal Garhi, Ghaziabad |
| Alma mater | Balwant Rajput College, Agra |
Buddha Priya Maurya (1 May 1926 – 27 September 2004), better known as B.P. Maurya, was a popular Indian politician and a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha and 5th Lok Sabha of western Uttar Pradesh. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Hapur, Uttar Pradesh in the 1971 Indian general election as a member of the Indian National Congress, defeating senior Prakash Vir Shastri leader Bharatiya Kranti Dal.[1][2]
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- ^ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 11 April 2020.