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Sampurnanand | |
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संपूर्णानंद | |
 Sampurnanand in 1936 | |
| 2nd Governor of Rajasthan | |
| In office 16 April 1962 – 16 April 1967 | |
| Chief Minister | Mohan Lal Sukhadia |
| Preceded by | Gurumukh Nihal Singh |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Hukam Singh |
| 2nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 28 December 1954 – 7 December 1960 | |
| Preceded by | Govind Ballabh Pant |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Bhanu Gupta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1891 Benares, Benares State, British India |
| Died | 10 January 1969 (aged 78) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Sampurnanand (1 January 1891 – 10 January 1969) was an Indian teacher and politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1954 until 1960, and later as Governor of Rajasthan. Serving for five years and 344 days, he had the longest single tenure of any Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister until surpassed by Yogi Adityanath in 2023.[1]
Born in Varanasi, Sampurnanand was a respected scholar of Sanskrit and astronomy. During the Indian Independence Movement, Sampuranand participated in the Non-cooperation movement.[2] He worked as an editor for Maryada, a Hindi newspaper founded by Madan Mohan Malaviya, and contributed frequently to the National Herald. His political career began in 1922, when he joined the All-India Congress Committee, and was subsequently appointed Minister for Education of Uttar Pradesh.[3] Following India’s Independence, Sampurnanand was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and selected as Education Minister. During his tenure, he devised plans for the establishment of an astronomical observatory at the Government Sanskrit College (GSC) in Varanasi, which in 1974 was named after him as Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya.[4]
Sampurnanand became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1954, and served for nearly six years, until he was asked to step down following a political crisis in the UP government. As chief minister, Sampurnanand continued to promote the use of the Hindi language[5] and passed a ban on the slaughter of cattle, against the wishes of then-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.[6] Following his resignation, he became Governor of Rajasthan in 1962, where he advocated for the "open prison" system, in which prisoners were allowed to live with family and work.[7]
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