Balak Ram Kashyap
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{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}}
Early life
Balak Ram Kashyap was born in a Agriculturist Koli family to Kesroo Ram Kashyap on 8 March 1918 while India was colony of British Raj. He was born in Kashyap Niwas at Annadale locality in Shimla city. They were four brothers and two sisters, he was eldest of all. At the age of 23 he got recruited in Civilian Staff in Indian Army in 1941 and he served in Army Headquarters in New Delhi for 35 years.{{Cite news |last=Bisht |first=Gaurav |date=2014 |title=BJP aims to upset Congress' applecart in HP |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/bjp-aims-to-upset-congress-applecart-in-hp/story-EnyR1mvkCscpIrL1joWKgP.html}}
Political career
He got elected in 1977 Lok Sabha Elections. He was one of the first and major leaders in the initial making of Janta Party which has now become the mainstream Indian political party i.e. Bhartiya Janata Party. He has worked for the party with senior leaders like Jayprakash Narayan and L.K. Advani.{{Cite news |date=2014-03-11 |title=BJP aims to upset Congress' applecart in HP |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/bjp-aims-to-upset-congress-applecart-in-hp/story-EnyR1mvkCscpIrL1joWKgP.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622093150/https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/bjp-aims-to-upset-congress-applecart-in-hp/story-EnyR1mvkCscpIrL1joWKgP.html |archive-date=22 June 2024 |access-date=2024-12-20 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us |url-status=live }}
- 1977 - 1980: Member of Parliament from Shimla Lok Sabha constituency
- 1982 - 1985: Member of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kasumpti Assembly Constituency
References
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Category:Janata Party politicians
Category:Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh