Yadavendra Dutt Dubey

Yadavendra Dutt Dubey
Maharaja of Jaunpur
Reign1944-1971
Coronation1944
PredecessorShrikrishna Dutt Dubey
SuccessorTitle abolished
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byKamla Prasad Singh
Succeeded byArjun Singh Yadav
ConstituencyJaunpur
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byRajdeo Singh
Succeeded byAzizullah Azmi
ConstituencyJaunpur
Leader of the Opposition
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
28 March 1962 – 2 February 1964
Chief MinisterChandra Bhanu Gupta
Sucheta Kripalani
Preceded byTriloki Singh
Succeeded bySharda Bhukt Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1969–1974
Preceded byK.Prasad
Succeeded byNaju Ram
ConstituencyBarsathi
In office
1957–1967
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byK.Pati
ConstituencyJaunpur
Personal details
Born(1918-12-07)7 December 1918
Jaunpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died1999 (aged 80–81)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(1980-his death)
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Jan Sangh
(till 1977)
Spouse
Rani Dayavati Dubey
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(m. 1940⁠–⁠1999)​
Parent
  • Shrikrishna Dutt Dubey (father)
Source: [1]

Yadavendra Dutt Dubey (7 December 1918 – 1999) was the Maharaja of Jaunpur since 1956. He had been a member of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1942 and became its sanghchalak (director) for the Varanasi division.[1] He was elected to the 6th and 9th Lok Sabha from Jaunpur on a Bharatiya Jan Sangh ticket. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 17 years and served as its leader of opposition from 1962 to 1964.[2]

  1. ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (1996). The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 978-1850653011.
  2. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.