Balak Ram Kashyap

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Balak Ram Kashyap

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| image = Balak Ram Kashyap.webp

| caption = Balak Ram Kashyap in 1977 during elections

| country = India

| predecessor = Pratap Singh Kashyap

| president = Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

| primeminister = Morarji Desai

| successor = Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri

| term_start = 24 March 1977

| term_end = 14 January 1980

| vicepresident = B. D. Jatti

| source = https://datais.info/loksabha/members/Balak+Ram+%2C+Shri/ed18442ea2cf74176bb868a59e84dc64/

| party = Janata Party

| birth_name = Balak Ram Kashyap

| birth_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|1918|03|08}}

| birth_place = Kashyap Niwas, Kaithu, Annadale, Shimla, Shimla district, Punjab Province, British India (now Himachal Pradesh) in India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2003|02|18|1918|03|08}}

| death_place = IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

| citizenship = {{flag|India}}

| nationality = Indian

| spouse = Janki Devi (married: 1946)

| children = 4 sons, 5 daughters

| parents = Kesroo Ram Kashyap (father)

| residence = Kashyap Niwas, Kaithu Annadale, Shimla

| occupation = *Army person

• Politician

| allegiance = *British India (1941–1947)

• India (1947–1976)

| branch = *British Indian Army (1941–1947)

• Indian Army (1947–1976)

| serviceyears = *6 years in British Indian Army

• 29 years in Indian Army

| rank = Civilian Staff Officer (1st Class)

| commands = Integrated Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi

| honorific_prefix = Sir

| title =

| office2 = Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| termstart2 = 19 May 1982

| termend2 = 15 May 1985

| preceded2 = Roop Dass Kashyap

| successor2 = Shonkia Ram Kashyap

| constituency = Shimla

| constituency_AM2 = Kasumpti

}}

Balak Ram Kashyap{{Cite web |title=Himachal power base set for electrifying show with sitting lawmakers in fray |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/05/20/elx2-elections-hp-shimla-constituency.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Week |language=en}} (8 March 1918 – 18 February 2003) was an Indian politician, social worker, former Member of Parliament from Shimla Lok Sabha constituency and former Member of Legislative Assembly from Kasumpti Vidhan Sabha Constituency{{Cite news |date=14 January 2012 |title="Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf |url-status=live |access-date= |work=Election Commission of India |pages=Kasumpti Assembly constituency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114090530/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2012 }} as a member of Janata Party and an was army official in British Indian Army{{Cite news |date=2024-06-04 |title=Shimla (SC) election results 2024 live updates: BJP's Suresh Kumar Kashyap wins with 5,19,748 votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/shimla-sc-election-results-2024-himachal-pradesh-shimla-sc-lok-sabha-elections-poll-result-updates-suresh-kumar-kashyap-bjp-vinod-sultanpuri-cong/articleshow/110673019.cms |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} and retired Civilian Staff Officer (Class I) from Indian Army.{{Cite web |title=Loksabha members : Balak Ram , Shri - Data is Info: Data is more useful if it is made available in a better format. |url=https://datais.info/loksabha/members/Balak+Ram+,+Shri/ed18442ea2cf74176bb868a59e84dc64/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Data is Info |language=en}}