Anant Sharma
{{Short description|Indian politician (1919–1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anant Prasad Sharma
| image = Anant Sharma Lok Sabha photo.jpg
| imagesize = 150
| office = Governor of West Bengal
| term_start = 10 October 1983
| term_end = 16 August 1984
| appointer = Zail Singh
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Jyoti Basu
| predecessor = B. D. Pande
| successor = Satish Chandra {{small|(Acting)}}
| office1 = Governor of Punjab
| term_start1 = 21 February 1983
| term_end1 = 10 October 1983
| appointer1 = Zail Singh
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = Darbara Singh
| predecessor1 = Surjit Singh Sandhawalia {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor1 = B. D. Pande
| office4 = Minister of Shipping and Transport
| term_start4 = 14 January 1980
| term_end4 = 19 October 1980
| primeminister4 = Indira Gandhi
| predecessor4 = Janeshwar Mishra
{{small|(Minister of State, I/C)}}
| successor4 = Veerendra Patil
| office2 = Minister of Communications
| term_start2 = 2 September 1982
| term_end2 = 14 February 1983
| primeminister2 = Indira Gandhi
| predecessor2 = C. M. Stephen
| successor2 = Indira Gandhi
| office3 = Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
| term_start3 = 8 June 1980
| term_end3 = 2 September 1982
| primeminister3 = Indira Gandhi
| predecessor3 = Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
| successor3 = Indira Gandhi
| office5 = Minister of State for Industry
| term_start5 = 9 August 1976
| term_end5 = 24 March 1977
| alongside5 = Buddha Priya Maurya
| minister5 = T. A. Pai
| primeminister5 = Indira Gandhi
| office6 = Minister of State for Industry and Civil Supplies
| term_start6 = 10 October 1974
| term_end6 = 9 August 1976
| alongside6 = Buddha Priya Maurya and A. C. George
| minister6 = T. A. Pai
| primeminister6 = Indira Gandhi
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1919|12|25}}
|birth_place =
|death_date = {{death date and age|1988|10||1919|12|25}}
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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).a{{cite web|url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combalpha.htm|title=MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA - A|publisher=Parliament of India|accessdate=2014-02-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627204233/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combalpha.htm|archivedate=27 June 2013|df=dmy-all}} He was a member of the Rajya Sabha three times, in 1968–1971, 1978–1983 and 1984–1988.{{cite web| title = Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 -S: 109. Sharma Shri Anant Prasad| url = http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx| accessdate = 2014-02-21| publisher = Rajya Sabha| url-status = live| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100109030114/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx| archivedate = 9 January 2010| df = dmy-all}}
Early years and education
Anant Sharma was born on 25 December 1919 to Ram Naresh Sharma, in his village named Gaudarh near Shahpur in Bhojpur District, Bihar (then in Shahabad District). He was born into a humble family. He studied at D.A.V. School.
Career
Sharma was a Railway Union Leader. Because of his career as a trade union leader, he was invited by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India,{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/prime-ministers-of-india-969574-2017-04-05|title=The 15 Prime Ministers of India |work=India Today |accessdate=25 February 2020}} to run for the Parliamentary elections from the constituency of Buxar, Bihar. He ran and won in 1962 and again in 1971. In 1966, he became the President of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC).{{cite web | title = Members Bioprofile: Fifth Lok Sabha | url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1636.htm | accessdate = 2014-02-21 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140225192454/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1636.htm | archivedate = 25 February 2014 | df = dmy-all }}[http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm "Election Commission of India"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131061850/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm |date=31 January 2009 }}
In 1974, he was made the Minister of State for Industry, Government of India,{{cite web |url=http://www.biharchamber.org/node/157 |title=Mtg with Shri Anant Prasad Sharma, Union Minister of State for Industry & Civil Supplies on 21 Oct 1974 | Bihar Chamber of Commerce & Industries |publisher=Biharchamber.org |date=1974-10-21 |accessdate=2013-12-19 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219074741/http://www.biharchamber.org/node/157 |archivedate=19 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }} under the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi. Thereafter, he went on to become the Union Minister for Ministries including Communications, Surface Transport, Shipping and Civil Aviation in Government of India.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} He was the Minister of Communications from 1982 to 1983.{{cite web|author=Minister of State Former Ministers |url=http://www.dot.gov.in/about-us/former-ministers |title=Former Ministers | Minister's Page | About Us | Department of Telecommunications |publisher=Dot.gov.in |accessdate=2013-12-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002203226/http://www.dot.gov.in/about-us/former-ministers |archivedate=2 October 2013 }} Shri A P Sharma became the Governor of the State of Punjab and the State of West Bengal in 1983.{{cite web |url=http://www.sensonmedia.net/information/governors_west_bengla.htm |title=List of Governors of West Bengal |publisher=Sensonmedia.net |accessdate=2013-12-19 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126074942/http://sensonmedia.net/information/governors_west_bengla.htm |archivedate=26 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm |title=The Raj Bhavan is not just a heritage building |publisher=Rajbhavankolkata.gov.in |accessdate=2013-12-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072725/http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm |archivedate=9 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
Personal life
He was married to Tara Devi, and the couple had two sons. He died in October 1988.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
His eldest sons, Shri Arun Kumar Sharma, Shri Hriday Narayan Sharma, an India Railway officer was asked by Shri Rajiv Gandhi to contest the Bihar State Assembly Elections from Dumraon in 1990. He is settled in Delhi along with his family.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
References
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- His second son was Mr manmohan Sharma was an officer in air India.his wife is also very religious{{cn|date=May 2018}}
{{Governors of West Bengal}}
{{Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)}}
{{Ministry of Communications (India)}}
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Category:Trade unionists from Bihar
Category:People from Bhojpur district, India
Category:Governors of West Bengal
Category:Governors of Punjab, India
Category:Union ministers of state of India
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar
Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar
Category:Rajya Sabha members from Bihar
Category:Civil aviation ministers of India
Category:Tourism ministers of India